Sonia O’Sullivan: Some Olympic athletes are now entering the danger zone
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Sonia O’Sullivan: Sometimes I still chase Sophie around like she’s a 10-year-old
It was a special moment for my daughter to win the national 1,500m title and for me to present her medal in the same event I won myself
Meet the medallists: The Irish athletes who made European Championship history
Ciara Mageean, Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley, Thomas Barr and Chris O’Donnell have all achieved golden success at this year's championships
Sonia O’Sullivan: Irish eyes turn to potential record European medal haul in Rome
It is now 49 days to the start of the Paris Olympics, some events may feel a little diluted, given some countries are missing some of the best athletes who rather focus all their efforts on the Olympics
Sonia O’Sullivan: For Rome and Paris, Rhasidat Adeleke should consider taking the selfish option
The major athletics events this summer are not simple or straightforward affairs for athletes when they face having to balance individual aspirations with team obligations
Sonia O’Sullivan: I would support whatever it takes to get the Mardyke track opened fully again
Suddenly Cork is left without a single running track to serve the entire county
‘Health and safety’ concerns force sudden closure of Sonia O’Sullivan Mardyke Track
‘A rapid and significant deterioration’ of the surface leaves the entire county without a running track
Sonia O’Sullivan: Once again we are left wondering what might have been in Glasgow
The outcome was not so certain with the lack of a constant pace, and athletes had to think a bit more
‘If she can do it, I can do it’: 10 inspirational Irish women on their heroines
Ahead of International Women’s Day, 10 women tell us about the female leaders who paved their way
Sonia O’Sullivan: Dealing with the pressures and expectation of an Olympic year
There are a lot of sessions to recover from and races to use as practice for the big dance waiting at the Stade de France when it all begins in July
Sporting predictions for 2024: Sonia O’Sullivan, Graham Geraghty and others look ahead
Will Ireland do better than ever at the Olympics? Will anyone stop Limerick’s hurlers? Who will win Euro 2024? Will our educated guessers get anything right? It’ll certainly be fun finding out
Ian O’Riordan: Mark Carroll a rightful member of distance running’s hall of fame
Ian O'Riordan: In all my years of witnessing some of the world’s best distance runners, Cork native Mark Carroll was every bit as good
Sonia O’Sullivan: Getting inside the enduring success of Ireland’s Fittest Family
This may be one show that truly brings families together
Planned Freedom of Cork recipient ‘stunned’ at award
Mary Crilly to be honoured for 40 years helping survivors of sexual and domestic abuse
Sweden anticipate skullduggery as Ireland seek to defy the odds
Pauw says her team play passionately but always by the rules ahead of Women’s World Cup qualifier
Swimming divided over presence of transgender athletes
Lia Thomas’s emergence as a dominant force in swimming has polarised opinion
John Treacy and Sonia O’Sullivan: World-beaters who became lasting icons of Irish sport
‘The tide is definitely rising around women’s sport, and long may that continue’
Pierce O’Callaghan a rare Irish presence at the top of World Athletics
Former race walker tasked by Seb Coe with clearing up haphazard athletics calendar
Lynne Cantwell: ‘Women representing all of sport will ultimately lead to better decisions’
Former rugby international’s grounding in athletics gave her inclusive perspective from the start
The biggest stories of 2021 belonged to sportswomen
Avalanche of firsts and emergence of stars a sign of shifting landscape in Irish sport
Sonia O’Sullivan: Ireland must capitalise on Cross-Country medals
Translating success from the junior to senior ranks is the acid test for Irish athletics
Ian O'Riordan: Is staying at home now the way to go?
Growing evidence that perhaps once preferred option of US scholarship is no longer most successful one
Sports Books of the Year: Hard-hitting and honest rugby reads lead the way
Chronicle of Barcelona’s implosion and fascinating look at gambling business also stand out
Ian O’Riordan: Fionnuala McCormack lets her running do the talking
There is an honesty about the morning run beyond commitment to success
What being Irish means to me. By Leo Varadkar, Ola Majekodunmi, Mary Lou McDonald and more
20 years after her father published Being Irish, Marie-Claire Logue asks a new group
Technology helps female athletes achieve ‘unthinkable’ results
Web Summit: Orecco provides sports science and data-led tools for professional sports people
Hard to fathom how female athletes still have to fight for level playing field
Despite a huge amount of progress a mindset still exists that puts needless barriers in place
Keith Duggan: Cork are on the march again and what a Grand Parade it is
From Micheál Martin to Reggie from the Blackrock Road, the tide is high right now for all Rebels
In The News: Sonia O’Sullivan on Simone Biles’s Olympics decision
Irish Olympian says gymnast’s withdrawal in Tokyo was ‘a very mature thing to do’
Billy Dardis ready to lead out Ireland Rugby Sevens at Tokyo Olympics
Rugby Sevens captain can glimpse gold at the end of long and winding Tokyo road
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Ciara Mageean (Athletics)
World finalist is Irish record holder for the 1,500 metres
Referee Michelle O’Neill: ‘I feel the very same going out, representing Ireland in an Olympic Games’
Wexford whistler busy dealing with Covid protocols and VAR classes ahead of the Games
Sonia O'Sullivan: Spirit of Prefontaine lives on at Hayward Field
World of choice beckons for Mu and Hocker – standout athletes at NCAA Championships
Sonia O'Sullivan: Back eating and drinking like an Olympic athlete
Now more than ever elite athletes are focused on good basic nutrition, refuelling and recovery
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