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Rhasidat Adeleke part of quartet that sets new world best in the 4x200 metre relay

Rhasidat Adeleke part of quartet that sets new world best in the 4x200 metre relay

Adeleke, alongside Texas’ Lanae Tava-Thomas, Julien Aldfred, and Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith, finish inside the world record time

Sun Mar 31 2024 - 13:43
East African countries dominate World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade

East African countries dominate World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade

Hugo Armstrong finishes best of the Irish in men’s race in 50th place; Anna Gardiner finishes 37th in women’s U20 race

Sat Mar 30 2024 - 15:16
The long-distance running gospel, according to Catherina McKiernan

The long-distance running gospel, according to Catherina McKiernan

Memories of her four successive silver medals in the World Cross Country will always be precious to some

Sat Mar 30 2024 - 12:57
Armagh could edge past Donegal to deliver win Kieran McGeeney craves

Armagh could edge past Donegal to deliver win Kieran McGeeney craves

Down’s fortunes likely to improve against Westmeath

Sat Mar 30 2024 - 06:00
Niall Moyna: ‘I actually don’t like the term strength and conditioning’

Niall Moyna: ‘I actually don’t like the term strength and conditioning’

Moyna, by his own admission, fell out of love with Gaelic football around six years ago

Fri Mar 29 2024 - 06:00
Jordan Conroy: ‘We’ve kind of prided ourselves on being a podium team’

Jordan Conroy: ‘We’ve kind of prided ourselves on being a podium team’

With a top-five finish at each of the first five events this season, Ireland remain second in the overall Series standings

Thu Mar 28 2024 - 06:00
Cormac Costello trying to reclaim Dublin jersey as he targets his first start in league final

Cormac Costello trying to reclaim Dublin jersey as he targets his first start in league final

Eight-time All-Ireland winner vying for place in starting team again after latest injury setback

Thu Mar 28 2024 - 06:00
Hugh Armstrong’s attitude a throwback to Ireland’s rich tradition in World Cross Country

Hugh Armstrong’s attitude a throwback to Ireland’s rich tradition in World Cross Country

The 29-year-old from Mayo will make his debut in Belgrade on Saturday

Wed Mar 27 2024 - 06:00
Derry’s Brendan Rogers: ‘From the outset this year, we wanted to win the league’

Derry’s Brendan Rogers: ‘From the outset this year, we wanted to win the league’

The Derry midfielder talks up the importance of Sunday’s Division One showdown against Dublin

Wed Mar 27 2024 - 06:00
UCC confirm long-term closure of Mardyke track for entire resurfacing

UCC confirm long-term closure of Mardyke track for entire resurfacing

Cork athletes will be without a running track until the new surface at MTU is ready in the summer

Tue Mar 26 2024 - 19:56
Ciarán Farrelly confident Dublin’s conveyor belt still in working order

Ciarán Farrelly confident Dublin’s conveyor belt still in working order

Dublin have contested the last 10 Leinster under-20 football finals and manager Ciarán Farrelly says the county still producing players eager to progress

Tue Mar 26 2024 - 06:00
Séan Tobin and Shona Heaslip claim 10km titles

Séan Tobin and Shona Heaslip claim 10km titles

Rathfarnham and Tullamore Harriers take men’s and women’s team titles

Sun Mar 24 2024 - 16:44
Mona McSharry wins two silver medals at NCAA Championships in Georgia

Mona McSharry wins two silver medals at NCAA Championships in Georgia

Sligo swimmer helped the University of Tennessee to a fourth-place team finish

Sun Mar 24 2024 - 13:33
My Paris Olympic predictions: Why Letsile Tebogo already is the next Usain Bolt

My Paris Olympic predictions: Why Letsile Tebogo already is the next Usain Bolt

In the fun and games of Olympic predictions, Athletics Weekly also have Rhasidat Adeleke making the podium

Sun Mar 24 2024 - 06:00
Sharlene Mawdsley: ‘Bouncing back is something I’m quite good at’

Sharlene Mawdsley: ‘Bouncing back is something I’m quite good at’

The 25-year-old from Tipperary is now focused on the Paris Olympics

Fri Mar 22 2024 - 06:00
Sport Ireland increases core funding offered to national governing bodies

Sport Ireland increases core funding offered to national governing bodies

Government commits to an increase of €1.3 million offered to the day-to-day running of Irish sporting organisations for 2024

Thu Mar 21 2024 - 13:58
Tomás Ó Sé: You cannot get preseason, league and championship into six months and not expect players to break

Tomás Ó Sé: You cannot get preseason, league and championship into six months and not expect players to break

Ó Sé, in his second term as the Kerry under-20 boss, on senior management, the split season and more

Thu Mar 21 2024 - 06:00
Bernard Dunne resigns as India’s high-performance director before Olympics

Bernard Dunne resigns as India’s high-performance director before Olympics

Dubliner submitted resignation after all nine Indian boxers failed to secure Paris 2024 quotas from the first Olympic boxing qualifier

Tue Mar 19 2024 - 17:01
Unbeaten Donegal seal their promotion while ensuring Kildare drop to Division Three

Unbeaten Donegal seal their promotion while ensuring Kildare drop to Division Three

Jim McGuinness guides his native county straight back to top-flight football, after their relegation this time last year

Sat Mar 16 2024 - 20:02
Ian O’Riordan: Come on parkrun, give them back their stats!

Ian O’Riordan: Come on parkrun, give them back their stats!

Participants of this popular Saturday running event are not happy

Sat Mar 16 2024 - 06:00
Olympic Federation of Ireland to mark centenary of Irish Olympians

Olympic Federation of Ireland to mark centenary of Irish Olympians

The 911 Irish names to have competed at an Olympic Games are to be marked in a ceremony at Trinity College

Wed Mar 13 2024 - 19:08
Featherweight Jude Gallagher clinches place in Paris but Gráinne Walsh is left stung by shock decision

Featherweight Jude Gallagher clinches place in Paris but Gráinne Walsh is left stung by shock decision

Tyrone fighter becomes sixth Irish boxer to qualify for the summer’s Games, but there is only misery for Tullamore woman after surprise verdict

Mon Mar 11 2024 - 19:56
Ireland name eight-strong team for World Cross-Country Championships

Ireland name eight-strong team for World Cross-Country Championships

National champion Fiona Everard will run in the senior women’s race in Belgrade

Mon Mar 11 2024 - 19:08
‘Health and safety’ concerns force sudden closure of Sonia O’Sullivan Mardyke Track

‘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

Mon Mar 11 2024 - 17:45
Jack Woolley bound for his second Olympics

Jack Woolley bound for his second Olympics

Twenty-five year old Jack Woolley secured his place at the Paris Olympics via the European Taekwondo qualification tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria

Mon Mar 11 2024 - 17:06
Anna Gardiner follows in Mageean’s footsteps with second schools cross-country title

Anna Gardiner follows in Mageean’s footsteps with second schools cross-country title

The 17-year-old Down athlete highlighted her potential in All-Ireland Schools race

Sun Mar 10 2024 - 15:10
Athletics championships often leave a nagging question of what might have been

Athletics championships often leave a nagging question of what might have been

Sarah Lavin already gunning for the outdoor season after her fifth-place finish at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow

Sat Mar 09 2024 - 06:00
The parkrun ‘world record’ that cost Ciara Mageean the indoor season

The parkrun ‘world record’ that cost Ciara Mageean the indoor season

Irish athlete tweaked her hamstring during the Christmas run, sidelining her from training for several weeks

Thu Mar 07 2024 - 14:47
Rhasidat Adeleke: ‘Gold, I think everyone wants a gold medal’

Rhasidat Adeleke: ‘Gold, I think everyone wants a gold medal’

Rhasidat Adeleke will step up her preparations for the 400 metres at the Paris Olympics this summer when her outdoor season begins later this month at the famed Texas Relays

Thu Mar 07 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke to begin outdoor season at Texas Relays later this month

Rhasidat Adeleke to begin outdoor season at Texas Relays later this month

Irish sprinter missed last weekend’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow but will return to action stateside at the end of March

Wed Mar 06 2024 - 15:05
Aifric Keogh remains focused on the process as she plots a route to Paris

Aifric Keogh remains focused on the process as she plots a route to Paris

This week’s trials at the Irish Rowing Centre in Cork mark an important stage for Ireland’s top rowers in an Olympic year

Wed Mar 06 2024 - 06:00
No time to dwell on lack of medals in Glasgow with Olympic Games on the horizon

No time to dwell on lack of medals in Glasgow with Olympic Games on the horizon

The Irish women’s relay quartet and Sarah Lavin in the 60m hurdles were the highlights at the World Athletics Indoor Championships

Tue Mar 05 2024 - 06:00
Sarah Lavin finishes fifth in 60m hurdles final, the fastest race in history of women’s indoor sprint hurdles

Sarah Lavin finishes fifth in 60m hurdles final, the fastest race in history of women’s indoor sprint hurdles

Sharlene Mawdsley delivered another stunning anchor leg for 4x400m team, as Ireland nailed fifth in their final

Sun Mar 03 2024 - 22:04
First-half goal spree gives Galway victory over struggling Monaghan

First-half goal spree gives Galway victory over struggling Monaghan

Farney county have it all to do to avoid the drop after fourth successive defeat

Sun Mar 03 2024 - 19:11
Sharlene Mawdsley helps relay team into 400m final

Sharlene Mawdsley helps relay team into 400m final

Sarah Lavin also advances to semi-finals of 60m hurdles at World Indoor Championships

Sun Mar 03 2024 - 13:06
World Indoor Athletics: Sharlene Mawdsley disqualified as Sarah Healy falls flat

World Indoor Athletics: Sharlene Mawdsley disqualified as Sarah Healy falls flat

Healy was leading into the last 10m before things suddenly went wrong.

Sat Mar 02 2024 - 14:28
The great running rivalry between Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr is set to light up the Olympics

The great running rivalry between Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr is set to light up the Olympics

Gentle bragging and trash talking between the two athletes should provide lots of entertainment - and great sporting performances - at Paris in August

Sat Mar 02 2024 - 06:00
Daniel Wiffen’s Olympic ambitions: ‘I feel like I can say every day that I want gold’

Daniel Wiffen’s Olympic ambitions: ‘I feel like I can say every day that I want gold’

Back home for the first time with his two gold medals from Doha, Wiffen is already eying up another podium place in Paris

Fri Mar 01 2024 - 06:00
World Indoor Athletics: Sarah Healy and Sarah Lavin targeting finals as some Irish big names skip event

World Indoor Athletics: Sarah Healy and Sarah Lavin targeting finals as some Irish big names skip event

Rhasidat Adeleke, Ciara Mageean, Mark English and Andrew Coscoran will all miss Glasgow

Wed Feb 28 2024 - 20:03
Victoria Catterson: ‘It’s absolutely crazy that people know these first names now, on the Irish swim team’

Victoria Catterson: ‘It’s absolutely crazy that people know these first names now, on the Irish swim team’

The 22-year-old from Belfast is part of the first Irish women’s Olympic swimming relay team since 1972

Wed Feb 28 2024 - 06:00
Jack Marley’s heavyweight ambitions for Paris benefiting from early Olympic qualification

Jack Marley’s heavyweight ambitions for Paris benefiting from early Olympic qualification

The 21-year-old from Monkstown who secured his Paris berth last June hopes to add to Ireland’s Olympics boxing success

Tue Feb 27 2024 - 06:00
Five things we learned from the GAA weekend

Five things we learned from the GAA weekend

Monaghan heading for the drop, with Armagh and Donegal poised to get promoted

Mon Feb 26 2024 - 12:21
Daniel Wiffen make it three golds at the British University Championships

Daniel Wiffen make it three golds at the British University Championships

Loughborough University student adds 400 and 800 golds to the 1,500m title he won on Friday

Sun Feb 25 2024 - 18:51
Meath pull away late to prevail in tense relegation battle with Kildare

Meath pull away late to prevail in tense relegation battle with Kildare

Glenn Ryan’s side loses a fourth consecutive game to be left in a significant battle for survival

Sun Feb 25 2024 - 18:38
Finding some common sense between cyclist and driver on Irish roads

Finding some common sense between cyclist and driver on Irish roads

Even on quiet country roads there’s an ever-present danger to cyclists when some drivers are in too much of a hurry to get somewhere

Sat Feb 24 2024 - 06:00
Dan Martin: ‘The more people we get on bikes, the safer the roads will become’

Dan Martin: ‘The more people we get on bikes, the safer the roads will become’

L’Étape de Tour to ‘bring a bit of the Tour de France’ to Killarney in September

Thu Feb 22 2024 - 06:00
L’Étape de Tour to ‘bring a bit of the Tour de France’ to Killarney

L’Étape de Tour to ‘bring a bit of the Tour de France’ to Killarney

Saturday, September 7th date set for popular cycling sportive series that is coming to Ireland for the first time

Wed Feb 21 2024 - 14:52
Sarah Healy one of nine Irish athletes selected for World Indoor Championships

Sarah Healy one of nine Irish athletes selected for World Indoor Championships

Limerick sprinter Sarah Lavin will compete in the 60m hurdles while Israel Olatunde also travels in the small Irish contingent

Tue Feb 20 2024 - 19:11
Former US running prodigy Mary Cain to represent Ireland

Former US running prodigy Mary Cain to represent Ireland

Former World Junior champion settled lawsuit against Alberto Salazar for emotional abuse

Mon Feb 19 2024 - 16:51
Daniel Wiffen named Best Male Swimmer at World Aquatics Championships after second gold

Daniel Wiffen named Best Male Swimmer at World Aquatics Championships after second gold

Irish swimmer adds second title to 800m earlier in the week, posting two astonishing athletic performances

Mon Feb 19 2024 - 09:27
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