John Treacy on running his last-ever marathon in 1993: ‘I was fulfilled, simple as that’ 30 years after his Dublin Marathon win, the retired Olympic medallist will start the 2023 race, a fitting tribute to a glittering athletics careerSat Oct 28 2023 - 06:00
Dublin Marathon: Defending Irish champions to miss event this weekendCourtney McGuire, who finished third overall last year, and Martin Hoare, who placed seventh, withdraw from raceFri Oct 27 2023 - 06:00
Paris closer to home but 2024 Olympics as expensive as ever for Irish organisersOFI’s expenditure is €4.7 million for Paris 2024, up from €3.3 million from Tokyo 2020Wed Oct 25 2023 - 18:13
Dublin Marathon 2023 Q&A: Everything you need to know with a week to goPart 9: Ian O’Riordan with a last-minute checklist, including an extra hour in bed on the morning of the raceSun Oct 22 2023 - 17:27
Choose running: Overcoming addiction issues to train for the Dublin MarathonAs they prepare for next Sunday’s Dublin Marathon, Dara O’Connor and Gary Mills explain how they got their lives back on track and discovered the benefits of runningSun Oct 22 2023 - 06:00
Direct provision Dublin Marathon runners: ‘I will just follow the fastest runner, because I don’t know the route’The not-for-profit Sanctuary Runners focus on the positive act of integration of Irish people and those living in direct provision centres through the simple act of runningSat Oct 21 2023 - 06:00
It’s not just the Ingebrigtsens: the perils of any in-family coaching relationshipClaims of physical violence and threats a sad end to Ingebrigtsens’ once charming successSat Oct 21 2023 - 06:00
Rhys McClenaghan: ‘This gold medal doesn’t fix me, it doesn’t make me a happy person’The 24-year-old back-to-back World Champion on overcoming mental challenges on the path to successTue Oct 17 2023 - 06:00
Íde Nic Dhómhnaill shows her class at start of new cross-country seasonThe 38-year-old schoolteacher and mother of two aiming for national success next monthSun Oct 15 2023 - 19:50
Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s achievements even more impressive given family infightingSplit from father and former coach, Gjert, must be taking some toll on the phenomenal 23-year-old athlete Jakob IngebrigtsenSat Oct 14 2023 - 06:00
IOC executive board puts boxing decision on hold for 2028 OlympicsIOC has not recognised a governing body for Olympic boxing and the sport’s exclusion would seriously damage Ireland’s medal hopesFri Oct 13 2023 - 12:23
Irish medal hopes suffer blow as money helps decide Los Angeles Olympics 2028 programmeAbsence of sport would be double blow to Irish Olympic hopes as Paris also marks end of lightweight rowing at the GamesWed Oct 11 2023 - 06:00
Boxing set to be officially dropped from programme of sports for LA Olympics 2028The addition of cricket, baseball, flag football, lacrosse and squash will increase the LA28 programme to 33 sportsTue Oct 10 2023 - 12:04
South Africa face prospect of playing France under neutral flag due to Wada non-complianceThe country’s government has yet to amend legislation to approve the new Wada codeMon Oct 09 2023 - 19:00
Rhys McClenaghan’s stunning pommel horse routine earns back-to-back world titles Ireland’s prolific 24-year-old winner secures seventh championship medal and now turns focus to next year’s Paris OlympicsMon Oct 09 2023 - 06:00
Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum takes 34 seconds off men’s marathon record in Chicago23-year-old athlete running only his third competitive marathon comes home in 2:00:35Sun Oct 08 2023 - 16:26
Rhys McClenaghan retains his pommel horse world titleBack-to-back gold medals for the Irish gymnast in the world championshipsSat Oct 07 2023 - 15:57
‘God forbid they end up racing against each other’ - Twins Robert and Noel Hendrick gunning for rare Olympics pairingCo Kildare brothers hoping to both qualify for Paris 2024 in canoeing and kayaking respectivelySat Oct 07 2023 - 06:00
Why the sudden slowdown in Irish marathon running?For Mark Kenneally, newly-appointed performance endurance lead with Athletics Ireland, the race to catch up in only startingSat Oct 07 2023 - 06:00
Lessons in marathon running: How to hit peak fitness and freshness on race dayPart 8: In the final four weeks before the Dublin Marathon, there is plenty of tactical advice to ensure you are race ready on the dayMon Oct 02 2023 - 06:00
McClenaghan to face old rival Whitlock in pommel horse final at World ChampionshipsMcClenaghan qualified for next Saturday’s final in third position behind the Olympic championSun Oct 01 2023 - 17:24
There’s no going back now to previous times after a year of already so many broken recordsSo far, 2023 (it’s not done yet) has seen 31 world records or world bestsSat Sept 30 2023 - 06:00
Dublin half-marathon winner Aoife Cleary: ‘It started just by being outside, being free from everything’‘I’ve no interest in running a marathon once, just to say ‘I did it’. No one cares’Fri Sept 29 2023 - 06:00
Catherina McKiernan: ‘I wouldn’t be overly surprised by a woman running a 2:11 marathon′Tigst Assefa from Ethiopia won Sunday’s Berlin race in a world record 2:11:53Mon Sept 25 2023 - 19:45
Ireland take four medals home from World Rowing ChampionshipsMen’s pair of Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy and Siobhán McCrohan strike goldSun Sept 10 2023 - 13:59
Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy secure their third World Championship title in BelgradeIrish pair stick to their usual tactics as they storm home to take gold ahead of SwitzerlandSat Sept 09 2023 - 14:36
Celebrating Jerry Kiernan’s lasting legacy and the sweet science he adoredThe late Jerry Kiernan would approve of the Science of Running Symposium, set for the UCD Village Auditorium on Saturday, September 16thSat Sept 09 2023 - 05:00
Ciara Mageean’s brilliant 1,500m record breaking spree continues in BrusselsIrish runner takes second at Golden League meeting behind Britain’s Laura MuirFri Sept 08 2023 - 20:30
Siobhán McCrohan proves age is no barrier with gold medal at World Rowing ChampionshipsIrish woman wins women’s lightweight single sculls in BelgradeFri Sept 08 2023 - 14:11
Irish rowers qualify three more boats for Paris OlympicsPaul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy; Fiona Murtagh and Aifric Keogh; and Nathan Timoney and Ross Corrigan all booked places in France next summerThu Sept 07 2023 - 13:04
O’Donovan and McCarthy comfortably win quarter-finals as French rivals are well off paceWorld Rowing Championships: Irish pair finished a full boat length clear of Italian crewWed Sept 06 2023 - 14:10
Dream time for O’Brien and McGowan with Paris 2024 qualification at World Rowing ChampionshipsQualification ends 12-year wait to qualify an Irish boat for the Paralympic GamesTue Sept 05 2023 - 16:19
Sarah Lavin breaks 100m record and is now Ireland’s fastest womanIrish sprinter clocks 11.27 at Galà dei Castelli meet in SwitzerlandMon Sept 04 2023 - 19:12
Rowing World Championships: Positive performances by Irish crews on Day TwoZoe Hyde and Alison Bergin win their opening heat of the women’s doubleMon Sept 04 2023 - 15:09
Lessons in marathon running: Think about your running style and how to improve itPart 7: Sticking to the plan even when it goes astray — endurance and commitment on and off the road are keyMon Sept 04 2023 - 05:00
Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy cruise through their heat at World Rowing ChampionshipsThe Skibbereen pair won in 6:15.40 in near perfect conditions in BelgradeSun Sept 03 2023 - 17:56
World Champion of what? Noah Lyles begs the question of truly global sporting success Some 46 countries won at least one medal at the World Athletics Championships – while the Rugby ‘World” Cup winners will come from one of just four countries, France, New Zealand, Ireland or South AfricaSat Sept 02 2023 - 12:36
The boys are back in the boat: O’Donovan and McCarthy chasing another World Championship goldMotivation high for the 12 Irish crews competing in Belgrade over the next eight daysSat Sept 02 2023 - 05:00
Never mind the medals: Ireland’s numbers at World Championships show they are competitiveIndividual and team performances suggest ‘whatever benchmark we choose to look at, it is significant progress’Mon Aug 28 2023 - 05:00
The incredible Ingebrigtsen strikes back to win another World Championship goldNorwegian outpaces Spain’s Mohamed Katir to defend his World Championship 5000m title, while Irish women’s 4x400m team finish eighthSun Aug 27 2023 - 22:04
Lessons learned and some painful perspectives on finishing fourthFor every athlete like Eamonn Coghlan, who found redemption later on, there are many more who never got that close againSun Aug 27 2023 - 05:00
Ireland make women’s 4x400 metre relay final at World Athletics ChampionshipsStrong final leg by Sharlene Mawdsley stands out as Ireland qualify despite Adeleke absenceSat Aug 26 2023 - 20:43
Coach Flo knows: the pro changes coming down the track for Rhasidat AdelekeRhasidat Adeleke will have to deal with a whole new set of challenges in the paid ranksSat Aug 26 2023 - 05:00
Yulimar Rojas makes one last leap to land World Championship history for Venezuela Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson also runs second fastest 200m in historyFri Aug 25 2023 - 21:28
Rhasidat Adeleke pulls out of Irish women’s 4x400m relays at World ChampionshipsMawdsley, Becker, Harrison, McGrory and Murray all remain available for selection ahead of tomorrow’s heatsFri Aug 25 2023 - 14:21
Ingebrigtsen lifts some of the hurt on night six of the World Athletics Championships Femke Bol makes up for lost time by finally winning World title in 400m hurdlesThu Aug 24 2023 - 21:44
Rhasidat Adeleke: Overwhelming sense is that her medal chance will come againIan O’Riordan: If Adeleke was only in ‘decent’ shape for Wednesday’s World Championship final, then her Olympic future looks promisingThu Aug 24 2023 - 19:30
Jakob Ingebrigtsen stunned by Kerr’s home-stretch heroics in 1,500m finalFaith Kipyegon chasing a first 1,500m-5,000m double in women’s World Championship historyWed Aug 23 2023 - 21:16
Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke fourth in 400m final at World Athletics ChampionshipsShe was aiming to be the first Irish athlete to win World Championship medal on the track since 1995Wed Aug 23 2023 - 20:39
Rhasidat Adeleke may need to improve on lifetime best in first of many dates with destinyMarileidy Paulino is the clear favourite to win the World Championship gold medalWed Aug 23 2023 - 05:00
