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
World Athletic Championships: Ciara Mageean sets Irish record to finish fourth - ‘I honestly gave it my all’Mageean just missed out on a first World Championship medal on the track for an Irish athlete since 1995Tue Aug 22 2023 - 20:40
Ciara Mageean primed for 1,500m showdown of her lifeWorld Athletics Championships: ‘Now I’m in another global final. I’m excited to go out on and see what I’m made of’Tue Aug 22 2023 - 05:00
Rhasidat Adeleke is one lap away from history at World Athletics ChampionshipsIrish runner finishes second in her semi-final with a time of 49.87Mon Aug 21 2023 - 22:15
Rhasidat Adeleke: ‘It’s championship racing, anything can happen’‘Coming around the bend, I was like ‘where am I? Okay, wake up!’ Then I started picking them off’Mon Aug 21 2023 - 05:00
Adeleke and Mageean progress at World Athletics Championships in HungaryIn the heptathlon Kate O’Connor closed off her seven events with another season best of 2:14.25 in the 800m, her final tally of 6,145 points leaving her 13th overallSun Aug 20 2023 - 21:00
Ciara Mageean safely through to World Championships final in BudapestSarah Healy falls short despite a new personal best and her first sub-four clockingSun Aug 20 2023 - 16:46
Rhasidat Adeleke and Sharlene Mawdsley qualify for 400m semi-finals at World ChampionshipsAdeleke wins heat in cool 50.80 seconds as Mawdsley nails fourth with personal best of 51.17Sun Aug 20 2023 - 10:16
World Athletics Championships: Andrew Coscoran edges into the 1,500m semi-finalsCiara Mageean and Sarah Healy both cruise through their heats as Sophie O’Sullivan books her place at OlympicsSat Aug 19 2023 - 15:07
World Athletics Championships at 40: Has the sport reached a crossroads?Seb Coe is bullish about the future, despite the lingering question as to why some of world’s best athletes are not in BudapestSat Aug 19 2023 - 06:00
Letter from Budapest: Rarely if ever has there been so much talk of potential track doubles There’s a good chance some of them might well come off over the coming nine daysFri Aug 18 2023 - 19:25
Less room for error as Ciara Mageean and Rhasidat Adeleke eye medals in BudapestIreland hasn’t won a World Championship medal on the track since 1995Fri Aug 18 2023 - 16:12
World Athletics Championships: A daily guide to the headline acts in BudapestCiara Mageean, Rhasidat Adeleke and others will be looking to make finals and from there, who knows?Fri Aug 18 2023 - 11:10
Taking on the world: The 24 Irish athletes competing at the World Championships in Budapest Ian O’Riordan profiles the biggest squad of athletes Ireland has ever sent to the World ChampionshipsThu Aug 17 2023 - 19:00
World Athletics Championships: Consistent Chris O’Donnell confident of Ireland team’s berth for 4x400m finalAfter making two successive global finals, the mixed relay quartet are out to repeat the trick this SaturdayThu Aug 17 2023 - 05:00
Andrew Coscoran turning back the clock and putting the spotlight on Irish 1,500m runningWorld Championships profile: Already this year 11 men have run sub-3;30, more than in any previous yearWed Aug 16 2023 - 05:00
Cathal Heffernan’s move from Milan to Newcastle expected to be confirmed later todayThe Cork footballer, the son of the Olympic medallist Rob Heffernan, joined Milan in February 2022Tue Aug 15 2023 - 13:36
Louise Shanahan switches from physics mode to running mode as World Championships beckon She goes into her 800m event ranked 21st and aiming to reach at least the semi-finalTue Aug 15 2023 - 05:00
Denying Sonia O’Sullivan a double-gold: Recalling the crazy Chinese medal heist of 1993Now 30 years ago, that stunned sense of disbelief lingers when recalling one of the great daylight robberies in track-and-field historySat Aug 12 2023 - 05:00
Elizabeth Ndudi wins long jump gold for Ireland in historic firstNdudi secures first ever field gold medal for Ireland at European Under-20 ChampionshipsThu Aug 10 2023 - 20:23
Meet Elizabeth Ndudi - continuing the golden generation of young Irish athletes rising to the top18-year-old makes history becoming the first Irish athlete to win European U20 gold in a field eventThu Aug 10 2023 - 14:36
Ciara Mageean a picture of faith and self-belief as Budapest World Championships beckon‘I know I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been,’ says athlete who is targeting podium placeThu Aug 10 2023 - 05:00
Ireland’s Nick Griggs takes silver at European U20 Championships in Jerusalem Tyrone athlete outkicked on the homestretch and has to settle for silver after winning gold in 2021Wed Aug 09 2023 - 18:22
Nick Griggs poised for another golden run in JerusalemThe 18 year-old from Tyrone is the defending champion in the 3,000mTue Aug 08 2023 - 20:32
Ndudi targeting a podium place at European U20 ChampionshipsAt just 18 national long jump champion is already fourth on the Irish all-time list and will begin her US Collegiate career at the University of Illinois later this monthMon Aug 07 2023 - 15:26
