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‘I think I’m listening more to my body’: Sharlene Mawdsley on the changes made since the Paris Olympics

‘I think I’m listening more to my body’: Sharlene Mawdsley on the changes made since the Paris Olympics

The 26-year-old Tipperary athlete has joined the training group of UK coach Tony Lester

Wed Feb 19 2025 - 06:00
‘It’s work, train, sleep, there’s not a lot of time for anything else’: Sarah Leahy on her chase for another Irish sprint title

‘It’s work, train, sleep, there’s not a lot of time for anything else’: Sarah Leahy on her chase for another Irish sprint title

The 25-year-old is also part of the Irish women’s 4x100m relay squad aiming for World Championship qualification

Mon Feb 17 2025 - 19:03
National Football League: Donegal take big win over 14-man Armagh, Mayo best Tyrone in Castlebar

National Football League: Donegal take big win over 14-man Armagh, Mayo best Tyrone in Castlebar

Aidan Forker sees red for Armagh in Ballybofey

Sun Feb 16 2025 - 16:33
Monitoring Ozempic use in sport: the miracle drug that surely swerves the doping code?

Monitoring Ozempic use in sport: the miracle drug that surely swerves the doping code?

The World Anti-Doping Agency has added the active ingredient semaglutide to its watch-list for 2025

Sun Feb 16 2025 - 06:00
Sarah Healy beats own Irish indoor record to take second in Keely Klassic 1500m in Birmingham

Sarah Healy beats own Irish indoor record to take second in Keely Klassic 1500m in Birmingham

Dubliner now ranked second fastest in Europe over 1,500m and 3,000m

Sat Feb 15 2025 - 19:24
Jakob Ingebrigtsen breaks world indoor mile record in France

Jakob Ingebrigtsen breaks world indoor mile record in France

Norwegian takes just under a second and a half off Yared Nuguse’s mark set last Saturday

Thu Feb 13 2025 - 21:33
Efrem Gidey targeting another Irish record at ‘the world’s fastest' 5km in Armagh

Efrem Gidey targeting another Irish record at ‘the world’s fastest' 5km in Armagh

Now in its 33rd year, the Catherdal City event is unrivalled in its depth of fast 5km times

Wed Feb 12 2025 - 18:20
GAA league Sunday as it happened: Limerick beat Tipperary for first win of campaign

GAA league Sunday as it happened: Limerick beat Tipperary for first win of campaign

Waterford, Dublin and Offaly claim wins in Division 1B encounters

Sun Feb 09 2025 - 18:12
Andrew Coscoran sets new overall Irish mile mark at Millrose Games in New York

Andrew Coscoran sets new overall Irish mile mark at Millrose Games in New York

Dubliner beat both Eammon Coghlan’s indoor and Ray Flynn’s outdoor records that have stood for over 40 years

Sun Feb 09 2025 - 13:32
Running up that dune: How Keely Hodgkinson follows in the training footsteps of the greats

Running up that dune: How Keely Hodgkinson follows in the training footsteps of the greats

Sand dune training has drifted in and out of popularity, with Ronnie Delany and Steve Ovett tapping into powder power

Sat Feb 08 2025 - 06:00
Fintan McCarthy on moving up to heavyweight rowing: ‘It should work out, as long as we don’t get too fat'

Fintan McCarthy on moving up to heavyweight rowing: ‘It should work out, as long as we don’t get too fat'

Lightweight rowing is not part of the LA Games in 2028, which means the Cork rower must adapt

Wed Feb 05 2025 - 19:21
New Irish indoor records for Andrew Coscoran, Sarah Healy and Kate O’Connor

New Irish indoor records for Andrew Coscoran, Sarah Healy and Kate O’Connor

Andrew Coscoran nails the biggest victory of his career at grand prix in Boston

Mon Feb 03 2025 - 14:20
No sporting comeback is entirely risk-free, but always worth the gamble

No sporting comeback is entirely risk-free, but always worth the gamble

Donegal’s decorated Michael Murphy the latest sporting talisman to roll the dice a successful return

Sat Nov 09 2024 - 06:00
Olympic Federation of Ireland confirms two candidates running to be new president

Olympic Federation of Ireland confirms two candidates running to be new president

Sarah Keane will be succeeded by either Moira Aston or Lochlann Walsh

Wed Nov 06 2024 - 12:08
National Cross-Country Championships switch to 7.5km for both senior races

National Cross-Country Championships switch to 7.5km for both senior races

Athletics Ireland make decision after European Cross-Country Championships cut men’s and women’s races from 9km to 7.5km

Tue Nov 05 2024 - 15:22
Why is Ireland’s fastest marathon not the Irish marathon record?

Why is Ireland’s fastest marathon not the Irish marathon record?

Hiko Tonosa ran 2:09:42 to finish third in Sunday’s Dublin Marathon, but John Treacy’s 2:09:15 from Boston deserves closer scrutiny

Sat Nov 02 2024 - 06:00
Dublin Marathon organisers satisfied with improved entry uptake for Sunday’s event

Dublin Marathon organisers satisfied with improved entry uptake for Sunday’s event

Just over 18,000 of the 22,500 entries made it through the start line on Leeson Street

Mon Oct 28 2024 - 17:21
Dublin Marathon: Hiko Tonosa runs fastest marathon by an Irishman to finish third

Dublin Marathon: Hiko Tonosa runs fastest marathon by an Irishman to finish third

Ann-Marie McGlynn of Letterkenny AC defended her national in 2.34.05

Sun Oct 27 2024 - 17:53
Proud day for Hiko Tonasa as he sets new Irish marathon record

Proud day for Hiko Tonasa as he sets new Irish marathon record

Twenty-nine-year-old running for Dundrum South Dublin couldn’t contain his justified elation following a massive effort

Sun Oct 27 2024 - 17:27
Ann-Marie McGlynn interview: ‘I probably didn’t know what depression was before that ... and I remembered then why I loved running’

Ann-Marie McGlynn interview: ‘I probably didn’t know what depression was before that ... and I remembered then why I loved running’

Having won her first national underage title at age 13, at 43 the Offaly native claimed the national title by finishing fifth-best woman in the Dublin Marathon

Sat Oct 26 2024 - 06:00
Remembering Jerry Kiernan’s enduring influence on the Dublin Marathon

Remembering Jerry Kiernan’s enduring influence on the Dublin Marathon

A trip to Marlay Park this week brought back memories of the man who won the race twice, including at his first attempt in 1982

Fri Oct 25 2024 - 14:53
Hugh Armstrong coming into Dublin Marathon with strong form

Hugh Armstrong coming into Dublin Marathon with strong form

Ballina native upbeat about title prospects as ‘capable of running close to my best if we get a good day’ in the city

Fri Oct 25 2024 - 06:00
Daniel Wiffen finds inspiration from Joyce on the next stage of his swimming odyssey

Daniel Wiffen finds inspiration from Joyce on the next stage of his swimming odyssey

The Olympic champion was in UCD on Wednesday evening to receive the James Joyce award

Wed Oct 23 2024 - 20:39
Dublin Marathon 2024: Everything you need to know including start times, route map and new starting line

Dublin Marathon 2024: Everything you need to know including start times, route map and new starting line

Sunday will be the 43rd running of the Dublin Marathon

Mon Oct 21 2024 - 19:00
Why has the running world turned its back on the new women’s marathon world record?

Why has the running world turned its back on the new women’s marathon world record?

Athletics is finding it difficult to trust Ruth Chepngetich’s achievement, but Kenyan distance runners are now held in disrepute

Sat Oct 19 2024 - 06:00
The trials of Stephen Roche: ‘There are things I’ve done the last few years I’m not proud of’

The trials of Stephen Roche: ‘There are things I’ve done the last few years I’m not proud of’

The Irish former world champion cyclist has lost his holiday business, his villa in the south of France, pension, investments and many of his closest associates. Does he have any regrets?

Sat Oct 19 2024 - 06:00
Dublin Marathon race director confident of doping safeguards for event

Dublin Marathon race director confident of doping safeguards for event

‘Because it’s an elite event, you actually have to expand the testing afterwards ... we have all the controls in place’

Tue Oct 15 2024 - 06:00
Ruth Chepngetich smashes women’s world marathon record in Chicago

Ruth Chepngetich smashes women’s world marathon record in Chicago

The 30-year-old Kenyan takes almost two minutes off previous record set by Tigst Assefa from Ethiopia in Berlin

Sun Oct 13 2024 - 19:47
Few Irish athletes have displayed more resilience than Ciara Mageean

Few Irish athletes have displayed more resilience than Ciara Mageean

Ciara Mageean has been down a lonesome road at times, enough times to realise her career is still a long way from the finish

Sun Oct 13 2024 - 06:00
Ingebrigtsen: Born to Run takes us inside the broken family ties

Ingebrigtsen: Born to Run takes us inside the broken family ties

Follow up to Team Ingebrigtsen is part family reality show, part training manual, part travelogue, and all about running

Sun Oct 06 2024 - 02:00
A running pilgrimage around Ireland at age 50: ‘I managed to get through without even a single blister’

A running pilgrimage around Ireland at age 50: ‘I managed to get through without even a single blister’

After 68 days and just over 1,400 miles, Adharanand Finn reached his finish in Dublin last Friday

Fri Oct 04 2024 - 06:00
Gidey takes three minutes off his personal best to clock  Irish half-marathon record in Copenhagen

Gidey takes three minutes off his personal best to clock Irish half-marathon record in Copenhagen

Hugh Armstrong and Shona Heaslip crowned national half-marathon champions in Cork

Sun Sept 15 2024 - 16:47
Ian O’Riordan: The slow realisation of being once a runner

Ian O’Riordan: The slow realisation of being once a runner

I had always read John L Parker Jr’s classic Once a Runner through the eyes and ears of the puma – not the sort of pussycat I have possibly become

Sat Sept 14 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke takes third in 400m Diamond League final after Salwa Eid Naser disqualified

Rhasidat Adeleke takes third in 400m Diamond League final after Salwa Eid Naser disqualified

Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser was disqualified for lane infringement

Fri Sept 13 2024 - 19:18
John Coghlan: ‘There’s other talent as good, maybe even better, than Rhasidat Adeleke in Ireland’

John Coghlan: ‘There’s other talent as good, maybe even better, than Rhasidat Adeleke in Ireland’

The Dublin sprint coach who got two of his athletes on to the Olympic podium in Paris in the same event

Fri Sept 13 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke looks to end long season on a high in Diamond League final

Rhasidat Adeleke looks to end long season on a high in Diamond League final

Irish runner will meet Marileidy Paulino and Salwa Eid Naser again in high-class 400m final in Brussels

Thu Sept 12 2024 - 06:00
Ellen Keane on retirement: ‘I need to figure out who I am, what I like, what I’m going to do’

Ellen Keane on retirement: ‘I need to figure out who I am, what I like, what I’m going to do’

Swimmer admits she’s at peace with her decision to retire from competitive action at age 29

Tue Sept 10 2024 - 17:00
Sharlene Mawdsley wins 400m at Swiss Galà dei Castelli meet

Sharlene Mawdsley wins 400m at Swiss Galà dei Castelli meet

In her first outing since Paris, the Tipperary sprinter took first in 51.35 seconds

Mon Sept 09 2024 - 21:20
Cathal Doyle finishes eighth as Josh Kerr wins 5th Avenue Mile in New York

Cathal Doyle finishes eighth as Josh Kerr wins 5th Avenue Mile in New York

Britain’s Kerr wins race in a course record that had stood since its first staging in 1981

Sun Sept 08 2024 - 18:31
Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the latest thrilling exponent of the ‘race hard, race often’ approach

Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the latest thrilling exponent of the ‘race hard, race often’ approach

It’s a pity world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won’t let us see her race against the best more frequently

Sat Sept 07 2024 - 06:00
Sign of buoyant times as athletics clubs in Dublin struggle to meet demand

Sign of buoyant times as athletics clubs in Dublin struggle to meet demand

Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club now has a long waiting list at certain juvenile levels

Wed Sept 04 2024 - 18:36
The timely and welcome renaissance in Irish athletics field events

The timely and welcome renaissance in Irish athletics field events

Joyce’s success in Lima is a timely reminder that for all the talk of the need for better facilities and specialised coaches nothing beats a bit of old-school ingenuity and ambition

Sat Aug 31 2024 - 06:00
Oisín Joyce claims historic javelin bronze medal at World Under-20 Championships in Peru

Oisín Joyce claims historic javelin bronze medal at World Under-20 Championships in Peru

19-year-old from Ballinrobe becomes first Irish athlete to make podium in a throwing event at this level

Fri Aug 30 2024 - 12:33
Elizabeth Ndudi finishes sixth in World Under-20 Championships despite injury

Elizabeth Ndudi finishes sixth in World Under-20 Championships despite injury

Sean Doggett finishes a tired-looking seventh in his 400m semi-final, while Fintan Dewhirst advances in 400m hurdles

Thu Aug 29 2024 - 10:41
Sean Doggett advances to 400m semi-finals at World Under-20 Athletics Championships

Sean Doggett advances to 400m semi-finals at World Under-20 Athletics Championships

Fintan Dewhirst reaches semi-finals of the 400m hurdles

Wed Aug 28 2024 - 18:47
Elizabeth Ndudi makes long jump final at World Under-20 Champs in Peru

Elizabeth Ndudi makes long jump final at World Under-20 Champs in Peru

Underpar performance by the Irish jumper but through to Wednesday’s final as the last of 12 qualifiers

Tue Aug 27 2024 - 19:31
Rhasidat Adeleke echoes call for ‘lifelong consequences’ for athletes implicated in doping

Rhasidat Adeleke echoes call for ‘lifelong consequences’ for athletes implicated in doping

Irish sprinter says she has analysed her fourth-place finish in the Olympics and is focused on getting better

Tue Aug 27 2024 - 15:44
Oisín Joyce heading for Lima with a pep in his step

Oisín Joyce heading for Lima with a pep in his step

Young Mayo javelin thrower Oisín Joyce already up to fourth on the Irish all-time senior list and now bound for the World Under-20 Championships

Tue Aug 27 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke finishes fourth in Diamond League on her return to action

Rhasidat Adeleke finishes fourth in Diamond League on her return to action

Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen breaks the world record in the 3,000m by three seconds during Poland meet

Sun Aug 25 2024 - 16:12
Paul O’Donovan writes another gold medal chapter in World Rowing history

Paul O’Donovan writes another gold medal chapter in World Rowing history

Lightweight single sculls title success at World Rowing Championships in Canada another milestone in Paul O'Donovan's extraordinary career

Sun Aug 25 2024 - 15:47
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