Recreating my old cycling commute shows how Paris won the car wars
Outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo vowed to make Paris the ‘world capital of cycling’. So I put the city’s streets to the two-wheel test
Olympic Games
Nick Griggs on his 3,000m prospects in Torun: ‘Most athletes are going to dream of a medal’
The Tyrone 21-year-old has moved up another level since winning gold at the European cross-country last December
A decade after boxing betrayed him, it’s now or never for Michael Conlan
Belfast fighter knows defeat against US opponent will all but end his title aspirations
How Ronnie Delany’s date with Olympic destiny inspired a generation of Irish athletes
Hard to think what might have transpired had he not won gold in Melbourne in 1956
I was thankful I had filed away the obscure detail of who finished second to Ronnie Delany in 1956
Not that The Irish Times team needed any help crossing the finish line first to claim victory in the annual Dublin Rape Crisis Centre corporate quiz night
Remembering Ronnie Delany
It’s high time we had a museum to honour our sporting greats. Collins Barracks would be a fitting location
Ronnie Delany’s Olympic gold medal lifted a nation, but he almost didn’t make it
Some officials on the Olympic Council of Ireland weren’t supportive of sending 1,500m runner
Sonia O’Sullivan: I’ll never forget the first time I spoke to Ronnie Delany
Ronnie never seemed old, still demonstrating all that youthful enthusiasm and zest for life
Ronnie Delany’s Melbourne gold remains one of the greatest achievements in Irish sport
Memorable Irish track Olympian, a splendid middle-distance champion
Ronnie Delany, Ireland’s Olympic gold medal-winning athlete, has died aged 91
Co Wicklow runner won gold in the 1,500m at the Olympics in Melbourne in 1956
Ian O’Riordan: Lidl’s €50 carbon-plated super shoes will have runners sprinting to the middle aisle
A decade on from the Nike Vaporfly, no single piece of equipment has had a more profound impact on any sport
Johannes Klæbo is among the greatest athletes most people have never heard of
The 29-year-old from Norway has already won 10 Olympic gold medals in cross-country skiiing and he’s not finished yet
Geraldine Barniville obituary: Irish tennis and squash number one who also made her mark in sports administration
Tennis star played with greats such as Billie Jean Moffitt (later King), Virginia Wade, Margaret Court and Martina Navratilova
How a game of giant marbles on ice became an Olympic sport
All curling stones at the Winter Olympics originate from a once rat-infested, Christmas pudding-shaped rock off Scotland’s west coast
Irish rugby has a problem: the players don’t know how to run
The Stade de France witnessed another display of French sprinting ability last week, leaving the Irish trailing in the Six Nations
Turf footing as an Olympic sport?
In her piece on niche sporting events, Alison Healy missed a highly skilful pursuit particular to Ireland
Ian O’Riordan: What’s behind this inexplicable rise of the teenage running phenoms?
At age 16, Sam Ruthe from New Zealand last weekend ran the mile in 3:48.88, which is fast – very fast
From Kilternan ski slope to Milano Cortina, Cormac Comerford completes his long journey to the Winter Olympics
Comerford joins Anabelle Zurbay, Thomas Maloney Westgård and Ben Lynch in the four-strong Team Ireland
Heated Rivalry brings back my childhood dreams of being an Olympic figure skater
I was something of a prodigy in Dolphin’s Barn, and by ‘prodigy’ I mean I could mostly stay standing and didn’t have to cling on to the edges
Figure skater’s against-the-odds Olympic qualification a fitting tribute to late parents
THE US figure skater’s mother and father were killed in an aircraft collision in January 2025
Ex-Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin arrested in Mexico
Ryan Wedding described as ‘largest narco-trafficker in modern times’ by FBI director
No anxiety among Irish athletes about US situation ahead of Olympics, says OFI
World Cup matches in United States will be seen as a measure of how 2028 LA Olympics may look
You can’t fight luck in sport, you just learn to control it
In the exact science of modern sport, luck is the corrupting element that refuses to be sanitised
LA Games: Ticket race for 2028 Olympics has begun – here’s what you need to know
Organisers expect a record 14 million tickets will be sold for the 2028 Games
New ideal of Olympic philanthropy a potential game-changer in Irish sports funding
Changes in tax mean relief can be claimed on all OFI donations made up to September 1st, 2028
Lochlann Walsh on his OFI presidency: ‘I’m not going to get into what Pat Hickey did and didn’t do, because that’s in the past’
A year into his role, Walsh is hoping the organisation’s athlete-centred policies will bear fruit in the LA Olympics
Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan awarded MBE in new year honours list
Pommel horse specialist won Ireland’s first gymnastics gold medal
Twenty years ago, The Irish Times tried to predict 2025. It got quite a few things right
Irish Times writers correctly foresaw rises in WFH, sea levels and right-wing politics by 2025 but they didn’t see e-scooters coming, and the home Olympics still haven’t happened
Enduring appeal of Katie Taylor built on a combination of class and humility
World champion boxer remains Ireland’s most popular athlete and it’s easy to see why
Ian O’Riordan: Why Grand Slam Track is paying a high price for excluding field events
Sweden’s pole vault superstar Mondo Duplantis had a gentle dig after winning the men’s athlete of the year award last Sunday
The Canadian former snowboarding champion who slalomed into drug trafficking
How did Ryan Wedding go from representing Canada in the 2002 Olympics to being on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list?
Derval O’Rourke: ‘I almost needed my career to hit rock bottom before I could enjoy it again’
Hall of Fame inductee has made peace with disappointments faced during ‘pretty savage career’
An Irish perspective: James Watson (1928-2025) – the DNA titan with a downside
Too often in old age, he made unjustified racial remarks in highly offensive ways with immense ‘titanic’ public consequences
Zaur Antia leaves Irish boxing with his legacy secure
Georgian-born coach transformed Ireland’s place in the sport at Olympic and World level
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
Ban expected over the next six to 12 months amid pledge from new IOC president Kirsty Coventry
‘My uncle did it, so why can’t I?’: Rising force Patsy Joyce sets sights on Olympics
The nephew of John Joe Joyce, who competed for Ireland at Beijing 2008, has high hopes of making an impact at Los Angeles 2028
Kellie Harrington comes out of retirement: ‘This is what I want to do. This is what has saved me’
Paris was supposed to be the end for the two-time Olympic gold medallist but a year of reflection has led her to decide to get back into the ring
South African sprinter Benji Richardson to switch allegiance to Ireland
Richardson (21) has a 100 metres best of 9.86 seconds and last represented South Africa at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Denis Walsh: Are you really opposed to cheating in sport?
The Enhanced Games will do well in the United States
The Enhanced Games are about something far weirder than money
The Enhanced Games is a shopfront for a strange vision of the human future
Why Shane Ryan is the first Irish athlete to sign up for Enhanced Games
In the News podcast: Swimmer expects big payday from event that encourages doping
Shane Ryan on the Enhanced Games: ‘You have no idea of the shitstorm that I’ve caused’
The three-time Olympian says he is willing to take performance-enhancing drugs because the money he will earn is life-changing
By joining the Enhanced Games, Shane Ryan will be a paid stooge of a doped-up circus
Ryan will be a sunny, articulate spokesman for a grim plaything of tech billionaires with God complexes
IABA votes to disaffiliate from IBA
Overwhelming majority vote in favour of motion at IABA AGM in Belfast
Sonia O’Sullivan: No time for complacency in athletics cycle that never stops
Big goal for many Irish athletes will be next year’s European Championships in England
Three-time Olympic swimmer Shane Ryan announces retirement
The 31-year-old says he looks forward to ‘mentoring the next generation’
‘My first day back at work after the All-Ireland I thought, ‘Oh my God, it’s all over, and I just want to go back’
In elite sports, the transition from thundering stadiums and euphoric wins to ordinary life can be traumatic
Irish Olympic hopefuls have won 45 senior medals worldwide in 2025. Where did it all go right?
Three years out from the LA Olympics, new faces have emerged into a system that finally seems to be working
Zaur Antia: ‘Success has no limit. We always have to prove ourselves’
Ireland’s Georgian-born `godfather’ of boxing is looking forward to the World Championships and LA Olympics with quiet confidence
Swimming prodigy John Shortt: ‘Rugby taught me a lot, the biggest thing was the leadership side of sport’
Swimming prodigy celebrated World Championships medal haul at the home of his first sporting love
John Shortt: The 18-year-old from Galway taking world junior swimming by storm
Teenager had almost complete domination of the three backstroke events in Romania
Sonia O’Sullivan: My worry for Rhasidat Adeleke is that she’s not being entirely open or honest
Issuing a vague message on social media was far from the best way to deal with her withdrawal from the World Athletics Championships
What’s behind Rhasidat Adeleke’s withdrawal from the World Championships?
Irish runner says her season has been blighted by injury and setbacks
Maeve Kyle obituary: First woman to represent Ireland in Olympic Games and a trailblazer for women in sport
Kyle was heavily involved in several different sports during her lifetime
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Stardust
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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