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SCathal Dennehy: Grand Slam Track made big promises but now looks a busted flush
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SCathal Dennehy: The record-breaking run that still bonds four Irish athletics greats
World Athletics Championships Oregon22 - Day Two - Eugene
US sprinter Fred Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures
Kerley is a two-time Olympic 100m medallist and was 100m world champion in 2022.

Tue, 12 Aug, 2025

2025 World Athletics Relays - Day 2
Conor Kelly wins 400m gold for Ireland at Euro U20 Championships
Kelly is the ninth Irish athlete to have won gold at the championships

Sat, 09 Aug, 2025

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Five
Anika Thompson strikes gold as Nicola Tuthill wins silver at European U-23 Championships
Thompson was raised in Oregon but qualifies to represent Ireland through her Cork grandparents while Tuthill hails from Kilbrittain.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

World Athletics Championships 2023 - Day 2
Ciara Mageean reveals she has been diagnosed with cancer
The European 1500m champion and Olympian announced on Friday evening that she has been diagnosed with cancer and has already started treatment. 

Sat, 05 Jul, 2025

2025 World Athletics Relays - Day 2
Jack Raftery and Sharlene Mawdsley impress for Ireland at European Team Championships
Ireland are in the hunt for promotion at the European Team Championship. 

Sat, 28 Jun, 2025

Sportsfile Images of the Year 2024
With Faith Kipyegon, Nike hopes to make history, and win back female runners
Any record Kipyegon sets on Thursday would be unofficial, as she will have pacers and won't be in an official competition.

Wed, 25 Jun, 2025

Grand Slam Track - Philadelphia
S Cathal Dennehy: Grand Slam Track future uncertain after first season fails to cross finishing line
Over two months after Grand Slam Track's first event, many athletes have not received their full prize money from Kingston, though they’ve been assured they will get it.

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Day 14 - Athletics
S As his peers slow down, Mark English is only getting better
In the 800m at the Oslo Diamond League meeting on Thursday, Mark English will race five of last year's Olympic finalists.

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Day 14 - Athletics
Rhasidat Adeleke returns to speciality at Oslo Diamond League meeting
The 22-year-old will race her first 400m of the season in a field featuring Natalia Bukowiecka and Amber Anning. 

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

Mark English 7/6/2024
Mark English smashes Irish 800m record to take victory in Hengelo
The 32-year-old from Donegal is the first Irishman to run under 1:44 for 800m. 

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

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Sarah Healy sprints to Diamond League victory in Rome
"I know I’m good at hard, fast races, but races like this were more where I struggled so I’m really, really happy to win – it’s really cool.” 

Fri, 06 Jun, 2025

Your sport on TV this week: Limerick v Cork, Kilkenny take on Galway and Leinster welcome Glasgow Warriors
Your sport on TV this week: Limerick v Cork, Kilkenny take on Galway and Leinster welcome Glasgow Warriors
It is another action packed weekend of sport on TV this weekend with the Munster SHC final seeing Limerick take on Cork, in the Leinster SHC decider Kilkenny take on Galway while in the URC semi-final Leinster welcome Glasgow Warriors to Dubin - all you need to know here.

Thu, 05 Jun, 2025

2025 World Athletics Relays - Day 2
Irish women's 4x400m team book Tokyo spot at World Relays
Mawdsley produced another foot-perfect anchor leg to carry them to victory in 3:24.69 ahead of Australia (3:27.31) and Switzerland (3:32.37), leaving them with an overall 12th-place finish.

Sun, 11 May, 2025

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Day 14 - Athletics
Rhasidat Adeleke sprints to second place at Diamond League
Adeleke said she and her coach have taken a different approach to this season with September's World Championships in Tokyo very much to the fore of their thoughts. 

Sat, 03 May, 2025

World Indoor Athletics Championships - Day One
Andrew Coscoran claims thrilling win at Grand Slam Track in Miami
The win puts the Dubliner in line for the biggest payday of his career on Sunday.

Sat, 03 May, 2025

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S Cathal Dennehy: Playing multi-sports in childhood can help form champions like Duplantis
“It’s really important to follow your passion, follow your gut, and if you really enjoy something, just dive right in to it.”

Fri, 25 Apr, 2025

Pat Naughton Feature
92 years of dedication: Remembering Pat Naughton, the man who never stopped competing
Ever year since 1972, Tipperary native Pat Naughton won national masters medals. That included last August in the over-90 category. 

Wed, 23 Apr, 2025

2025 Boston Marathon
Sharon Lokedi breaks Boston Marathon course record by 2.5 minutes
Fellow Kenyan John Korir recovered from a starting line fall to join his brother as a race champion — the first relatives to win the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025

17th IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 - Day nine
S Cathal Dennehy: Athletics should know better than lauding Justin Gatlin as a legend
There was something deeply unsettling about seeing Gatlin trackside in the VIP area at athletics' newest event. 

Sat, 12 Apr, 2025

Cork's 80-year-old world masters champion still long way from finish line
Cork's 80-year-old world masters champion still long way from finish line
What keeps Michael Kiely running at 80? “The number one thing is you maintain your health better,” he says.

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Day Sixteen
World Athletics approves cheek swabbing to determine athletes’ biological sex
The global body’s president Sebastian Coe said the decision taken by the World Athletics Council was further evidence his organisation would “doggedly” protect the female category

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

Sixth-place finishes for Healy and Coscoran at World Indoors
Sixth-place finishes for Healy and Coscoran at World Indoors
Sarah Lavin is the sole remaining Irish competitor at the championships, the Limerick athlete racing the heats of the 60m hurdles at 2:33am Irish time on Sunday morning.

Sat, 22 Mar, 2025

Sarah Healy 9/3/2025
Sarah Healy embraced the chaos to triumph after race plan had to be binned
“My race plan was to try have a smooth run which was the opposite of what I had in the end," said Sarah Healy after winning gold for Ireland in the 3000m at the European Indoors. 

Sun, 09 Mar, 2025

European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 - Day Four
Three medals for Ireland, including Sarah Healy gold, on magic evening at Euro Indoors
Mark English won the fifth European medal of his career in the 800m while Kate O'Connor broke new ground for Irish athletics by claiming bronze in the pentathlon.

Sun, 09 Mar, 2025

European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 - Day Four
'Couldn't be happier' - O'Connor in medal contention after breakthrough day at European Indoors
The Dundalk athlete sat second in the pentathlon at the European Indoor Championships after three of the five events.

Sun, 09 Mar, 2025

European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 - Day Three
Sarah Healy sets up glorious chance to claim first senior medal
Meanwhile, Bori Akinola and Andrew Coscoran both progressed from their Saturday morning races at the European Indoor Athletics Championships while Orla Comerford won the mixed-classification para 60m.

Sat, 08 Mar, 2025

European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 - Previews
After graduating from school of hard knocks in Paris, Doyle has spring in step
The last two years have shown the 27-year-old Dubliner he can make the 1500m final, and perhaps make an impact on the opening night of European Indoor Championships

Thu, 06 Mar, 2025

123.ie National Indoor Championships Media Day
After years out, Kerry native has sporting gaze fixed firmly on the track
Killarney's Sarah Leahy heads to this weekend's National Indoor Championships as the second fastest Irish woman over 60m this year. 

Tue, 18 Feb, 2025

Entries Open for the New Dublin City Half Marathon
Efrem Gidey has come a long way in eight years but there's still plenty of road to go
In 2016, Efrem Giey fled war-torn Eritrea, eventually ending up in Ireland. He is now an Irish citizen, an Irish record holder, and a professional athlete. 

Thu, 09 Jan, 2025

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Day 14 - Athletics
Kenya's Chebet becomes first woman to break 5k 14-minute barrier
The 5,000m and 10,000 Olympic champion beat her previous record by 19 seconds.

Tue, 31 Dec, 2024

World Athletics Championships. Budapest 2023.
S Cathal Dennehy: Catch him if you can - Katir case tells us something of athletics culture
The Spaniard's rivals have been outspoken about Katir's whereabouts rules vioations. 

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 - Salford
Keely Hodgkinson named BBC Sports Personality of the Year as coaches eye 800m world record
Olympic 800m champion Hodgkinson was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Tuesday night. 

Wed, 18 Dec, 2024

Rhasidat Adeleke 16/12/2024
'I still have that PTSD from the Olympics' — Rhasidat Adeleke taking lessons from year of growth
The track star is working hard but back in Dublin for Christmas.

Tue, 17 Dec, 2024

Nick Griggs Homecoming
5000m the priority for Nick Griggs in 2025
The 19-year-old's main aim for 2025 is the qualify for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

Rian O'Neill and manager Kieran McGeeney celebrate 28/7/2024
S Colin Sheridan: Expect Ulster to crack Gaelic football's new puzzle before the rest
What we have seen over the last two decades in the GAA is overdone redevelopment of county grounds, often with increased capacities that are unnecessary and rarely justified. Could Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney be another example?

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

Nick Griggs celebrates with his silver medal 8/12/2024
Nick Griggs 'buzzing' for Euro silver after leaving everything on the course
The medal performance caps another remarkable year for Griggs, who broke the Irish U23 records over 1500m, 3,000m and 5000m.

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

Jakob Ingebrigtsen 10/8/2024
Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father charged after threat to ‘beat him to death’
Gjert Ingebrigtsen used to coach Jakob and his brothers.

Fri, 29 Nov, 2024

World Athletics Championships 2023 - Day 2
S Cathal Dennehy: The race that defines Mageean will never make the highlight reel
“I’m excited for the next chapter, to learn from the things that happened and to drive towards the next Olympic cycle."

Sat, 23 Nov, 2024

Rhasidat Adeleke after the race 5/8/2024
Rhasidat Adeleke named Athlete of the Year, Ciara Mageean takes middle distance award
Ciara Mageean took the Middle Distance Athlete of the Year while Fionnuala McCormack took the Endurance Athlete of the Year award.

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Last year, Cork's Fiona Everard shocked everyone in the Kilkenny mud, now she defends title
“This has been the first year in so long I’ve come into it healthy, it seems foreign to me."

Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

2024 Chicago Marathon
Ruth Chepngetich shatters marathon world record in Chicago
Her time was more than four minutes better than her best, set over the same course two years ago.

Sun, 13 Oct, 2024

Cork's Finn claims Dublin Half Marathon title as Mayo's Armstrong makes history
Two-time Olympian Michelle Finn broke the women's course record at the Phoenix Park. 

Sun, 22 Sep, 2024

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Six
Efrem Gidey breaks Irish half marathon record in Copenhagan
Alistair Cragg ran two seconds faster than Gidey's time in New York in 2011, clocking 1:00:49, which was not ratified as an Irish record due to the course’s net elevation drop.

Sun, 15 Sep, 2024

2024 Diamond League - Herculis
Initial déjà vu but still another Adeleke breakthrough in Diamond League final
The 22-year-old crossed the line fourth but Olympic silver medallist Salwa Eid Naser, who’d finished third in 50.64, was soon disqualified for a lane infringement.

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

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