Rob Heffernan is nothing if not meticulous, a perfectionist on and off the track.

The Cork City Sports athletics meet will tonight be streamed live to the world for the first time.

At 27, Mark Hanrahan found himself at a crossroads.

The surnames of Lawler and Healy, though not yet in lights, are inscribed above the 100m and 200m national junior records, while Lavin is our fastest ever junior over the hurdles, quicker even than Derval O’Rourke.

Now firmly settled in its new home at the CIT track in Bishopstown, the Cork City Sports International meet captured the partisan crowd’s attention last night as Robert Heffernan clocked a new national record in the 3,000m race walk.

American sprinter Cleo VanBuren is determined to write her name into the history books by becoming the first lady to break 11 seconds on Irish soil.

Ciarán Ó Lionáird will be the star attraction for Cork in tonight’s 61st annual Cork City Sports with the Macroom native a strong contender in the iconic mile distance, writes Conor George of the Evening Echo.

Ciarán Ó Lionáird will turn to his home track and the support of the home crowd at the CIT Stadium in Bishopstown this evening (6.30pm) to launch the final phase of his Olympic build-up in the featured Cork City Sports Cork Airport Mile.

National champion and record holder Paul Hession claimed a brace of second place finishes at today’s 60th running of the Cork City Sports meeting.

Francisco ‘Paco’ Javier Fernandez, a multi-medallist at Olympic, World and European level, led home the field in the 3km walk at today's Cork City Sports meeting.

World silver medallist Olive Loughnane was the first Irish winner at today’s Cork City Sports meeting in Bishopstown.

ONE of Cork’s best-known sports grounds got back on track yesterday almost five months after it was destroyed by floods.

Galway sprinter Paul Hession has broken Paul Brizzel's long-standing Irish 200 metres record tonight by finishing fourth at the British Grand Prix in Sheffield.

ALISTAIR CRAGG took another big step towards European gold this summer with a personal best in a historic 5,000 metres in New York.