HORSE SPORT IRELAND is seriously considering making a bid to stage the 2014 World Equestrian Games (WEG), according to its chairman Joe Walsh.

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

SHE doesn’t have a coach, she doesn’t even have a proper place to train, but Eileen O’Keeffe will enter the circle at these world championships today alongside some of the best hammer throwers in the world with a big chance of making the final.

Leevale athlete Derval O'Rourke failed to repeat her first-round heroics when bowing out of the 60-metre hurdles semi-finals at the European Championships in Madrid today.

DURING the Cold War, governments used sport for political ends. The communists pointed to the successes of their athletes as proof of the superiority of their system.

WHEN Philip Cassidy sprang one of cycling’s shocks of the century by coming back after 16 years to win the FBD Milk Rás for a second time in 1999, his son Mark was just a spectator with a passing interest.

TOP class boxing returns to Fermoy tonight with a star-studded show at the Rowing Club where the McDonagh brothers will top the bill.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN is wise not to set any targets in advance of the New York Marathon, according to Olympic medallist, John Treacy.

WORLD 5,000m record-holder Gillian O’Sullivan is hoping to extend her wonderful spell of form to 20km in the women’s final at the European championships in Munich.

SONIA O'SULLIVAN will compete in the 800m on at the national track and field championships at Morton Stadium, Santry, tomorrow, but there will be no head-to-head with Ireland's current middle distance sensation, Geraldine Hendricken.