There won’t be any medals, that’s for sure, and we’re unlikely to see any Irish athlete make a final, but that’s not to say we should stick a skewer in the IAAF World Indoor Championships before they’ve even begun.

Athletics Ireland has announced four athletes for the 2018 World Indoor Championships.

Age is no barrier for Joe Gough. The 63-year-old Waterford athlete is a World and European Masters champion. And he isn’t ready to hang up his spikes anytime soon.

On what was his 21st birthday, Marcus Lawler came of age in style yesterday by blitzing the field to win the 200m title at the GloHealth National Indoor Championships in Athlone.

Five years ago, Ciara Mageean had the world at her feet, her rivals in the rear-view mirror, and a bright future looming on the horizon.

Michael Kennedy earned his 50th cap with the Irish lacrosse team at the 2015 World Indoor Championships. He also serves as CEO of Ireland Lacrosse, which is seeking official Sport Ireland recognition for the sport...

Mo Farah looks set to miss the World Indoor Championships in March to focus on the defence of his Olympic titles.

There were notable upsets at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland over the weekend but there was no stopping New Zealand shot putter Valerie Adams, who won her 44th consecutive major title.

It was always going to be a tough ask for the five Irish athletes to progress from their respective heats on day one of the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland yesterday, and so it proved, with none of the quintet able to make it to a final.

It will be a tough first day of competition for the five Irish athletes competing at the world indoor championships in Poland today but they all have their personal goals to keep them on track.

I’m counting down the hours to the weekend’s World Indoor Championships as Sopot in Poland hosts the most important event of the global athletics calendar.

Mark English leads a small Irish team to next month's IAAF World Indoor championships in Sopot, Poland.

Amy Foster and Kelly Proper were the stand out performers at today’s Woodies DIY National Indoor Championships in Athlone IT.

Marcus Lawler and Phil Healy have continued their rapid ascent since being a class apart at the All-Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships last summer and the two sprinters are set to star at the Woodie’s DIY Senior Indoor Championships in Athlone this weekend.

UCD’s Mark English underlined his world-class potential at the Woodie’s DIY AAI Games in Athlone yesterday with a national 800m indoor record (1:46.82) which qualifies him for the world indoors.

Coaches and teachers who have helped Rob Heffernan since he was a boy paid tribute to an athlete who started out in Togher and went all the way to the top of the world.

Ciarán Ó Lionáird will face a defining moment in his career when he lines up for the first round heats of the men’s 1500m at the Olympic Stadium tonight (8.25pm).

Moroccan gold medal track prospect Mariem Alaoui Selsouli has been thrown out of the Olympic Games after failing a drugs test for the second time in her career.

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.

American Ashton Eaton set a new world record in winning the men’s heptathlon title at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, but the home nation celebrated the loudest with two medals today.

Ben Reynolds has qualified for tomorrow’s semi-finals of the men’s 60 metres hurdles at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

Derval O'Rourke is through to tomorrow's semi-finals at the World Indoor Championships.

Derval O'Rourke has finished fourth in her heat in the 60 Metres Hurdles at the World Indoor Championships.

This weekend's World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Istanbul are surely going to whet the appetite in terms of what lies ahead for the rest of the year.

Tori Pena has become the first Irish pole vaulter to qualify for an Olympic Games.

Ciara Everard and Laura Crowe combined to produce the most exciting race of the domestic indoor season when they clashed in the 800m at the recent Universities Championships in Nenagh, breaking the U23 record set by Sonia O’Sullivan all of 22 years ago.

The Odyssey Arena in Belfast has been confirmed as the host venue for the upcoming Woodie's DIY Irish Indoor Championships.

The High Court will rule early next month on an application by the Tug of War's international governing body to dismiss an application brought by an Irish club who claim that they were wrongly disciplined for refusing to compete in an International competition.

DERVAL O’ROURKE has withdrawn from next weekend’s Woodies DIY All-Ireland indoor championships at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast but her coach, Sean Cahill, insists there is no need for concern.

Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlasic has been voted the 2010 winner of the women's European Athlete of the Year Award.

David Gillick's attempt to win Ireland's first medal at the European Championships ended in disappointment tonight as he finished fifth in the 400m final.

IRISH team manager Patsy McGonagle believes David Gillick is ready to win his first European outdoor medal in this evening’s 400m final at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona.

CLAIRE BRADY (Celbridge) will be back in action on Irish soil on Sunday when she lines up for the 100m at the Woodies DIY AAI Games, which return to Castleisland after a 10-year absence. The Games will include senior relays as well as Paralympic events and a Masters 3km team event.

DAVID GILLICK received a welcome boost following his World Indoor Championships nightmare as he was named Europe’s Male Athlete for February.

Ireland's Roseanne Galligan was seventh in the 1500 metre heats in the World Indoor Championships in Doha this afternoon.

David Gillick powered through his 400 metres heat in first place in a time of 46.72 seconds at the World Indoor Championships in Doha this morning.

Caster Semenya's future in athletics remained under a cloud today after it was revealed no further progress had been been made in ascertaining her gender status.

After recently equalling his Irish 400 metres record, Irish runner David Gillick is upbeat about his chances at this weekend's World Indoor Championships in Doha.

DERVAL O’ROURKE is out of next weekend’s World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar with a hamstring injury.

The former world indoor champion Derval O'Rourke has been forced to withdraw from the Ireland team for the upcoming World Indoor Championships in Qatar after developing a hamstring injury.

DERVAL O’ROURKE, Leevale AC, produced a solid performance to win the 60m hurdles at the UK Indoor Championships in Sheffield yesterday.