Athletics Ireland announced yesterday that its new CEO will be Hamish Adams, who currently holds the same position at Rowing Ireland.

In the absence this year of FAI support for the PFAI’s annual training camp for out of contract League of Ireland footballers, the players’ union has had to dig into its own resources and rely on the charity of clubs and others to ensure that the 2017 programme could kick off as planned yesterday.

Ireland's new home jersey has emerged online with the boys in green set to wear the new and first ever New Balance kit as they take on Georgia next month, writes Ciara Phelan.

Keeping Ireland Alive: The Health Service in a Day airs on RTÉ One at 9.35pm on Monday.

Olympic Council of Ireland boss Pat Hickey believes Nike may have missed a golden opportunity to sponsor Rory McIlroy’s bid for a gold medal in Rio.

By Will Downing

The great outdoors never looked so good.

Fionnuala Britton, who takes on Olympic 5,000m champion Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) over 3,000m in Karlsruhe this weekend, was the headline athlete at the announcement of the new partnership between New Balance and Athletics Ireland last night.

Athletics Ireland have inked a lucrative three-year deal with New Balance.

Liverpool have struck a six-year deal with Warrior Sports that will see the American company replace adidas as the club’s official kit supplier.

Gisele Bundchen has been named the world’s top earning model for the seventh year.

CIARA MAGEEAN reaches a new level tonight in the New Balance Games at the Armory Track and Field Centre in New York.

CIARA MAGEEAN has secured the most lucrative sponsorship deal in the history of Irish junior athletics after signing a six-figure deal with sportswear giants New Balance.