Leevale’s Ciarán Ó Lionaird and Derval O’Rourke spearhead Ireland’s hopes of medals at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey today knowing they will have to be in top form to compete with the best.

Anti-doping chief Dick Pound has warned sport’s drug cheats the net is starting to close in on them.

Whereas sprinters Gary Ryan and Rob Daly narrowly missed their respective Olympic qualification marks this weekend in Cork, American-based discus thrower Nick Sweeney did and is waiting on confirmation from the Olympic Council of Ireland of a plane ticket to his fourth Games in Athens.

United States Track and Field have been given until tomorrow night to discipline sprinter Jon Drummond.