On A lonely bench at Belgrave Park in Rathmines he sat one night. All night long.

Mark English has said he is aiming to get his 800 metre time down enough for a podium position at the Olympics.

Very few events can cause more than 16,000 people to fall silent, but when a crowd has come to the races to acclaim a queen, only to watch her carried out on her shield, a shocked hush is the only appropriate response.

Junior finance minister Brian Hayes has insisted he will not be bounced into standing for Fine Gael in the European elections.

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.

Two days ago, a beaming Davy Russell clambered onto the podium in the winners’ enclosure at Punchestown and had his snap taken as he pretended to take a great, big glug out of the oversized tankard that comes with victory in the Gold Cup.

Ciarán O’Lionaird (Leevale AC) smashed his PB for the mile when he finished third in Wannamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in The Armory in New York on Saturday night.

Athlone IT’s indoor track can make Irish athletics stand out from the crowd, writes Feidhlim Kelly

When it comes to the phenomenon that is Katie Taylor, the key word is perspective.

More people are more active more often, according to the Irish Sports Council.

Fine Gael's newest recruit Eamon Coghlan has said there are days when he believes the Seanad should be retained.

A DOCUMENTARY on the only Irishman to manage Manchester United has been shortlisted for Best Sports Programme at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs).

BACK when I was young and it was sunny all summer long, I got a job in a garden centre.

AFTER 18 months of thinking about it, 12 months of planning and about six months of intense training, two Mullingar men have completed the challenge of a lifetime by running 32 marathons in 32 days.

AS about 1,400 of Europe’s finest athletes explode into action this morning in Barcelona’s big European Championships, the image in my mind’s eye is not of any of the 30-strong Irish team involved.

LIKELY ways to promote job growth and finance ideas will be some of the issues discussed at conferences in Cork and Limerick tomorrow.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese is donating a number of ball gowns to a charity auction. This alerted me to the prospect of life after her presidency when it ends in 2011.

IF you want proof of how much Ireland has progressed as a country over the last 20 years you’ll find it in the achievements of the Celtic Tiger’s generation of sports stars.

THE annual Canon Hayes National Sports Awards in Tipperary will incorporate a new category this year in memory of the late international rugby player and coach, Mick Doyle.

Irish rugby player and coach Mick Doyle is to be honoured at a major national awards event in Tipperary next month, it emerged today.

A RAY of hope to illuminate the gloom that has enveloped Irish track and field since Athens?