Rio Olympian Lizzie Lee insists age is no impediment to running fast marathons and says becoming a mother has actually helped her, physically and mentally, to get even quicker this year.

IRELAND picked up a fourth athletics medal on the final day of the World University Games in Turkey as the women’s squad finished third in the 4x100m relay.

Catherina McKiernan successfully defended her Adidas Frank Duffy 10-mile title, shaving 1:20 of her 2003 winning time in Dublin on Saturday.

FOR anyone who has never run, or even walked a marathon, and would like to do so — the 25th Anniversary adidas Dublin Marathon on October 25 provides the ideal opportunity.

A man who tried to claim nearly £200,000 (Irish pounds) from Ladbrokes bookmakers with a forged betting slip based on the numbers of the English lottery has received a five-year suspended sentence from Judge Kevin Haugh at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.