Dublin Marathon Race Director Jim Aughney admitted he was “disappointed” that Martin Fagan pulled out at the last minute for the launch of the race yesterday.

It was almost the greatest marathon win of all time — even though the mystery runner happened to be in a different county as the drama unfolded.

Kenya’s Geofrey Ndungu successfully reclaimed his Dublin Marathon title in a time of 2:11:09 this afternoon.

Caitriona Jennings has admitted missing out on the Olympics having achieved the necessary qualifying time would be “devastating”.

A record 14,000 competitors will pound the streets of Dublin today during the Dublin marathon.

LINDA BYRNE will add to an already exciting women’s field in the National Lottery Dublin Marathon this morning with the national championships incorporated in the event.

JIM AUGHNEY, the man responsible for founding and developing the Dublin Marathon and Race Series, was one of 11 volunteers honoured for their outstanding contribution to sports at a ceremony at the Aviva Stadium yesterday.

DUBLIN Marathon Race Director Jim Aughney yesterday had good reason to feel like a lottery millionaire with the announcement that the National Lottery is the new title sponsor for the October Bank Holiday weekend event.

NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Ethiopian runner Feyisa Lilesa finished within five seconds of the course record when winning the Lifestyle Sports adidas Dublin Marathon on his debut over the distance.

A record 12,750 runners have started the Dublin Marathon today with competitors from all over the world taking part.

Dublin city centre will come to a standstill tomorrow as a record 12,750 runners pound the streets in the capital’s marathon.

A family of 15 siblings today wearily trudged their way into the record books after completing the Dublin City Marathon.

Almost 11,000 runners and walkers will pound the streets of the capital tomorrow for the Dublin Marathon.

EVERYONE was a winner in yesterday’s Dublin City Marathon.

A Russian runner today broke the record for Dublin City Marathon by a minute and a half.

Over 10,000 runners and walkers will flood the streets of the capital on Monday as the Dublin Marathon gets underway.

Thousands of budding athletes are to descend on Dublin’s Phoenix Park today for the annual 10-mile race.

A record entry of over 2,300 runners is to take part in Sunday’s adidas Irish Runner Challenge – the first of the series in the Phoenix Park.

MANY athletes are turning their attentions to the marathon. Over 10,000 are heading for Dublin on October 25 but Mark Carroll has his sights on a big one.

NA FIANNA officials last night extended their best wishes to those remaining teams in the Dublin SFC, after their High Court appeal ended in disappointment yesterday.

MICHAEL DOYLE was last night officially ratified as manager of the Tipperary senior hurlers, at a meeting of the county board in Thurles.

The Dublin county board this evening rejected Na Fianna's claims for an independent arbitrator to adjudicate on the six-sub fiasco.

A 23-year-old Kenyan athlete today beat off competition from more than 8,000 runners to win Dublin’s Adidas Marathon.