Person: Robert Connolly

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Avatar star Worthington signs up for Ireland-set Riders

Sam Worthington has signed up to star in rescue drama 'The Riders'.

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Runners complete course under Dublin

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Power hopeful of competing at inter-county meet

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University takes win in Leinster Cup

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Awesome Bekele bags double for third time

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Connolly to get a shot at short course event

Connolly pips Lombard in sprint finish

THE fact that AAI won’t be sending short course teams to the world cross-country championships in Brussels next month may have taken some of the gloss of yesterday’s championships at ALSAA, near Dublin Airport, but the keenness of the competition was reflected in sprint finishes to both the men’s and women’s races.

Mon, 08 Mar, 2004

McKiernan turns back the clock as Power joins legends

CATHERINA McKIERNAN yesterday heralded her return to form when capturing the national inter-club cross-country title which she last won 11 years ago.

Mon, 23 Feb, 2004

McKiernan hopes to be fit for cross-country championships

CATHERINA McKIERNAN, the 1994 European champion, decides on Thursday whether to compete in the European cross-country championships on Sunday week.

Tue, 02 Dec, 2003

Athletics: Power battles through pain barrier to take ninth title

SÉAMUS POWER took the national Inter-counties Cross-Country Championships to a new level in Belvedere, Mullingar, yesterday, when he once again battled his way through the pain barrier to win the title for an amazing ninth successive time.

Mon, 01 Dec, 2003

Power hopes to repeat race

SEAMUS POWER is hoping to at least repeat his last performance at Margate when he lines up for the Grand Prix race there tomorrow.

Sat, 15 Nov, 2003

O’Rourke nursing injury as Irish athletes go head-to-head

DERVAL O’ROURKE will be a notable absentee from today’s Woodies DIY national senior track and field championships at Morton Stadium, Santry.

Sat, 09 Aug, 2003

Irish U-23’s have medals on their minds

THE Irish team arrived in Bydgoszcz, Poland last night for the Euro U23s with medals on their minds.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2003

English best of the Irish

UNA ENGLISH emerged as Ireland’s leading athlete at the World Cross-country Championships staged in sun-soaked Lausanne over the weekend when she finished 16th in the short course race.

Mon, 31 Mar, 2003

McCarthy and Fitzgibbon can keep the Leevale flag flying

FIACHRA LOMBARD has pulled out of Sunday’s Rás na hÉireann, which incorporates the national short course championship.

Thu, 13 Mar, 2003

McCarthy’s historic victory

MARTIN McCARTHY (Leevale) put years of frustration behind him in a devastating last lap that earned him his first national senior cross-country championship title at historic and picturesque Avondale where Anne Keenan-Buckley (North Laois) retained her women’s title in style.

Mon, 03 Mar, 2003

McKiernan on course to meet Sonia at Lausanne

WITH Catherina McKiernan set to compete in the Reebok Challenge in Belfast on Saturday week the prospects of having herself and Sonia O'Sullivan lining up together for the world cross-country championships in Lausanne next March are getting more exciting.

Tue, 31 Dec, 2002

Athletics Ireland name full-strength team

Athletics Ireland have named the strongest possible teams for next month's Great North Run in Durham.

Tue, 17 Dec, 2002

Sonia scores on the double

SONIA O'SULLIVAN is noted for surprises and she produced another big one for fans yesterday in the form of an unique 800m/5,000m double at the national track and field championships at Morton Stadium.

Mon, 15 Jul, 2002