Irish Olympics selection trials at La Grande Motte see experienced duo Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove hold off challenge of Cork pair Séafra Guilfoyle and Johnny Durcan
Olympic Games
It would be a fitting finale to an incredible career to see Kenenisa Bekele, the legendary Ethiopian, at 42, line up in the Olympic marathon in Paris this summer
One of Ireland’s first full-time athletes, Terry McHugh was never afraid of taking on impossible odds, and going where no one had gone before
Switching to fight for Team GB can’t have been easy for the world champion from Dundalk but it underlines what a singular life you have to lead to be an Olympian
Swimmer’s career ended two years after Atlanta 1996 when the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled against her after she was found to have tampered with a urine sample
The major athletics events this summer are not simple or straightforward affairs for athletes when they face having to balance individual aspirations with team obligations
With Olympic qualification already in the bag, Adeleke, Cillín Greene, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley took bronze in the 4x400m mixed relay
Ireland’s women’s 4x400m team and mixed 4x400m team both book their spots in Paris with record-breaking displays
Kerryman Ned Barrett, holder of an All-Ireland winner’s medal for hurling, beat Corkman Con O’Kelly to claim the title of British heavyweight wrestling champion in 1908. The stakes were even higher when the pair clashed again later that year ...
Roger Bannister's sub-4-minute athletic milestone reaches 70 years this Monday and in all that time since only 59 Irish men have emulated his amazing feat
Sharlene Mawdsley and Rhasidat Adeleke looking forward to helping Ireland's relay teams bid to seek Paris Olympic qualification in the Bahamas
Sport Ireland Institute has opened a new environmental training chamber which can simulate exact conditions for the Games in July - we gave it a try
The 25-year-old is part of the women’s pursuit track cycling team qualified for Paris after a poster campaign caught her attention
Drogheda boxer had been looking to change allegiance after Irish Athletic Boxing Association said they would not be putting her name forward
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