Cian McPhillips decides against competing in next month’s World Indoor ChampionshipsSarah Healy will also bypass indoor season, but Kate O’Connor is back in action this weekendFri Feb 27 2026 - 13:38
Bori Akinola: ‘Running under 10 seconds, it could happen this summer’ UCD athlete is out to defend his National Indoor 60m title on SundayWed Feb 25 2026 - 06:20
How Ireland’s athletes made their mark at 2026 Winter Olympics in ItalyBen Lynch saved the best Irish result until last when finishing eighth in Friday’s freestyle skiing halfpipe finalTue Feb 24 2026 - 11:00
Cork athlete Maeve O’Neill sets 800m national indoor record in BostonProvidence College student clocks 2:00.33 to best Síofra Cléirigh Büttner’s effort from 2021Mon Feb 23 2026 - 16:43
What’s behind the new winter sports arena in south Dublin?A private consortium has acquired a site in Cherrywood in south Dublin with plans for a €190 million developmentSun Feb 22 2026 - 06:00
Johannes Klæbo is among the greatest athletes most people have never heard ofThe 29-year-old from Norway has already won 10 Olympic gold medals in cross-country skiiing and he’s not finished yetSat Feb 21 2026 - 06:00
Keely Hodgkinson breaks indoor 800m world record as Andrew Coscoran breaks Irish recordDublin runner Coscoran clocked 3:33.09 for third place in 1500mThu Feb 19 2026 - 22:13
Winter Olympics: Anabelle Zurbay completes second slalom event as Mikaela Shiffrin finally strikes another goldThirty-year-old US skier won her first slalom gold in 2014 at 18Wed Feb 18 2026 - 15:33
Winter Olympics: Cormac Comerford survives slalom slide fest to finish in 31st placeAtle Lie McGrath from Norway missed out on gold after straddling out on his second runMon Feb 16 2026 - 16:28
Teenager Anabelle Zurbay finishes 48th in giant slalom as Federica Brignone wins gold for ItalyColorado-based skier, whose grandmother hails from Co Westmeath, makes Winter Olympics debutSun Feb 15 2026 - 14:59
Rhasidat Adeleke returns to the track to break her own Irish indoor 300m recordIrish athlete clocked 36.30 seconds when finishing runner-up to Stacey Ann Williams from JamaicaSat Feb 14 2026 - 20:54
Brazil’s Pinheiro Braathen makes history with giant slalom goldIreland’s Cormac Comerford finishes 42nd in the eventSat Feb 14 2026 - 15:38
Irish rugby has a problem: the players don’t know how to runThe Stade de France witnessed another display of French sprinting ability last week, leaving the Irish trailing in the Six NationsSat Feb 14 2026 - 06:00
‘I didn’t really have the last gear today’ - Thomas Maloney Westgård disappointed with 54th spotNorway’s Johannes Klæbo wins third golf medal in seven days in the 10km cross-country skiing interval raceFri Feb 13 2026 - 13:54
Bori Akinola smashes Irish indoor 60m record in BelgradeHis 6.54 was good enough to finish second at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in SerbiaWed Feb 11 2026 - 18:53
Winter Olympics: Ireland’s Cormac Comerford finishes 37th in the super-G at Milano CortinaThe 29-year-old from Dublin finished just under 10 seconds behind gold medal winner Franjo von Allmen from SwitzerlandWed Feb 11 2026 - 14:28
Ben Lynch on Olympic freestyle skiing: ‘It’s a very cool sport when you get into it’If it wasn’t for an old trampoline, the 23-year-old might well have ended up in rowingWed Feb 11 2026 - 06:00
Swim Ireland appoint Andy Reid as national performance directorThe former swimmer has held the role on an interim basis since last MayTue Feb 10 2026 - 14:25
Ireland’s Thomas Maloney Westgård enjoys his best result in Winter Olympics skiathlonIn his third Games, Maloney Westgård finished 35th in the gruelling 20km cross-country race Sun Feb 08 2026 - 14:08
‘There’s a huge sense of pride’: Ireland’s Cormac Comerford makes Olympic debut in downhill skiingDubliner finishes 34th in men’s downhill as Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen takes gold medal with sensational performanceSat Feb 07 2026 - 14:30
Ian O’Riordan: What’s behind this inexplicable rise of the teenage running phenoms?At age 16, Sam Ruthe from New Zealand last weekend ran the mile in 3:48.88, which is fast – very fastSat Feb 07 2026 - 06:00
Lord Clifton Wrottesley: ‘Maybe some people saw me as a sort of playboy coming down from St Moritz’It’s been 24 years since Wrottesley finished fourth in the Winter Olympics, and his passion for the ice still burnsFri Feb 06 2026 - 08:00
Anabelle Zurbay: ‘In my school, it’s actually kind of normal to become an Olympian’Gen Z skier, among the youngest in Winter Olympics slalom events, is Ireland’s only woman in four-strong teamThu Feb 05 2026 - 06:00
Mark English smashes his own Irish 800m record in Czech RepublicDonegal athlete takes almost half a second of his previous best to finish third in OstravaTue Feb 03 2026 - 17:42
Andrew Coscoran just shy of Irish record in finishing fifth in Wanamaker MileCian McPhillips was a late withdrawal from the 800m due to a dental issueMon Feb 02 2026 - 11:11
Louth fall flat against Cork as Rebels march on through Division TwoThe excellent Steven Sherlock led the way as they had seven different scorersSun Feb 01 2026 - 18:04
Elizabeth Ndudi sets new national indoor long jump record in ArkansasBori Akinola secures automatic qualifying time for next month’s World Indoor ChampionshipsSun Feb 01 2026 - 13:38
The shifting psychology behind breaking a world record While some records repeatedly fall in quick succession, others can go unbroken for many yearsSun Feb 01 2026 - 06:00
From Kilternan ski slope to Milano Cortina, Cormac Comerford completes his long journey to the Winter Olympics Comerford joins Anabelle Zurbay, Thomas Maloney Westgård and Ben Lynch in the four-strong Team IrelandThu Jan 29 2026 - 18:20
One in a million: how Dublin footballer Niamh Crowley learned to speak all over againTwo-time All-Ireland winner was diagnosed with extremely rare form of epilepsy as a childTue Jan 27 2026 - 19:31
How Irish athletes are shaping up ahead of World Indoor Championships in PolandAndrew Coscoran will race the Wanamaker Mile a year after running his Irish record 3:49.26Mon Jan 26 2026 - 19:02
Cian McPhillips returns to action with 600m victory in BostonIrish runner runs 1:16.37 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday Sat Jan 24 2026 - 21:02
Ger Brennan era off to losing start as Donegal take down Dublin at Croke ParkHalf-time sub Luke Breathnach helps the home side make a contest of it after they were six points down at the break Sat Jan 24 2026 - 19:38
Gary Ryan: ‘I’ve seen how other sports maximise high performance, we want to do it in triathlon’The two-time Olympian and former Irish 100m record holder has started as new performance director with Triathlon IrelandSat Jan 24 2026 - 06:00
For years the butt of college football jokes, Indiana triumph is a feelgood story for the agesDramatic victory against Miami sealed a flawless title-winning season for the HoosiersSat Jan 24 2026 - 06:00
Pádraic Maher says Tipperary hurlers must ‘find something extra’ to end 61-year waitPremier County haven’t won back-to-back All-Irelands since 1965Thu Jan 22 2026 - 16:52
Players ‘unlikely to be distracted’ in row over Allianz sponsorship of National LeaguesPotential boycott of firm’s signs during player interviews has been discussed by Dublin County BoardThu Jan 22 2026 - 14:18
No discussions held by Dublin players on potential Allianz protests for National LeaguesRecent report by the GAA’s Ethics and Integrity Commission recommended retaining Allianz as sponsorsWed Jan 21 2026 - 19:18
Record €33m in core funding announced for sporting bodiesAllocation for 2026 up €1.2 million on last year’s figureWed Jan 21 2026 - 17:36
Swim Ireland become latest national sports governing body to discontinue use of X platformMove comes amid concerns over images generated by Grok AI Mon Jan 19 2026 - 20:09
Kilmacud Crokes table motion seeking to end Allianz sponsorship of National LeaguesDublin’s footballers and hurlers are also considering a decision not to appear in front of Allianz signage when conducting interviewsMon Jan 19 2026 - 20:03
Mark English lowers 800m Irish indoor record to win in LuxembourgDonegal athlete moves to joint-13th on the all-time world 800m indoor listSun Jan 18 2026 - 18:35
The difference between running and cycling through the pain barrierIan O’Riordan: ‘At least cyclists don’t have to worry as much about stress fractures’, Ben Healy once told meSun Jan 18 2026 - 06:00
Dublin City Half Marathon 2026: When is it, how to enter, new increased fee and more Everything you need to know about applying for the race in the capitalFri Jan 16 2026 - 14:39
Sport Ireland reviewing use of X in light of Grok controversyReview follows Sport England’s decision to cease using the social media channelWed Jan 14 2026 - 21:12
Mark English lowers national indoor 600m record in first outing since World ChampionshipsDonegal athlete knocked nearly a second off his previous national record from 2024Wed Jan 14 2026 - 20:36
LA Games: Ticket race for 2028 Olympics has begun – here’s what you need to knowOrganisers expect a record 14 million tickets will be sold for the 2028 GamesWed Jan 14 2026 - 18:13
New ideal of Olympic philanthropy a potential game-changer in Irish sports funding Changes in tax mean relief can be claimed on all OFI donations made up to September 1st, 2028Wed Jan 14 2026 - 06:00
Efrem Gidey among 10km record breakers in ValenciaLimerick teenager Ava Crean improved her 10km best by almost a minuteSun Jan 11 2026 - 12:53
Lochlann Walsh on his OFI presidency: ‘I’m not going to get into what Pat Hickey did and didn’t do, because that’s in the past’A year into his role, Walsh is hoping the organisation’s athlete-centred policies will bear fruit in the LA Olympics Sun Jan 11 2026 - 06:00
