2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (745+ words) It can be hard sometimes to drum up much interest or excitement in any newly staged athletics event. One of the first people I spoke to about this weekend’s Ultimate Championship in Budapest responded by asking was that the one…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (931+ words) Alex Usanov and Thierry Dusautoir have a couple of things in common. They both started in the backrow and reached brown belt level in judo. While the former French captain remained a career-long member of rugby’s breakaway unit, Leinster’s Usanov,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (444+ words) Back in June 2024, two months before the Paris Olympics, there was an unexpected announcement by World Athletics president Sebastian Coe. Starting from 2026, there would be a new track and field season-ending finale, a deliberately elite three-day event with a record…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (623+ words) Six weeks of rehab and recovery has put Sharlene Mawdsley back on track to compete at this weekend’s newly minted World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest. With a record $10 million prize pot – including the largest first-place pay-day the sport has…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (529+ words) Yang Hyun-jun scored the winner as Celtic came from behind to beat an impressive St Mirren side 2-1. St Mirren were heading for the top of the William Hill Premiership when Nikolas Agrafiotis netted from the spot midway through the first…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (488+ words) Camilo Durán scored another stunner as Celtic continued their perfect start to the Scottish Premiership season with a 3-0 win over Aberdeen. Benjamin Nygren and Yang Hyun-jun were also on target as Celtic killed the game off before the break. Aberdeen…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (844+ words) Katie Taylor’s public workout started with a standing ovation and ended with the Bray boxer lacing her glove on the hand of a 10-year-old girl. Legacy. Let there be no doubt, Taylor is holding the pen that writes the script…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (852+ words) Fight week on Dublin’s northside. Katie Taylor walks into her last few days as a boxer the same way she hopes to walk out. Fists clenched, smile wide, the roars of a partisan crowd assailing her. Ready for the cavalcade…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (443+ words) Double Olympic champion Kellie Harrington has been included in a 14-strong Ireland team for the European Elite Championships taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria next month. It will be the first time Harrington, who announced her decision to come out of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (878+ words) Celtic lacked desire, on-field leadership, depth and strength during their Champions League play-off capitulation, according to several former players. Martin O’Neill’s side squandered a four-goal aggregate lead as a 5-1 defeat by LASK in Austria consigned them to the Europa League....