World Championships
Rhasidat Adeleke just misses out on podium in Budapest
The sprinter was slow out of the blocks, but recovered to scramble home in fourth position.
Paralympic legend Jason Smyth bows out at top after ‘living the dream’
Top Paralympian hails support of family after calling time on glittering career
'Sh*t happens - I could have been out there and had a bad day': Harrington not worried by missed Worlds
LEAD THERE are few sports that labour what-might-have-beens more than boxing, but Kellie Harrington wasn’t about to go there yesterday morning.
Worlds boycott 'feels like the right thing to do': IABA president
THE president of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has defended the decision not to send Irish boxers to upcoming World Championships, insisting “it feels like the right thing to do”.
Ireland needs backing to fulfil mountain-running potential says Zak Hanna
IRELAND has the potential to develop into a major player in the mountain-running world – provided it receives greater backing from Sport Ireland and Athletics Ireland in future.
Worlds postponement 'a blessing in disguise' as golden girl Harrington eyes ring return
CONFIRMATION that next month’s World Championships has been postponed until March might have come as a blow to most Turkey-bound boxers – but for Kellie Harrington the news was “a blessing in disguise”.
Olympic champion Harrington backs high performance director Bernard Dunne
OLYMPIC champion Kellie Harrington has given her backing to Irish high performance director Bernard Dunne - and hopes the former world champion stays put for the foreseeable future.
'Being 20 and just new to the international scene... I thought I was going to beat everybody': Tommy Corr, the first Irishman to medal at the Worlds
TOMMY Corr laughs when he thinks back to his own days walking under the Irish flag.
Mark Downey sets sights on Olympic Games after medal heroics at Cycling World Championships
MARK Downey’s focus has now switched to qualifying for next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games after he became only the fourth Irish cyclist to win a World Championship medal.