Mark English (UCD AC) continued the momentum of the Irish team on day one of the European Athletics Championships in Zurich. He powered to victory in his heat of the 800m in a time of 1.47.38 to qualify automatically for the semi-finals. English made all the right moves as he could afford to coast down […]
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The draws have been published for the 2014 World Championships in Copenhagen at the end of August. Team Ireland have qualified players in three events at this year’s competition. To qualify you need to be ranked in the world’s top 64. Team Ireland kick off in Copenhagen from Monday the 25th of August. The team
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Seven of Ireland’s top swimmers are making final preparations as they travel to Berlin, Germany this week for the 2014 LEN European Swimming and Open Water Championships. Clare’s Chris Bryan is the first Irish swimmer in action when he takes on the 10K Open Water event at the ‘Regattastrecke Grünau’ on Thursday. Bryan finished 16th
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Horse Sport Ireland Show Jumping High Performance Manager Robert Splaine has confirmed the five horse and rider combinations that will represent Ireland at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy. The Show Jumping phase takes place from September 1st to September 7th. The squad of five riders in alphabetical order is: Bertram Allen with
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Congratulations to Rory McIlroy on winning the US PGA Championship. McIlroy is the first player since Padraig Harrington in 2008 to win back-to-back majors, his victories in the Open Championship and US PGA also sandwiched by a first World Golf Championship win in the Bridgestone Invitational last week. Lifting the Wanamaker Trophy for the second
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Scott Evans secured Gold for Team Ireland in the finals of the 2014 Brazil Grand Prix today in Rio de Janerio. Evans showed great form throughout the tournament beating a number of seeds on his way to the final including number one seed Henri Hurskainen of Sweden. In the final Evans showed his fighting spirit by
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The Olympic Council of Ireland has learned with great sadness of the death of Tommy Brennan, who passed away at the age of 74. Tommy was an iconic figure in Irish equestrian sport, with an individual fourth place in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with Kilkenny marking the beginning of an illustrious career. The combination went
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Ireland’s Paul O’Donovan came 4th in today’s U-23 World Championships in Varese, Italy. With USA Campbell storming off the start it was a hard fight between the other scullers. O’Donovan was neck and neck 2nd/3rd place with the Turkish and Italian boats at the halfway mark but slipped into Forth place in the last 500m
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Ireland’s Josie Knight has won a Silver Medal in the Junior Women’s Individual Pursuit at the UEC European Track Championships U23/Junior in Anadia, Portugal. Knight earlier qualified for the final as the fastest qualifier posting 2.29.467 for the 2km race against the clock, guaranteeing her a medal in the gold medal ride off against Russia’s
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Reigning 50k World Walks Champion Robert Heffernan will lead as the team of 30 to compete at the European Track and Field Championships in Zurich 12-17th of August. This is one of the largest teams ever to compete at the championships. Last August the Cork man made history by becoming Ireland’s third ever World Champion
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Over 900 swimmers to compete; 3,762 Individual Swims Swim Ireland’s Irish Age Group Championships and Summer Open kicks off this Wednesday at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. Over 900 swimmers from more than 100 clubs will compete in the biggest Championships Swim Ireland has ever run with 3,762 Individual and 151 Relay swims taking
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Irish swimmers at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Dordrecht, Holland finished their week with a number of personal best swims in what has been a successful week for the stars of the future. The eight swimmers made 2 finals, 3, semi-finals and broke two Irish Junior Records over the five day meet which sees
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