Sailors Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove announced their arrival at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games with a splash this afternoon as they finished in first place in their opening 49er class race, edging out Great Britain and Germany. There’s still a long way to go in this competition though, with 12 races in total in […]
Mona McSharry became the first Irish swimmer in 25 years to compete at an Olympic final today, and put in a solid performance this morning in her 100m Breaststroke final, placing 8th overall in a time of 1:06.94. Earlier in the day, a superb performance from Carolyn Hayes in the women’s triathlon saw her finish
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Mona McSharry continued her impressive form at this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games as she secured a coveted final spot in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke today. Finishing fourth in her semi-final today in a time of 1:06.59, she become the first Irish swimmer to qualify for an Olympic final in 25 years. Elsewhere, both of Team
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Team Ireland Rugby Sevens Squad Named for Tokyo 2020 First Ever Irish Rugby Sevens Team to Compete in the Olympics Team Ireland has officially selected the Rugby Sevens team who will compete in the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer. This is the first time that Ireland will field a rugby team in the Games,
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EOC, Krakow-Małopolska agree on preliminary list of sports for European Games The European Olympic Committees (EOC) this weekend welcomed a delegation from Poland to the CONI headquarters in Rome for discussions on the 3rd edition of the European Games (EG), which are scheduled to take place in Krakow-Małopolska in summer 2023. The meeting was led
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As the Ireland Men’s Sevens programme continues its preparation for the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series in June and July, IRFU director of Sevens rugby Anthony Eddy took his 14-man squad for a three-day training camp in Portugal last month. The selected squad trained with the Portugal and Spain Sevens sides over three days. Included in the squad
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IRFU Director of Women’s and Sevens Rugby Anthony Eddy has confirmed the 12 players to compete in the third stage of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Las Vegas on Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4. The Ireland team finished eighth overall at the Sydney 7s tournament, their best placing in a
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The Ireland Men’s and Women’s Sevens squads have been named for the II Toreno Internacional Rugby 7s tournament in Elche, Spain this weekend. The Ireland Men’s team will play Spain, Portugal and France, while the Women’s side take on Britain, Spain, Portugal, France and Spain Development. Speaking ahead of the tournament, Anthony Eddy, IRFU Director of Rugby
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Ireland Women’s Sevens captain Lucy Mulhall says her team are looking forward to ‘a big year of rugby’ after they qualified as a core team for the 2015/16 World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series. It has been a summer of real progress for the Ireland Women under the guidance of head coach , culminating in their 26-14 Cup semi-final
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Irish Rugby have issued an open invitation to all male athletes, from all sports, to consider if they have what it takes to be part of the new Irish Rugby Men’s Sevens Programme as it confirmed four Talent Identification Days (TID) to be held in locations around Ireland in January 2015. The Talent Identification Days will
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IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora met with Rio 2016 Chef de Mission Kevin Kilty in Howth today to discuss the Ireland’s Women’s 7’s programme. They were joined by OCI’s Martin Burke and Stephen Martin and Team Ireland Women’s 7’s Team Manager Gillian McDarby. Nucifora will be joined by fellow Olympic Sports Performance staff on October 9th and
England stand in the way of the Ireland Women making further history by qualifying for their first ever Women’s Rugby World Cup final. A mouth-watering clash awaits at Stade Jean Bouin as the girls in green bid to make it four wins out of four. 2014 IRB WOMEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL: Wednesday, August 13 IRELAND
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