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Clonliffe and Dundrum South Dublin made it a Dublin double at a memorable  Woodie’s DIY League Track and Final League final in Tullamore. For Clonliffe, it was a fourth consecutive win in men’s premier division. It didn’t come easy, with a gallant team from St Abban’s chasing hard and neither clubs dominant across the board. […]

HOCKEY: The Irish women face Germany in their opening match at the European Championships in Moenchengladbach Germany this afternoon (Sat), where places at the London Olympics are at stake. Germany is currently ranked No 3 in the world, with the Irish ranked 16th. Tomorrow the Irish women face Belgium, a team they are capable of […]

HOCKEY: The Irish women face Germany in their opening match at the European Championships in Moenchengladbach Germany this afternoon (Sat), where places at the London Olympics are at stake. Germany is currently ranked No 3 in the world, with the Irish ranked 16th. Tomorrow the Irish women face Belgium, a team they are capable of […]

With the track and field season drawing to a close, club athletes and masters  will take centre stage at Tullamore over the weekend. After finishing an excellent second in the European Club Championships earlier this summer, the Ferrybank club are favourites to retain their women’s premier league title on Saturday. The Waterford club were easy […]

With the track and field season drawing to a close, club athletes and masters  will take centre stage at Tullamore over the weekend. After finishing an excellent second in the European Club Championships earlier this summer, the Ferrybank club are favourites to retain their women’s premier league title on Saturday. The Waterford club were easy […]

BADMINTON: Irish No 1 may have gone out in the second round of the World Badminton Championships  at Wembley in London, but he can hold his head high. After comfortably beating Austria’s Michael  Lahateiner in in the opening round, Evans faced Chinese sporting legend Lin Dan, gold medal winner at the Beijing Olympic, and one […]

BADMINTON: Irish No 1 may have gone out in the second round of the World Badminton Championships  at Wembley in London, but he can hold his head high. After comfortably beating Austria’s Michael  Lahateiner in in the opening round, Evans faced Chinese sporting legend Lin Dan, gold medal winner at the Beijing Olympic, and one […]

For the athletics community, the National Track and Field Championships are about far more than competition. Athletes long retired make their annual visit to Santry,renewing friendships and assessing the form of the sport’s rising stars, They would have seen plenty to please them last weekend.  On the track, a thrilling men’s 400m hurdles saw 19-year-old […]