Athlone Town win President’s Cup in dramatic penalty shoot-out

Athlone Town 2-2 Shelbourne (5-4 penalties) Athlone Town secured their first ever piece of silverware by lifting the President’s Cup following a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Shelbourne after finishing 2-2 at full-time. In the inaugural staging of this competition for SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division teams, first-half goals from Noelle Murray and Alex Kavanagh put Shelbourne ahead before Muireann …

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New Women’s Team Pursuit Irish Record Set at UCI Tissot Nations Cup

Ireland have set another national record in the women’s team pursuit on Thursday, February 23rd, at the UCI Tissot Nations Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia. The team of Mia Griffin, Lara Gillespie, Alice Sharpe and Kelly Murphy blew over two seconds off the previous record set at the UEC Track European Championships just earlier this month. Competing in the women’s team …

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Irish Team for Indoor European Championships Announced

Athletics Ireland have announced an exciting team of sixteen athletes set to compete at the upcoming European Indoor Championships which take place in Istanbul from March 2nd – 5th 2023. The selection came the same day insurance company 123.ie were officially announced as the new official kit sponsor of Irish athletics, doubling down on their existing multi-annual six figure sponsorship of Athletics Ireland which began …

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Team Ireland to race in DNA U20 meet today

Team Ireland arrived in Spain yesterday (February 21st) ahead of the 2023 DNA U20 meet, taking place in Madrid this morning. Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) is a European Athletics initiative which will see 6 nations compete against each other in a two-hour long team competition.  The match, which will take place at midday in Madrid’s Gallur Municipal Sports Centre, will …

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The Address UCC Glanmire Now One Win Away from Super League Title

The Address UCC Glanmire survived a final quarter comeback to extend their lead to nine points at the top of the MissQuote.ie Super League, following an 89-86 Cork derby win over i3PT Fr.Mathews. Mark Scannell’s side are now one win away from retaining their crown after second-placed Trinity Meteors fell to a one-point loss on the road against Waterford Wildcats. …

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Kerry Stays Winning: Lidl NFL Round 4 Wrap

Kerry joint-manager Darragh Long believes his players made a statement with their big win over Dublin in the Lidl NFL on Saturday evening. It was a massive game at the top of Division 1 where Kerry were leading the way heading into the clash at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, and the Kingdom maintained their perfect start to the season …

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Ireland’s T20 World Cup So Far

Hopes were high after a thrilling warm-up match victory over Australia, but it’s been a rocky start for Ireland at the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa with successive losses to England and Pakistan. Here’s what’s happened, and what’s coming. After a surprise three-wicket win over tournament favourites and defending champions Australia in an unofficial match, Ireland earned some …

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