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19-year-old Amy Greene storms to senior national 5k title

Amy Greene (Finn Valley AC) struck senior gold at this morning’s National 5k Championships held in conjunction with the Biofreeze Irish Runner 5k in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Over 1700 participants took part in the race, which was the first of three in the Biofreeze Athletics Ireland Race Series. Greene, who is still a junior athlete, took the senior women’s …

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Fionnuala McCormack takes 4th at European Cross Country Championships

Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole AC) produced one of the all-time great Irish performances to finish fourth in the senior women’s race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels this afternoon (Dec 10th). Competing at her 18th European Cross Country Championships, the context of McCormack’s result was made all the more impressive in that only last weekend she secured the qualifying …

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First pro loss for Katie Taylor, Ireland are Water Polo Home Nations Champs: Weekend Roundup

Ireland win WaterPolo Home Nations Tournament First professional loss for Katie Taylor Katie Taylor suffered a narrow defeat in her homecoming fight after moving up a weight class to face England’s Chantelle Cameron in a bid to become the undisputed light-welterweight champion (Taylor is still the undisputed lightweight champion). Cameron won by majority decision with the judges giving 95-95, 96-94, …

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Lizzie Lee digs deep to win national 5k title

“They have speed and I have no speed, so the only thing I can do is go as hard as I could.” Lizzie Lee (Leevale A.C.) showed her class as she won the national 5k title in the Phoenix Park today (May 20th). Over one thousand participants took part in the Irish Runner 5k, marking the first race in the …

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Exciting Irish Team Selected for SPAR European Cross-Country Championships

European silver-medallist Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn AC) heads an Irish squad stacked with Olympic and European championship experience which has been selected for the 28th edition of the SPAR European Cross-Country Championships which takes place at La Mandria Park, on the outskirts of Turin, on December 11th, 2022. Mageean is joined in the squad by fellow Olympians Michelle Finn …

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