
Top marks for English in final test
There were a number of top performances at the GloHealth National Indoor Championships where UCD’s Mark English rubber-stamped his ticket to the European Indoor Championships in Prague on March 6-8. English finished 6th in the 800m in 1:47.17 on Saturday at the Sainsbury’s Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham and returned

Chefs To Brew Up Athlone Storm
Piece courtesy of @irishhurdlers at http://www.irishhurdlers.com/ After his heroics on Wednesday night it looks like @TreyvaudsResto will make a surprise appearance at this weekend’s National Championships in Athlone. One of the new kids on the block in the Athletics Culinary world, Treyvaud set twitter on fire during the Men’s Mile

Live Stream: Dibaba goes for World Record in Stockholm
Genzebe Dibaba is on the world record hunt for 5,000m in Stockholm tonight at the XL Galan meeting. Watch a high-quality live stream, with English commentary, here: The meet timetable is below, with startng line-ups further down. All times are in local time. For GMT/Irish time, subtract one hour. The

Jackson’s World Record Set To Reach Milestone Mark
On the day of this year’s European indoor 60m hurdles final in Prague, March 6th, Colin Jackson‘s world record for the event will turn 21 years old. Will it be challenged? Absolutely not. 7.30 seconds is the mark which has stood relatively unchallenged since the day it was set, while 5

Live stream: AIT International Grand Prix
A host of international stars are competing in Athlone tonight with Mutaz Essa Barshim taking top billing in the men’s high jump. It is now well publicised that Asafa Powell will be competing in the men’s 60m and Tianna Bartolleta and Carmelita Jeter, two members of the US 4 by

Farah and Vernon go to war on Twitter
Mo Farah is a two-time Olympic champion, three-time world champion, but for all his success, it seems he gets pretty defensive when facing some criticism on Twitter. This afternoon, British teammate and rival Andy Vernon, who finished second to Farah in the European Championships 10,000m last summer, spoke out criticising

Treacy wins thrilling 3,000m at British Indoor Championships
Sara Treacy caused a stir in Sheffield when she edged victory on the line in the women’s 3,000m at the Sainsbury’s British Championships in Sheffield yesterday. Treacy held off Emelia Gorecka on the line in 9:06.23 to 9:06.27 – both new personal bests. Jessica Judd finished third in 9:09.67. That

The duel in the Armory: Centrowitz and Willis, and the Wanamaker Mile
In the end, the battle that determined the winner of the men’s Wanamaker mile was not so much the final run to the finish line – as tight and thrilling as that home-stretch duel was – but the one that occurred when Matt Centrowitz and Nick Willis raced to the

Mageean and Murray make their mark at Millrose
Ciara Mageean had an impressive run at the Millrose Games in New York last night in the women’s 3,000m, securing qualification for the upcoming European Championships when finishing seventh in 8:55.09. The race was won by Sally Kipyego in 8:41.72. “I’m happy enough with the time; the aim was to

Mageean and Murray looking for Millrose magic
Ireland has two representatives in the Big Apple for tonight’s Millrose Games at the Armory. Ciara Mageean will race over 3,000m, and will look to secure the qualifying time for the European Indoor Championships in Prague next month. Mageean comes to New York off the back of her anchor performance