3+ hour, 25+ min ago   (744+ words) Shane Foley won’t appeal against the 11-day suspension he picked up for careless riding in Saturday’s dramatic 50-1 victory for Hotazhell in Saturday’s Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes, although it appears that he may have ground to make up with some…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (406+ words) Mark English finished sixth in the race to decide the best 800 metres runner in the world on Sunday night, the Donegal athlete clocking a personal best of 1:42.78 seconds on the closing night of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest....

6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (814+ words) It was after a 3-0 win away to Azerbaijan that Gavin Bazunu’s team-mate Shane Duffy dubbed him “Superman” for pulling off a slew of big saves that only enhanced an already impressive highlights reel at international level. That was five years…...

4+ hour, 16+ min ago   (820+ words) By casting doubt on the health of his Ballydoyle string, Aidan O’Brien put a cat among the pigeons before Sunday’s leg of the Irish Champions Festival, but still managed a Group One Curragh double highlighted by Scandinavia’s Comer Group Irish…...

6+ hour, 20+ min ago   (143+ words) The Irish Times The World Series of Darts Finals takes place this week in Amsterdam. After six events in six countries, the finale in the Netherlands features 32 players, with the winner taking home £100,000 (€116,400). - Thursday-Sunday, ITV4 The week-long UCI Road World Championships…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago   (322+ words) Alex Dunne had to settle for second place after a frantic and entertaining Formula 2 feature race at the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid. With only three rounds to go, the Offaly driver remains fourth in the championship standings. Sweden’s Dino…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago   (491+ words) Derek McInnes got Ibrox bouncing here, his Rangers side dominating Celtic in front of an all-blue crowd to decide the first Old Firm encounter of the season. To a backdrop of bouncing techno, Rangers fans celebrated three memorable goals in…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (453+ words) “I am really surprised. There were better swimmers in this race than me,” Bruno Delmonte, winner of the men’s race in the 106th year of Dublin’s Liffey Swim, said on Saturday. Cheering crowds lined the quays between Rory O’More Bridge and…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (483+ words) It was a sight the England press pack became increasingly used to seeing following the team’s World Cup matches over the summer. Kobbie Mainoo was invariably the first to leave the dressingroom, walk through the mixed zone – eyes dead ahead,…...

2+ day, 21+ min ago   (745+ words) It can be hard sometimes to drum up much interest or excitement in any newly staged athletics event. One of the first people I spoke to about this weekend’s Ultimate Championship in Budapest responded by asking was that the one…...