Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Peadar Hurson and Damien Connolly in their Subaru WRC

Peadar Hurson wins Galway Rally

Former National rally champion Peadar Hurson (Subaru WRC) took a start to finish victory in the 4x4 Exporter Galway Summer Rally, the penultimate round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship.

Motorsport • 30 Aug 15

Breen fails to finish in Finland

Peugeot Rally Academy driver Craig Breen had his sights set high this weekend when he brought his SAINTéLOC Racing run Peugeot 208T16 to WRC Rally Finland, however the Waterford man failed to finish.

Motorsport • 02 Aug 15

Sebastien Ogier (second from left) has won five of the seven rallies contested in the WRC this season

Dominant force Ogier triumphs in Poland

Sebastien Ogier produced a blistering finish to claim a second successive Lotos Rally Poland victory.

Motorsport • 05 Jul 15

Sebastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia celebrate victory in Sardinia

Ogier seals Sardinia success

Volkswagen's Sebastien Ogier claimed his third successive Rally Italia Sardegna victory and fourth win of the WRC season to extend his lead at the top of the Drivers' Championship.

Motorsport • 14 Jun 15

Sebastien Ogier's Volkswagen Polo R takes off at the top of a crest on the Rally Italia Sardegna

Ogier leads Rally Italia Sardegna

Sebastien Ogier opened up a healthy lead in the Rally Italia Sardegna as overnight leader Hayden Paddon ran into trouble in the Mediterranean island race.

Motorsport • 13 Jun 15

Craig Breen leads Sata Rallye Azores

Ireland's Peugeot Rally Academy driver Craig Breen holds the lead in his Peugeot 208 at the end of day two of the Sata Rallye Azores, the fourth round of the European Rally Championship.

Motorsport • 05 Jun 15

Craig Breen: 'It’s been a reasonably good day'

Craig Breen takes early lead in Azores

Following the first three stages of leg one at the Sata Rallye Azores, Peugeot Rally Academy driver Craig Breen leads overnight in his 208T16.

Motorsport • 04 Jun 15

Jari-Matti Latvala leads the way in Portugal

Latvala on top in Rally de Portugal

Jari-Matti Latvala ended day two of the Rally de Portugal on top after winning two of the five stages but Craig Breen saw his involvement in the race end due to engine trouble.

Motorsport • 22 May 15

Donagh Kelly wins Rally of the Lakes

Donagh Kelly & Conor Foley in a Focus WRC took victory in the Cartell.ie International Rally of the Lakes when they had 50 seconds to spare over the Impreza WRC of Robert Barrable & Damien Connolly.

Motorsport • 03 May 15

Injured rally fans in 'serious' condition

Three spectators were in a serious condition on Sunday after a car careered off the track and ploughed into the crowd at the Rally of Argentina, organisers said.

Motorsport • 27 Apr 15

Craig Breen wins Circuit of Ireland Rally

Waterford's Craig Breen has achieved a childhood ambition by winning the Discover Northern Ireland Circuit of Ireland Rally, which puts him into the lead of the 2015 FIA European Rally Championship.

Motorsport • 05 Apr 15

Craig Breen: 'All I want to do is win the rally and get my name on the trophy'

VIDEO: Breen wants Circuit of Ireland trophy

Craig Breen says victory in the Circuit of Ireland Rally would fulfil a childhood dream.

Motorsport • 01 Apr 15

Donagh Kelly leads the Triton Showers National Rally Championship by seven points

Kelly capitalises on Boyle puncture in Roscommon

Donagh Kelly triumphed in the second round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship as he steered his Ford Focus WRC car to a dramatic victory in the Midland Moto Rally in Roscommon.

Motorsport • 29 Mar 15

It was Ogier's third successive Mexico win after triumphs in 2013 and 2014

Ogier makes it three from three with win in Mexico

World rally champion Sebastien Ogier made it three out of three wins for the season with a comfortable victory in Mexico on Sunday.

Motorsport • 08 Mar 15

Sebastien Ogier is in front at the WRC Mexico

Sebastien Ogier dominates at WRC Mexico

Reigning champion Sebastien Ogier dominated the opening day of the third round of the World Rally Championship in Mexico.

Motorsport • 06 Mar 15

Sebastien Ogier in action during stage 20

Sebastien Ogier wins thrilling Rally of Sweden

Sebastien Ogier maintained his impressive start to the World Rally Championship season by coming out on top in a thrilling three-car battle to win the Rally of Sweden today.

Motorsport • 15 Feb 15

Thierry Neuville takes flight in his Hyundai i20

Thierry Neuville leads Rally of Sweden

Belgium's Thierry Neuville grabbed the overall lead at the end of the penultimate day of round two of the 2015 World Rally Championship in Sweden.

Motorsport • 14 Feb 15

Craig Breen wins Rally Liepāja in Latvia

Craig Breen has won the Rally Liepāja in Latvia to get his bid for FIA European Rally Championship glory back on track.

Motorsport • 08 Feb 15

Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena in their Citroen C4 in Corsica in 2008

WRC to return to Corsica in October

The French round of the World Rally Championship will return to Corsica in October after the island stepped in to replace the Alsace region that hosted the event most recently.

Motorsport • 06 Feb 15

Toyota president and CEO Akio Toyoda gives the new Yaris the thumbs up

Toyota to return to WRC in 2017

Toyota will return to the World Rally Championship in 2017, ending what will be an 18-year absence from the sport.

Motorsport • 30 Jan 15

France's Sebastien Ogier and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia

Ogier claims Monte Carlo Rally once more

Sebastien Ogier wrapped up his third Monte Carlo rally title on Sunday morning as Northern Ireland's Kris Meeke won two of the final day's three stages to finish 10th overall.

Motorsport • 26 Jan 15

Sebastien Ogier leads in Monte Carlo

Sebastien Ogier will take a 43 second lead into the final day of the Monte Carlo Rally after Citroen pair Sebastien Loeb and Kris Meeke dominated today.

Motorsport • 24 Jan 15

Sebastien Ogier in on the verge of triumph at the Monte-Carlo Rally

Ogier closes in on victory at Monte-Carlo

Reigning World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier heads into the weekend stages of the Monte-Carlo Rally with victory in his sights following a disastrous final stage for nine-times king Sebastien Loeb.

Motorsport • 23 Jan 15

Sebastien Loeb impresses in Monte Carlo

Sebastien Loeb proved he has lost none of rallying prowess after opening up a comfortable lead following the opening stages of the sport's most-famous event.

Motorsport • 23 Jan 15

Kris Meeke is part of a four-car Irish contingent for the WRC event in Monte Carlo

Four Irish crews to compete in Monte Carlo rally

There will be four Irish crews competing in the first round of the 2015 World Rally Championship in Monte Carlo tomorrow.

Motorsport • 22 Jan 15