Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Siofra Cleirigh Buttner ran 2:04.62 in her heat, which was won in a time of 2:01.42 by Raevyn Rogers of the United States

Tokyo 2020: No joy for Irish trio in 800m heats

There was no joy for Ireland's trio of 800m runners in Tokyo as a set of seventh place finishes in their heats meant they will not progress any further.

Olympics • 15 Aug 21

Thomas Barr impressed in his 400m hurdles heat

Tokyo 2020: Barr blazes into 400m hurdles semi-finals

Thomas Barr blazed into the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Games, finishing second in his heat behind world record holder Karsten Warholm.

Athletics • 30 Jul 21

Power: 'I've realised I can perform well when a lot of things are going on, like managing college'

Power surging ahead in search of Olympic standard

800 metre runner Nadia Power is hopeful that her outstanding indoor season will pave the way for Olympic qualification in Tokyo

Athletics • 23 Mar 21

The Irish sportswomen hoping for a big 2021

It's a big year for sport and on International Women's Day, we take a look at some of the athletes and competitors who will be writing the headlines over the next 12 months.

Athletics • 08 Mar 21

'We'll just push each other to be better'

Power: Síofra and I can push each other on

Nadia Power tells RTÉ's Game On that her 800m rivalry with Síofra Cléirigh Buttner can only help the two of them to improve in the long run.

Athletics • 23 Feb 21

Síofra Cléirigh Buttner smashed the Irish indoor record set only last Wednesday by Nadia Power

Cléirigh Buttner breaks 800m Irish indoor record in US

The extraordinary turn of events in Irish women's 800 metre running took another twist last evening as 25-year-old Síofra Cléirigh Buttner, smashed the Irish indoor record set only last Wednesday by Nadia Power.

Athletics • 22 Feb 21

Thomas Barr finished 2nd to reach the 400m hurdles final

Europeans: Barr finishes strongly to make final

Phil Healy was seventh in her 100m semi-final at the European Championships in Berlin and Brendan Boyce finished 19th in the 50km walk as Siofra Cleirigh Buttner, Claire Mooney (both 800m) and Chris O'Donnell (400m) all failed to advance from their heats.

Athletics • 07 Aug 18

'When I was training in Loughborough we would always keep an eye on the NCAA results because you would have young athletes you'd never heard of running phenomenal times'

NCAA graduates like Cléirigh-Buttner are at crossroads

Villanova 800m star Síofra Cléirigh-Buttner needs to decide where her future will take her now that her college career is over. Do you return home or go pro in the United States?

Athletics • 15 Jun 18

Turkey's Ramil Guliyev (C) crosses the finish-line ahead of South Africa's Wayde Van Niekerk (R) and Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards (L) in the final of the men's 200m

Guilyev shocks Van Niekerk to take 200m gold

Turkey's Ramil Guliyev shocked Wayde Van Niekerk to clinch the 200m title at the World Athletics Championships in London on Thursday.

Athletics • 11 Aug 17

Siofra Cléirigh Buttner