Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Thomas Barr broke his own national record to win his semi-final

Ecstatic Barr looking forward to 'wide open' final

Having become the first Irish man to reach the final of the 400m hurdles at an Olympic games in 84 years, Thomas Barr believes the event is wide open.

Paris 2024 • 17 Aug 16

Thomas Barr on his way to winning his semi-final

How Thomas raised the Barr to reach Olympic final

Thomas Barr revealed he only packed one pair of running socks for Rio after making the 400m hurdles semi-finals on Monday - he'll need to invest in another pair pronto after scorching into the final.

Paris 2024 • 17 Aug 16

Thomas Barr crosses the line to win his 400m hurdles semi-final

Barr wins 400m hurdles semi to reach final

Ireland's Thomas Barr has won his semi-final to qualify for the final of the men's 400m hurdles at the Rio Olympics.

Paris 2024 • 17 Aug 16

Rio Olympics - Day 10 round-up

Another mixed day for the Irish in Brazil, with Oliver Dingley making history and Katie Taylor suffering heartache.

Paris 2024 • 16 Aug 16

Thomas Barr: 'To be able to get to an Olympics and call yourself an Olympian is a massive massive achievement.'

Barr has one pair of socks and a Rio dream

Thomas Barr stormed into the 400m hurdles semi-finals on Monday - and then revealed he only packed one pair of socks for Rio as he didn't want to tempt fate.

Paris 2024 • 16 Aug 16

Ireland's Thomas Barr will compete in the 400m hurdles where wind can play havoc for competitors

BLOG: Wind just one of many hurdles athletes face

Track and field is affected by an array of variables, some which are negative and others which athletes would call a godsend, writes David Gillick.

Paris 2024 • 12 Aug 16

Brian Gregan (C) leads home Craig Lynch and David Gillick

Gregan and Barr star at Irish championships

Brian Gregan won a top quality men’s 400m while Thomas Barr sealed his sixth 400m hurdles title at an engaging GloHealth National Senior Track and Field Championships in Morton Stadium

Athletics • 26 Jun 16

Thomas Barr will be one of the stars of Irish athletics that will be on show at Morton Stadium

Irish athletes tune up for big summer ahead

Ireland’s Rio-bound athletes will have a final chance to compete on home soil when they take part in the GloHealth National Senior Track and Field Championships this weekend.

Athletics • 23 Jun 16

Thomas Barr finished a fine third at the Letzigrund Stadium

Ireland's Barr finishes third in Zurich

Ireland’s Thomas Barr coped admirably with the cold and blustery conditions in Zurich as he finished with a flourish to claim third place in the 400m hurdles at the prestigious Diamond League meeting.

Athletics • 03 Sep 15

Barr and English miss out on world finals

Ireland's Thomas Barr (400m hurdles) and Mark English (800m) have failed to qualify for their finals at the World Championships despite creditable fourth- and fifth-place efforts in their respective semi-finals.

Athletics • 23 Aug 15

Thomas Barr will run in Santry this weekend

VIDEO: Barr hopes doping reports will bring change

World University Games goal medallist Thomas Barr is not convinced that athletics will ever be entirely clean, but the Irish 400m hurdles champion believes that recent alleged suspicious test revelations can eventually bring about some change in the sport.

Athletics • 04 Aug 15

Barr into World University 400m hurdles final

Waterford’s Thomas Barr took first place in his 400m hurdles semi-final at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea.

Athletics • 09 Jul 15

Irish team announced for Euro team championships

Ireland have named a strong team for the European Athletics Team Championships in Greece next week.

Athletics • 15 Jun 15

Thomas Barr took 0.25s off the record he set in Geneva last year

Barr breaks Irish 400m Hurdles record

Ireland’s Thomas Barr smashed his own Irish 400m Hurdles record tonight in Rome with a time of 48.65 seconds.

Athletics • 04 Jun 15

A grimacing Thomas Barr (yellow singlet) finishes with a flourish to seal third spot in Doha

Barr bags third on Diamond League debut in Doha

Thomas Barr has finished in third place in the 400m hurdles at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha.

Athletics • 15 May 15

Thomas Barr (2nd L) celebrates with his relay team-mates in Zurich last year

Barr heads Irish team at World Relay Championships

Thomas Barr will lead the Irish men’s team at the IAAF World Relay Championships in the Bahamas this weekend, where qualification for both the IAAF World Championships in Beijing in August and the 2016 Rio Olympic Games are up for grabs.

Athletics • 30 Apr 15

Thomas Barr will now move on to the World Relay Championships

Barr runs Worlds qualification time

Irish 400m hurdle record holder Thomas Barr has made the qualifying time for the World Championship.

Athletics • 26 Apr 15

Ireland's Fionnuala Britton, right, with Spain's Alessandra Aguilar, left, who finished third and race winner Gemma Steel

Britton impresses to take second at Great Ireland

Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) produced her best performance to take second at the SPAR Great Ireland Run and win the national 10k championships.

Athletics • 11 Apr 15

Thomas Barr finished third in his semi-final heat

Barr: I ran with hip injury in semi-final

Thomas Barr has revealed he was running with an injury during his 400m hurdles semi-final at the European Track and Field Championships, but refused to blame the hip problem for his failure to qualify for the final.

Athletics • 13 Aug 14

Thomas Barr was content with his performance in making the semi-finals

Barr satisfied with showing in 400m hurdles

Thomas Barr declared himself satisfied with his performance after qualifying for the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles at the European Track and Field Championship in Zurich.

Athletics • 12 Aug 14

Irish ready for action at European Championships

Former European Cross Country champion Fionnoula Britton and hurdling sensation Thomas Barr are among 10 Irish Athletes in action on day one of the European Athletics Championships in Zurich on Tuesday.

Athletics • 11 Aug 14

Thomas Barr

The 400m hurdling sensation on his national and European ambitions

Cricket • 16 Jul 14

Thomas Barron his way to winning the Davy International Mens 400 Hurdles

Barr beats 400m world champ Gordon in Santry

Waterford’s Thomas Barr beat reigning World 400m hurdles champion Jehue Gordon of Trinidad at the Morton Games in Santry,setting a new stadium record of 48.94.

Athletics • 11 Jul 14

Thomas Barr has burst onto the European scene this season

Barr targeting Euro medal after Cork showing

Irish hurdling star Thomas Barr is targeting a medal at next month’s European Championships after an impressive showing at the Cork City Sports meeting.

Athletics • 09 Jul 14

Rob Heffernan (right) came home fourth in the Cork City Sports, which was won by Dane Bird-Smith (left)

Heffernan takes fourth in walk at Cork City Sports

Rob Heffernan has finished fourth in the 3km walk at the Cork City Sports. The race was won by Dane Bird-Smith of Australia in a new meet record of 10:56:23.

Athletics • 09 Jul 14