Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Murphy sixth as Ireland's World Track campaign ends

Ireland's Kelly Murphy lowered her own Individual Pursuit national record by more than two seconds at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Roubaix, France today.

Cycling • 23 Oct 21

Emily Kay, Kelly Murphy, Alice Sharpe and Mia Griffin won European bronze last week

Ireland name team for Track Cycling World Championship

European bronze medallists Emily Kay, Kelly Murphy, Alice Sharpe and Mia Griffin have been selected for the Irish team at the UCI Track Cycling World Championship in Roubaix, France from 20 to 24 October.

Cycling • 13 Oct 21

Ireland duo provisionally secure Olympic spot in Berlin

Ireland's Felix English and Mark Downey appear to have done enough to secure Olympic qualification in the Men's Madison at UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin.

Cycling • 01 Mar 20

Lydia Boylan and Lydia Gurley celebrate in Berlin

Boylan and Gurley secure 3 Olympic spots for Ireland

Ireland have qualified for the women's Madison and Omnium at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as Lydia Boylan and Lydia Gurley survived a brutal race in the World Championship Madison to finish 11th.

Cycling • 29 Feb 20

Irish team confirmed for Track World Championships

Cycling Ireland will send 11 riders to the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszków, Poland, which takes place from 27 February to 3 March.

Cycling • 22 Feb 19

Mark Downey: 'This is my best performance at a major championship at this level.'

Downey upbeat after 11th-placed finish at Worlds

Mark Downey took the positives from his 11th-placed finish in the Men's Points Race at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the Netherlands on Saturday night.

Cycling • 03 Mar 18

Lydia Gurley on the track in Ireland colours

Strong Ireland team head to track world championships

Ireland will send a six-strong team to the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands next week.

Cycling • 22 Feb 18

Mark Downey and Felix English in action today

Irish duo impress with sixth in Madison at Track Worlds

Ireland's Mark Downey and Felix English finished sixth in the Madison on the final day of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Hong Kong.

Cycling • 16 Apr 17

Felix English failed to get the breaks he needed

Frustrated English finishes 19th at World Track C'ships

Felix English finished 19th in the Scratch Race at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships on Thursday.

Cycling • 13 Apr 17

Mark Downey (left) and Felix English in action in Colombia in February

Downey targeting gold at track cycling worlds

Mark Downey will head Ireland's challenge for medals at the Track Cycling World Championship in Hong Kong this week, but in many ways it's an achievement he is in contention at all given the lack of facilities in the country.

Cycling • 11 Apr 17

Caroline Ryan competing in the Womens Flying Start race

Ryan finishes 15th in Women’s Omnium

Caroline Ryan has finished in 15th position overall at the end of the Women’s Omnium at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Paris.

Cycling • 22 Feb 15

Caroline Ryan, seen here during the UCI Track Cycling World Cup last December, has been in fine form in Paris

Ryan sixth after two rounds of Women’s Omnium

Caroline Ryan lies sixth after two rounds of the Women’s Omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Paris, and Eoin Mullen secured a sea level personal best in the 200m Sprint time trial.

Cycling • 21 Feb 15

Ireland's Martyn Irvine competes in the Men's Omnium Individual Pursuit

Martyn Irvine 16th after three events of Omnium

Ireland’s Martyn Irvine is lying in 16th place after three parts of the Men’s Omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Paris.

Cycling • 20 Feb 15

Martyn Irvine won won the world title in the Scratch Race in 2013

Eight Irish cyclists qualify for World Champs

Cycling Ireland has successfully qualified eight riders to compete in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships at the Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris from the 18-22 February.

Cycling • 26 Jan 15

UCI Track Cycling World Championships