Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

21 March 2026; Nick Griggs of Ireland, centre, competes in the men's 3000m final during day two of the World Athletics Indoor Championships at Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena in Torun, Poland. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Griggs ninth in 3000m, English narrowly misses final

Mark English was unable to qualify for his first-ever global final by finishing fourth in semi-final one of the men's 800m at the World Indoor Athletics championships in Torun, Poland on Saturday afternoon.

Athletics • 21 mins

Akinola sixth in semi-final, English and O'Neill progress

Bori Akinola finished sixth in his 60m semi-final at World Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland on Friday evening, earlier Mark English and Maeve O'Neill progressed to the semi-final stage of their respective 800m events

Athletics • 21 hrs

Kate O'Connor of Ireland celebrates after winning silver in the women's heptathlon at 2025 World Championships

World Indoors Preview: O'Connor leading medal charge

Eleven Irish athletes will compete at the World indoor Championships in Torun, Poland from 20-22 March. Kate O'Connor will lead the charge for medals 20 years on from Derval O'Rourke's gold in Moscow in 2006.

Athletics • 20 Mar

Akinola to kick off Irish interest at World Indoors

Sprinter Bori Akinola will be the first of 11 Irish athletes to see competitive action at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland when he lines out in the 60m heats on Friday morning.

Athletics • 19 Mar

14 December 2025; Nick Griggs of Ireland celebrates winning the U23 men's race at the 2025 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa, Portugal. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Versatile Griggs 'dreaming big' ahead of World Indoors

Nick Griggs is dreaming big in his first World Indoor Championships outing over 3000m in Torun, Poland on Saturday evening.

Athletics • 10 hrs

1 March 2026; Ciara Neville of Emerald AC, Limerick, right, after winning the women's 60m during day two of the 123.ie National Senior Indoor Championships at the National Indoor Arena on the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Neville waves goodbye to challenging chapter in Torun

Limerick woman Ciara Neville will close off a challenging chapter of her athletics career when she runs in the 60m at the World Indoor Championships on Saturday.

Athletics • 18 Mar

O'Connor and English headline Irish World Indoors team

World indoor and outdoor silver medallist Kate O'Connor and five-time European medallist Mark English will headline a strong Irish team for the upcoming World Indoor Championships.

Athletics • 10 Mar

Sarah Lavin in action at the World Indoor Championships in China

Lavin fails to make 60m hurdles World Indoor final

Sarah Lavin has failed to advance to the women's 60m hurdles final at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.

Athletics • 23 Mar 25

Sarah Healy after her sixth place finish in Nanjing

Sixth for Healy and Coscoran in World Indoor finals

Sarah Healy and Andrew Coscoran finished sixth in their respective 3000m finals at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, while James Gormley was also in action for Team Ireland.

Athletics • 22 Mar 25

Kate O'Connor ended Ireland's near two-decade wait for a world medal

Relief and madness after World medal for O'Connor

A European bronze and now a world silver medal, certainly a lot to take in for a joyous Kate O'Connor, as she made it on the podium in the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships in China.

Athletics • 21 Mar 25

Ireland's Kate O'Connor shows off her silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China

O'Connor claims silver at World Indoor Championships

Dundalk woman Kate O'Connor has won Ireland's first World Indoor Championships medal in 19 years after taking silver in the pentathlon in Nanjing, China.

Athletics • 21 Mar 25

Sarah Lavin is now looking forward to the outdoor season

Lavin: 'I know I can win a major medal'

After a World Indoor Championships where she posted a personal best time in the 60m hurdles and then went on to finish fifth in the final, Sarah Lavin now has her sights on a medal at a major championship.

Athletics • 04 Mar 24

Sarah Lavin reacts afer finishing fifth in the final of the world indoors

Sarah Lavin powers to fifth place finish in world final

Sarah Lavin capped a superb a World Indoor Championships performance with a fifth-placed finish in the final of the 60m hurdles.

Athletics • 04 Mar 24

Sarah Lavin taking the national indoor title last weekend

Lavin spearheads Ireland team at upcoming World Indoors

Limerick's Sarah Lavin will spearhead the Ireland team at next month's World Indoor Championships in Scotland.

Athletics • 20 Feb 24

Sarah Healy will compete in the 1500m and 3,000m at next month's World Indoor Championships

Updated Healy smashes Irish indoor 3,000m record

Sarah Healy has set a new Irish 3,000m indoor record of 8:36.06 after finishing second at the World Indoor Tour Meet in Metz, France.

Athletics • 03 Feb 24

Ukraine golden girl Mahuchikh's 'heart remains at home'

Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh won high jump gold at the World Indoor Championships after driving for three days from her war-torn homeland to compete.

Athletics • 19 Mar 22

Sarah Lavin had an excellent showing in Belgrade

Sarah Lavin finishes seventh in World Indoor final

Sarah Lavin finished seventh in the final of the 60m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships after setting two PBs on a highly impressive day.

Athletics • 19 Mar 22

Molly Scott of St Laurence O'Toole AC, Carlow, celebrates winning the senior women's 60m final in a national record time of 7.19 seconds last month

Irish team confirmed for World Indoor Championships

A squad of 19 athletes including Phil Healy, Mark English and Molly Scott will form the Team Ireland contingent at the upcoming World Indoor Championships in Belgrade.

Athletics • 08 Mar 22

Phil Healy of Ireland at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships

Next year's World Indoor Championships pushed back

The 2021 World Indoor Championships in Nanjing have been pushed back until 2023, athletics' international governing body has announced.

Athletics • 10 Dec 20

The outbreak has centred on the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is over 500km away from Nanjing, which is due to host the World Indoors.

Coronavirus could threaten World Indoors & Chinese GP

World Athletics will consider alternative venues for the World Indoor Championships in March as it awaits advice on whether Nanjing can host the event in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Other sport • 29 Jan 20

Healy failed to contest the lead after being drawn in lane one

Healy and Mageean fail to progress at World Indoors

It was a disappointing evening in Birmingham for Ireland as 400-metre hopeful Phil Healy and 1500m talent Ciara Mageean both failed to progress.

Athletics • 02 Mar 18

Phil Healy will be back on the track for this evening's semi-final

History for Healy as she reaches 400m indoor semi-final

Ireland's in-form 400-metre runner has reached the world indoor semi-finals in Birmingham after a third-place finish in a high-class heat, but there was disappointment for Ireland's other Friday morning competitors.