Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics

Derek Daly: ‘I survived the hardest crash impact a driver had ever survived’

Formula One and IndyCar star looks back on the highs and lows of life on the track in a remarkable new book

Faster, stronger, dirtier – why it’s best to not watch the Enhanced Games

Ignore this dangerous sporting charade, it’s only fit for dopes

Uncharted with Ray Goggins review: Ciara Mageean and Michael Darragh MacAuley confront fears of life and death

European champion and All-Ireland winner discuss health concerns during six-day, 250km journey across Costa Rica

Sharlene Mawdsley runs lifetime best for 400m victory in Savona

Tipperary sprinter improves 400m best to 50.52

Offaly hurling renaissance continues as they end Wexford’s hopes of progress

Eoghan Cahill scores 1-12 as Offaly secure first championship win over Wexford in 14 years

Ian O’Riordan: As Rhasidat Adeleke and Jakob Ingebrigtsen return from injury, Australia has a new young star on the rise

Australian teenage sprint phenomenon Gout Gout fast making a name for himself with eyecatching times

Fintan McCarthy says criticism of Irish rowing was ‘very heavy on a certain perspective’

Skibbereen rower believes the sport has never been better served by support staff

Record numbers now participating in sport in Ireland

Latest Irish Sports Monitor shows over 2.12 million people over 16 are regularly partaking in sport

Rhasidat Adeleke delays her return to Diamond League action

Irish sprinter is not expected to compete in Europe until after the Eugene Diamond League on July 4th

Old hands Kerry and renascent Roscommon upset the neighbours in contrasting provincial finals

Roscommon end Galway’s run while Kerry continue Munster marathon

Kerry claim another Munster crown after softly decimating Cork

Kingdom continue provincial domination with 13th title in 14 seasons

The Dublin club behind every Irish sprint record-holder in the last decade

Coach Daniel Kilgallon has played a role in the development of almost every Irish sprint record holder over the last decade

Is this latest running boom sustainable?

With the London Marathon planning to become a two-day event for 2027, such running numbers may not be sustainable

Stephen Bennett: ‘How in God’s name are we not getting through here?’

April's hurler of the month doesn’t shy away from what Waterford need to do against Cork on Saturday

Kerry v Donegal in All-Ireland series to be broadcast exclusively on GAA+

Saturday 3pm throw-in for match-up of last year’s finalists, with Galway v Kildare on RTÉ

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