The Irish Times

US agency SafeSport bars athletics coach Alberto Salazar for life

A number of female athletes came forward to accuse him of emotional abuse

Thu Dec 23 2021 - 16:33

Alberto Salazar has four-year suspension upheld by Cas

63-year-old who ran Nike Oregon Project received ban for series of doping violations

Thu Sept 16 2021 - 08:51

Sifan Hassan on course for unprecedented treble after 5,000m win

Dutch athlete to run total of 61 and a quarter laps in 1,500m/5,000m/10,000m quest

Tue Aug 03 2021 - 06:40

Arrogance personified? When mudlark John Treacy upstaged Steve Ovett

The Irishman snatching the race from Ovett in 1980 is an indelible childhood memory

Sat May 15 2021 - 06:00

Joanne O’Riordan: Pity the trail of victims left by Salazar’s dubious methods

Documentary’s theme of a ‘misunderstood genius’ seems dangerously wide of the mark

Thu May 13 2021 - 06:00

Sonia O’Sullivan to take Nike coaching role based in Portland, Oregon

O’Sullivan will work with Pete Julian helping to coach distance runners up to Tokyo Games

Tue Apr 20 2021 - 19:00

New head of UK Athletics plans to hand over Farah-Salazar report

Joanna Coates: anyone who doesn’t share vision for ethical success will lose their job

Thu Apr 09 2020 - 07:27

Ukad criticises UK Athletics over report into Alberto Salazar and Mo Farah

Anti-doping body release statement after UK Athletics publish summary of internal

Sat Mar 21 2020 - 19:22

Joanne O’Riordan: Mo Farah should have to face Jeremy Kyle

The debacle UK Athletics and Ukada find themselves in is farcical and nonsensical

Thu Feb 27 2020 - 06:44

Panorama show Mo Farah changed account to anti-doping investigators

Farah accused of injecting four times with L-carnitine two days before 2014 marathon

Mon Feb 24 2020 - 14:41

Glittering Irish day in muddled murky sporting year of 2019

Keith Duggan: Ireland continues to exceed expectation across a variety of sports

Fri Dec 27 2019 - 07:30

Sebastian Coe: ‘Change was turbo-charged because we needed it to be’

World Athletics president focuses on future after term dogged by doping scandals

Mon Dec 23 2019 - 06:00

Salazar makes part-apology for ‘insensitive’ comments to female athletes

Mary Cain and other female athletes were pressurised about their weight

Wed Nov 13 2019 - 14:11

Sean Ingle: High time that Nike and the IAAF did the right thing by athletes

Sportswear company is singularly incapable of taking its own advice

Mon Nov 11 2019 - 16:28

Alberto Salazar appeals four-year ban to Court of Arbitration for Sport

American coach challenges ban for breaching doping regulations

Mon Nov 11 2019 - 15:00

USA athlete Mary Cain ‘physically and emotionally abused’ by Salazar system

Former Nike Oregon Project athlete reveals pressures placed on her by disgraced coach

Fri Nov 08 2019 - 10:45

Wada to investigate athletes coached by banned Salazar

Salazar counts Olympic champion Mo Farah among top distance runners he’s coached

Tue Nov 05 2019 - 10:30

Mageean drug tested three times since returning from World Championships

‘A clean athlete wants to get tested, so I’m happy enough’

Fri Oct 25 2019 - 05:00

Jostling with incredibility as curtain comes down on Doha

There was a decent return for the small Irish team of just eight athletes

Sun Oct 06 2019 - 20:38

Hassan blows rivals away as Mageean finishes 10th

Irish athlete records personal best but unable to live with blistering 1,500m final pace

Sat Oct 05 2019 - 20:58

Nike’s chief executive says doping claims make him ‘sick’

Mark Parker mounts staunch defence of sportswear firm over damaging suggestions

Thu Oct 03 2019 - 18:02

Sonia O’Sullivan: Salazar story casts a shadow over events in Doha

Outstanding Hassan, like Farah, is a product of the coach’s Nike Oregon Project

Thu Oct 03 2019 - 07:00

Alberto Salazar’s ban casts shadow over Donavan Brazier’s victory

Nike Oregon Project head coach banned for four years for multiple doping violations

Tue Oct 01 2019 - 21:21

Alberto Salazar receives four-year ban for doping scandal

He has coached some of the world’s top distance runners including Mo Farah

Tue Oct 01 2019 - 07:27

Athletics Review 2017: Shocks galore under a cloud of doping questions

Mo Farah and Usain Bolt bid farewell, but not in the manner most had expected them to

Tue Dec 26 2017 - 11:00

Mo Farah - for this night at least, Britain’s most popular sports star

King of the track, knight of the realm, one-man medal factory wins BBC award

Mon Dec 18 2017 - 07:28

Mo Farah leaves controversial coach Alberto Salazar

British runner returning to UK and ending association with Nike Oregon Project

Tue Oct 31 2017 - 08:39

Mo Farah hits back at critics ‘trying to destroy’ his legacy

‘History doesn’t lie. What I achieved over the years, people are proud of me’

Sun Aug 13 2017 - 14:22

Mo Farah beaten in his last ever track race

Farah loses out to Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris in 5,000m final at World Championships

Sat Aug 12 2017 - 22:24

TV View: BBC happy to ignore the (British) elephant in the room

Treatment of Gatlin in stark contrast to the refusal to ask questions about Mo Farah’s coach

Mon Aug 07 2017 - 06:00

Mo Farah on track to complete a remarkable hat-trick

A third 5,000/10,000m double at the World Championships would be some way to bow out

Fri Aug 04 2017 - 06:30

British Athletics backs Alberto Salazar despite allegations

Performance director says they are “really confident” that they did nothing wrong

Fri Mar 03 2017 - 09:11

Mo Farah insists he is clean after leaked report

Sunday Times report says coach Salazar ‘almost certainly’ broke anti-doping rules

Sun Feb 26 2017 - 10:59

Sonia O’Sullivan: Lance Armstrong’s story continues to fascinate

Disgraced cyclist’s visit to Dublin for a ‘fireside chat’ in RDS should be interesting

Thu Oct 13 2016 - 07:45