The Irish Times

Profits jump at Kelly’s in Rosslare as confidence returns

Hotel resort has spent €3m on capital projects over last few years

Wed Nov 22 2017 - 16:41

Slow starter Usain Bolt evolved into his sport’s superstar

Seventh major 100m title beckons for Jamaican in his final global championship

Sat Aug 05 2017 - 06:00

Usain Bolt stripped of 2008 Olympic gold after team-mate fails drugs test

Jamaica team stripped of 4x100m title from Beijing 2008 after Nesta Carter found guilty

Wed Jan 25 2017 - 14:46

Usain Bolt bows out with his ‘triple-triple’ as Jamaica win 4x100 relay

Bolt wins ninth Olympic gold medal in what he has said will be his last ever Olympic race

Sat Aug 20 2016 - 03:21

Bolt backing away from ‘saviour’ of the sporting world baggage

After the ‘good versus evil’ showdown last August, Bolt is trying to get back to normal

Fri Jul 22 2016 - 21:30

Jamaican Olympic sprint relay winner Nesta Carter fails 2008 doping re-test

Gold medallist returned an anti-doping violation for a banned stimulant

Fri Jun 03 2016 - 18:26

Natalya Coyle committed to cut and thrust of competitive life

Veteran of London Olympics focused on renewing her pentathlon dream in Rio

Thu Feb 25 2016 - 01:00

Sport remains a glorious enterprise but major ethical questions abound

Falls far short of ideals where the essential was to have fought well not just winning

Tue Nov 03 2015 - 00:59

Justin Gatlin vows to boycott BBC and British media

Sprinter believes he has been unfairly vilified by British press at World Championships

Mon Aug 24 2015 - 14:54

Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin and saves the sport of running

It was hero v villian at the 100m World Championship final in Beijing as Bolt won out

Sun Aug 23 2015 - 21:16

Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin ease through 100m heats in Beijing

Sprinters remain on course for highly anticipated World Championships showdown

Sat Aug 22 2015 - 14:00

Usain Bolt takes on twice-banned Justin Gatlin in world 100m clash

Truth may be less black and white than some are billing it in sprint showdown

Fri Aug 21 2015 - 20:45

Mo Farah back with a bang as he takes 5,000m in Lausanne

British runner lost lead to young Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha on final lap before rallying

Thu Jul 09 2015 - 21:28

Ben Blankenship runs first indoor sub-four minute mile on Irish soil

Jamaica’s Asafa Powell pulls out of event with a groin injury sustained while warming up for the 60 metres

Wed Feb 18 2015 - 22:01

Asafa Powell interview: Jamaican keen to give Athlone a real run for its money

Former world record holder wants to make up for lost time after 2013 ban

Wed Feb 18 2015 - 08:07

Asafa Powell to run at the Athlone Institute of Technology this evening

Athletics Ireland’s Ciarán Ó Catháin defends decision to invite formerly banned sprinter

Wed Feb 18 2015 - 08:06

Asafa Powell will run in Athlone IT Athletics Grand Prix

Former Olympic gold medallist sprinter and Mutaz Essa Barshim will compete in Athlone

Mon Dec 08 2014 - 16:58

Asafa Powell free to race after doping ban reduced

Jamaican says he will make an instant return to the track in Lucerne tomorrow

Mon Jul 14 2014 - 19:18

Asafa Powell requests 18-month ban to be reduced

Successful appeal would allow Jamaica’s former 100 metres world record holder to compete at Commonwealth Games

Tue May 27 2014 - 16:11

Asafa Powell given 18-month ban after positive test

Jamaican sprinter’s suspension comes after two compatriots given similar sanctions

Thu Apr 10 2014 - 17:10

Great champions Bolt and Farah careful to steer clear of drugs issue

Autobiographies still worth reading but fail to adequately address crucial topic

Sat Dec 21 2013 - 06:00

Jamaican athletes under scrutiny following drug testing claims

Wada warns country’s athletes could face exclusion if drug testers don’t up their game

Tue Oct 22 2013 - 06:56

Ben Johnson: ‘I believe nothing has changed in 25 years. Except that it has got worse’

The former Fastest Man on Earth is now the contradictory face of a new anti-doping campaign

Sat Sept 14 2013 - 10:00

IAAF approves return to four-year doping bans

Congress to adopt Wada Code from start of 2015

Thu Aug 08 2013 - 14:49

Bolt determined to shine on despite shadows of suspicion surrounding his sport

Jamaican aiming to break new world record at the World Championships in Moscow

Thu Aug 08 2013 - 01:00

Road to Moscow honours paved with humbug and hypocrisy

‘Everyone knows the credibility of top-level athletics is shot’

Mon Aug 05 2013 - 06:00

Tennis needs the money to flow down hill

Players outside the top are struggling to play the game professionally due to prize money

Sat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00

Bolt keeps his counsel on failed tests

Sprinter refuses to be drawn on Powell and Gay testing positive for stimulants

Thu Jul 25 2013 - 12:11

Boxer Brian Magee serving six-month doping ban

Belfastman tested positive for same stimulant as Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson

Mon Jul 22 2013 - 16:54

Powell’s trainer refuses to be made a scapegoat

“It is time the athletes took responsibility for their doping,” claims Canadian Chris Xuereb

Wed Jul 17 2013 - 09:14

Italian police investigating Powell and Simpson

Jamaican sprinters have tested positive for a banned stimulant

Tue Jul 16 2013 - 16:05

'Was I done out of a medal, or even fourth, or fifth? Have I been robbed of something?'

“That’s what’s really hitting me, wondering how many of these athletes that actually beat me were taking drugs? That’s the hardest part. Was I done out of a medal, or even fourth, or fifth? Have I been robbed of something?”

Tue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00