Mona McSharry sets Irish swim record and secures Olympics qualification

For just under 2 hours’ work… Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe made history on Sunday afternoon, becoming the first person in history to complete a marathon (26.2 mile race) in less than two hours, winning the London Marathon in just one hour, 59 minutes, and 30 seconds. Sawe — alongside second placed finisher Yomif Kejelcha— managed […]

1 month ago

The US team won the gold medal at the Olympics The gold-medal-winning US women’s ice hockey team has rejected Donald Trump’s invite to attend his State of the Union address, one day after he made a distasteful joke about the women’s team. The USA enjoyed their best-ever haul of gold medals at a Winter Olympics, […]

3 months ago

It’s the only event without a women’s category While gender parity in the Olympics has come along way in recent years, certain issues across the events in both the Summer and Winter Olympics remain. Women’s versions of events that men already compete in continue to be added, with women’s double luge only making its debut […]

4 months ago