THE pinnacle of the National Track and Field season took place over the weekend with the National Track and Field Championships taking place in Santry. St Abban’s AC had strong representation throughout the weekend across a range of events.

Ciara Mageean missed out on the Paris Olympics due to an Achilles tendon issue.

THE Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships took place on last week with a host of St Abban’s athletes swapping their club vests to represent their various schools in Tullamore.

LAOIS will account for no less than five of the eight athletes representing Ireland in next month’s World Under 18 Youth Cup Mountain Running Championships in Slovakia following last Sunday’s national team trials in Tipperary.

Sam Mulroy scored 1-7 to give the Wee County their first provincial title since 1957.

MOUNTMELLICK’S Ava O’Connor has etched her name into Irish athletics history in recent weeks with remarkable performances at the Bryan Clay Invitational in California, where she shattered the Irish U/23 3000m steeplechase record. Her time of 9:46.

THE indoor season came to a close on Saturday in Athlone at Day 3 of the National Juvenile Indoor Championships. Well done to all our juveniles who were out competing.

JUST one week on from the Laois Senior Road race in Ballyroan, the Laois Intermediate road race was held in a sunny Killeen on Sunday, along a scenic loop. Thanks to St Abban's AC for hosting and supplying the refreshments afterwards.

DAY 1 and 2 of the National Juvenile Championships took place over the weekend in Athlone. St Abban’s had just over 20 athletes who qualified to compete across both of these days.

The 21.1-kilometre course travelled through the north side of the city and along the coast road before wrapping up on Guild Street

LAURA Ayers made her international debut over the weekend when she competed for Ireland at the SIAB Cross Country Championships in Falkirk Scotland.

SEVERAL Laois athletes made their presence felt at Saturday’s Schools International Athletic Board (SIAB) Cross Country held in Callendar Park in Falkirk. St.

Son Heung-min scored in the 84th minute to make things equal between the two sides. Manchester United will go up against Arsenal from 4:30pm

The Limerick woman came fourth in a season's best time of 7.92 seconds

Lavin goes into the semi-finals on Friday at lunchtime.

IT was a sell out at the National Indoor Arena in Abbottstown for the National Senior Track and Field Championships which were held over last weekend.

BALLYROAN Abbeyleix and District cross country runners made a very successful trip to Dunleer in Co. Louth where the Men's and Women's teams scored notable success in the Rás na hEireann open cross country events.

WHILE storm Éowyn battered the county on Friday, weather conditions had not improved much by Sunday when the Laois Novice Road Championships took place along the canal in Vicarstown.

WELL done to all the St Abban’s AC juveniles who travelled to Offaly on Saturday for the Leinster Juvenile Cross Country Relays. The club had five teams competing across all age groups with all securing team medals which was a fantastic achievement.

Adeleke was part of the 4x400m mixed relay team who won gold at the European championships, and helped the 4x400m women's team to silver.

A WEEK ago, the Novice Cross Country was held on an overcast morning on the stubble-field course of McDonalds farm in Killeshin. In both adult races, the Oughaval men’s and women’s teams won team gold.

DAY 1 and 2 of the Laois Cross Country Championships couldn’t have been much more different to each other in terms of weather.

The race was won by Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino

Rebecca Cheptegei (33) suffered burns to more than 75% of her body in the September 1st attack and died four days later.

The European relay medalist emerged victorious in the Women’s 400-metres at the Galà dei Castelli in Switzerland, with a time of 51.35 seconds.

Ireland won two bronze medals in a matter of minutes on Tuesday.

Liverpool will look to build on last weekend's win over Ipswich when they take on Brentford in their first home game today.

Sharlene Mawdsley's strong finish meant there was next to nothing at the finish line between the top three finishers. 

Letsile Tebogo has become the first African to win the Olympic 200m title

Kate O'Connor is competing in the Heptathlon.

The American revealed he thought Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson had beaten him to 100 metres gold.

Golfer Lowry and 100 metres hurdler Lavin are both set to appear in their second Olympics

Adeleke won mixed 4x400m relay gold, women's 4x400m relay silver and individual 400m silver in a terrific week in Rome at the European Championships

Mageean previously won silver in the 1,500m at the European championships two years ago

Manchester City came from behind to defeat their rivals.