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Birmingham 2026: Day 1 Timetable for Irish Athletes

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Monday, day one of the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, is a busy day for Irish competitors.

Six members of the Irish team will be in action in the morning session which gets underway at the Alexander Stadium at 10.30am.

Both Cian McPhillips and Mark English will be quickly into action in the men’s 800m heats which begin at 10.45am.

Ciara Neville and Lauren Roy will get their women’s 100m campaigns underway shortly afterwards when they contest the heats at 11.25am.

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Jack Raftery runs in round one of the men’s 400m at 11.55am, before Eric Favors will become Ireland’s first field competitor in action when qualification begins at 12.40pm for the men’s shot put.

Day One – Morning Session – Monday August 10th

Cian McPhillips – Men’s 800m – Round One – 10:45
Mark English – Men’s 800m – Round One – 10:45
Ciara Neville – Women’s 100m – Round One – 11:25
Lauren Roy – Women’s 100m – Round One – 11:25
Jack Raftery – Men’s 400m – Round One – 11:55
Eric Favors – Men’s Shot Put – Qualification Group A & Group B – 12:40

There will be much Irish interest in the Monday evening session with at least six Irish athletes in action, but potentially up to nine, depending on results in the morning session.

Nicola Tuthill will begin her attempt to qualify for the Women’s Hammer Throw Final. There will be two qualifying groups, A and B, with the former underway at 7.10pm and the latter at 8.38pm.

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Limerick’s Sarah Lavin competes in round one of the women’s 100m hurdles at 7.35pm.

Round one of the women’s 3,000m steeplechase gets underway at 9pm where Abbie Sheridan will make her European debut.

Prior to that, three Irish men will compete in the 5,000m final at 8.40pm – Darragh McElhinney, Nick Griggs and Brian Fay.

Depending on results in the morning session, Ciara Neville and Lauren Roy may compete in the Women’s 100m semi-finals at 8.10pm, with the final of that event at 9.50pm, while Eric Favors could have a slot in the Men’s Shot Put Final at 8.33pm.

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Day One – Evening Session – Monday August 10th (* means if they qualify)

Nicola Tuthill – Women’s Hammer Throw – Qualification Group A – 19:10
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Nicola Tuthill – Women’s Hammer Throw – Qualification Group B – 20:38
Sarah Lavin – 100m Hurdles – Round One – 19:35
Ciara Neville – Women’s 100m – SF – 20:10 *
Lauren Roy – Women’s 100m – SF – 20:10 *
Eric Favors – Men’s Shot Put – Final – 20:33 *
Darragh McElhinney – Men’s 5000m – Final – 20:40
Nick Griggs – Men’s 5000m – Final – 20:40
Brian Fay – Men’s 5000m – Final – 20:40
Abbie Sheridan – Women’s 3000m Steeplechase – Round One – 21:00
Ciara Neville – Women’s 100m – Final – 21:50 *
Lauren Roy – Women’s 100m – Final – 21:50*


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“It will be very harsh on Ruturaj Gaikwad”

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Former cricketer Subramaniam Badrinath made a huge statement on Indian superstar Hardik Pandya’s trade deal ahead of IPL 2027. Several reports have linked the star all-rounder to Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

However, it is being said that Hardik would move to any franchise only if he was offered captaincy. That said, Badrinath reckoned that it would be unfair on current CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad if Hardik came in and took away the leadership. He reckoned that the current skipper should be given at least another year.

“If Hardik comes, you will take the captaincy from Gaikwad and give it to Hardik? I will not agree with this. It will be very harsh on [Ruturaj] Gaikwad. They gave him captaincy in 2025, but he got injured and did not play the majority of the season, and MS Dhoni led in that season. 2026 was the season where he fully led as captain. Yes, he did not do as great, I agree. He did lead in 2024 too, but I feel he should get one more season as captain. I think CSK will also do that,” he said in a video on his YouTube channel.

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CSK have failed to make the playoffs since 2024. While Gaikwad played only five games in 2025, he returned as captain last season, where they finished eighth on the table. Badrinath added that with one more year left for the mega auction, the five-time champions could give Gaikwad one more season as captain.

“There is one more year in this cycle before the mega auction so probably CSK will give him one more year. Gaikwad the batter is someone I really like and I have said it before too. We don’t know who the new coach also will be. So we have to wait and see.”

Gaikwad’s form with the bat was a bit of a concern last season, though. He scored 337 runs from 14 games at an average of 28.08 and a strike rate of 123.44 with just two half-centuries. Overall, he has played 85 games for the franchise, scoring 2839 runs at an average of 38.36 and a strike rate of 135.64 with two hundreds and 22 fifties.

S Badrinath picks former champions as another franchise Hardik Pandya could go to

While rumours and reports have it that Hardik Pandya is likely to move to either Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) or CSK, Subramaniam Badrinath picked IPL’s inaugural champions, Rajasthan Royals (RR), as another option for Hardik.

He took a dig at RR skipper Riyan Parag, stating his captaincy was not as great and impactful.

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“Rajasthan could also be an option, as Riyan Parag did not have much impact as captain. Tell me what he did as captain? Is he MS Dhoni or Rohit Sharma? Is his captaincy of that level? Records are in front of you. I have nothing against any player personally,” Badrinath said.

Riyan Parag has led RR in 22 games so far with 10 wins, 12 defeats and a win percentage of 45.45. That said, they also finished fourth last season and made it to the playoffs, eventually losing to the Gujarat Titans (GT) in the second qualifier.