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Derry City’s Michael Duffy has been shortlisted for the PFA Ireland Player of the Year award. Shamrock Rovers’ Graham Burke and Dundalk’s Daryl Hogan are the other two players on the shortlist. The winner will be announced on November 21st. Duffy has also been named on the PFAI Team of The Year. St Pat’s lead

    Members of Finn Harps co-op will vote at a special general meeting tonight in Jackson’s Hotel, Ballybofey, on a resolution that will pave the way for a takeover by Filipino investor Freddy Gonzalez who has pledged considerable funds for the Donegal club. If a 75% majority vote in favour, a second meeting will

Mark English is to be awarded the Freedom of Donegal by Donegal County Council. The Finn Valley AC man will be bestowed with the county’s top honour following  a history-making season that included the European 800m gold and a World Ultimate final appearance. Mark is the second person associated with Finn Valley to be given

Republic of Ireland ladies international player Anna Patten – who has strong Falcarragh – links and Mayo’s Aoife Mannion are both getting €10,000 through the SKY WNT Fund towards their master’s degrees in Women’s Football Club Management, with two grassroots clubs also benefiting. Anna selected Glenea United FC in Falcarragh, Donegal, where she spent many

Jayden McBrearty has won the ICCR Junior MINI Challenge after coming out on top in a tight battle against Kyle Irwin in the final event of the season today. With the two youngsters level on championship points going into the final race this evening, the Killybegs driver knew he needed to finish ahead of Irwin

Dylan Browne-McMonagle was back in the winner’s enclosure at Leopardstown this afternoon. The Letterkenny jockey was on board “Thyer” for trainer Maurice Andrew Ahern in the 16:12 Handicap. The horse went to post at 6/1 and marks Browne-McMonagle’s first win since a nasty fall back at Bellewstown in August.

FAI Junior Cup Results Rathmullan Celtic 3-5 Illies Celtic Ballybofey United 2-2 Letterkenny Rovers (Ballybofey won 4-2 on penalties) Fanad United 3-2 Donegal Town Castlefin Celtic 0-2 Bonagee United Milford United 2-2 St Catherines FC (St. Catherine’s won 6-5 on penalties) Glenea United 0-3 Clonmany Shamrocks Carn FC 4-3 Culdaff FC Blayney Rovers 3-2 QPS

St. Eunan’s have beaten Kinawley of Fermanagh 3-12 to 2-13 in the Ulster Senior Ladies Club Championship at O’Donnell Park this afternoon. The Letterkenny side suffered opening day defeat to Maxi Curran’s Moneyglass of Antrim last weekend but bounced back with an impressive win this afternoon. Elsewhere, Naomh Columba were 3-07 to 2-09 winners over

The trio of Kiern Jewiss, Charles Dawson and Donegal native Reece Barr have taken victory in the Bronze Cup for 2Seas Motorsport in the season-ending GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup at Portimão in Portugal. Jewiss, Dawson & Barr, in their Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO, claimed the class win in the three-hour race at the Autódromo

Ulster Championship 1 Limavady 13-39 Omagh   Ulster Championship 2 Lisburn 24-19 Letterkenny City of Derry 24-24 Strabane Coleraine 24-31 Academy   Regional South West Ballyshannon v Monaghan (Game conceded by Monaghan)

Ulster Shield Results – Saturday 17/10/26 St Catherines FC 5-2 Letterkenny Rovers Keadue Rovers 3-0 Gleneely Colts Donegal Town 3-0 Glengad FC Arranmore United 3-1 Rasheney FC Glengad FC 2-3 Fintown Harps (Friday)   Glencar Inn Saturday D1: Bonagee United 0-1 Drumbar   Finn Travel Saturday D3: Castlefin Celtic 4-2 Gweedore United Drumkeen United 1-3

Derry City have fallen to a 2-0 defeat to Drogheda United in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Sullivan & Lambe Park this evening. Ex-Derry City man Brandon Kavanagh opened the scoring after seven minutes. The hosts held their one goal advantage through a majority of the game with defensive plaudits going to goalkeeper

Mid-Donegal Bowling League Results – Week 4 St Johnston BC 8 Dunfanaghy 4 St Eunans A 1 Ramelton 11 Cathedral 9 Manor 3 Ramelton Pres 0 Raphoe Ballindrait BC 12 Ballylennon 12 Resource 0

Mona McSharry recorded her fastest time of the World Aquatics World Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan to complete the breaststroke triple crown. The Olympic bronze medallist added to her wins in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan to make it a clean sweep and in doing so earned $10,000 in prize money. Sligo’s McSharry, a member of the Marlin’s

Results still filtering through and will be updated throughout the afternoon… Brian McCormick Premier Kerrykeel 71 1-4 Fanad United St Catherines FC 2-1 Kildrum Tigers Letterkenny Rovers 1-5 Keadue Rovers Donegal Town 4-1 Bonagee United Cappry Rovers v Kilmacrennan Celtic   Domestic Appliance Services D1 Milford United 4-1 Gweedore Celtic Castlefin Celtic v Cranford FC

Moneyglass have beaten St. Eunan’s 5-16 to 0-08 in the Ulster Senior Ladies Club Championship this afternoon. Maxi Curran’s side led 3-07 to 0-03 at the break and kicked on to a comfortable victory in the second half. Donegal Champions St. Eunan’s, who won the county title by beating Termon last weekend, will now face