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There was Donegal success at the INDO Irish National Singles Darts event at the weekend in Ennis County Clare. Saturday’s Irish Ranking final was an all Donegal affair with Adrian Devine facing off with Ciaran McGeady. Devine would win a close encounter 6-4 to take the title. On Sunday in the National Singles, Ciaran McGeady

Tommy Canning has resigned as manager of Dergview. It’s been a difficult opening to the start of the season with the County Tyrone side having won just once in seven games. Saturday’s sixth defeat of the season seen them go down 4-2 away to Ards. Canning departs Dergview with the club second bottom in the

The latest round of the Pirelli National Superstock Championship took Richard Kerr and the AMD Motorsport team to Oulton Park in Cheshire and second and third place finishes for the Donegal rider kept his championship challenge very much alive. The weekend started positively for Richard and the Dumfries-based team with the fifth fastest time during

Gizmo Cash, the evens-money favourite, smashed the track record for a sprint over the 325 yard distance at Lifford Stadium. The three-year-old dog produced a stunning run to clock 17.17 seconds in the first semi-final on Sunday evening of the Bar One Racing Crystal Vase SS0 325 competition. And in doing so, he broke the

Jackie Crossan Premier Division Clonmany S 2 Carn FC 3 Illies Celtic 1 Cockhill Celtic 3 Greencastle FC 6 Aileach FC 0 Glengad United 4 Moville Celtic 3 Strand Hotel First Division Culdaff FC 1 Greencastle Youths 2 Cockhill Youths 1 Redcastle United 5 Carn Res 4 Clonmany Res 1 Aileach Res 3 QPS 4

Brian McCormick Premier Fanad United 2 vs 0 Castlefin Celtic Kildrum Tigers 0 vs 0 St Catherines FC Kilmacrennan Celtic 5 vs 0 Keadue Rovers Rathmullan Celtic 1 vs 2 Milford United Swilly Rovers 5 vs 0 Gweedore Celtic TDA Repairs D1 Bonagee United 6 vs 1 Cranford FC Convoy Arsenal 2 vs 3 Gweedore

It proved to be a frustrating weekend for Rhys Irwin in Round 9 of the Quattro Group British Supersport. In Race One, the Donegal rider was taken out of the race after a mistake from another rider. Meanwhile in the second race, Irwin had taken the lead in the race but was unfortunately given an

Killybegs maintained their Donegal Senior Football status after they beat St Naul’s in their relegation play off on Saturday evening. 0-13 to 1-05 was how it finished. St Naul’s will now play the loser of Milford and St Michael’s.

Termon and Glenfin will meet in the Donegal Senior Ladies Championship final. Termon beat St Nauls 4-12 to 0-06 with Jodie McFadden, Shannon McLaughlin, Roisin McCafferty. Meanwhile, Glenfin were 2-11 to 2-05 winners over St Eunan’s.

Letterkenny AC’s Ann Marie McGlynn has won the Mash Direct Belfast Half Marathon. McGlynn was the first woman home in a time of 1 hour 14 minutes and 53 seconds. Gladys Ganiel from North Belfast Harriers was second whilst Caitlyn Havey was third.

Sean McGinley claimed victory in the Donegal 5k on Sunday afternoon. The Finn Valley AC man finished in a time of 15 minutes and 19 seconds, with Oisin Toye in second, a further seven seconds behind. Declan Ferry of the Rosses AC was third. Teresa Doherty of Finn Valley AC was the first woman home

Letterkenny Rugby Club suffered a defeat on the road on Saturday afternoon in the Ulster Championship 2. The Donegal side went down 41-10 to Randalstown with Jack Kennedy grabbing the visitors try and Daffyd Green scoring the conversion and a penalty. It was a tough day for Letterkenny but plenty for them to learn on

Tyrone’s Patrick O’Brien, above, (Omagh) and Stephen O’Brien (Carrickmore) won the Bushwacker Rally in their Skoda Fabia R5. After eight special stages they had just 3.6 seconds to spare over Cathan McCourt (Dromore) and Liam Moynihan (Cork) in a Ford Fiesta. Donegal Town’s Paddy McCrudden was co-driver for Jason Mitchell who was third in a

Institute picked up three points on the road at Ballinamallard on Saturday afternoon with Oisin Devlin’s goal giving them all three points in the 1-0 win. Elsewhere, Dergview suffered a 4-2 defeat away to Ards. The results mean Stute are third in the table whilst Dergview are second from bottom.

Glencar Inn Saturday D1 Glencar Celtic 2 vs 4 Kilmacrennan Celtic Reserves Keadue Rovers 5 vs 1 Donegal Town Oldtown Celtic 3 vs 1 Cappry Rovers St Catherines FC Reserves 7 vs 0 Glenea United Strand Rovers 3 vs 1 Fintown Harps AFC Old Orchard Saturday D2 Ballybofey United 2 vs 2 Dunlewey Celtic Castlefin

Amber Barrett got the opening goal for Standard Liege Women defeated Anderlecht Women 2-1 in the Super League on Saturday afternoon. Noemie Gelders then doubled Liege’s lead on 83 minutes before Anderlecht pulled one back just a minute later. The win puts Standard Liege Women joint top of the league.

Donegal’s Tyler Toland is back in the Republic of Ireland senior women’s squad. Interim manager Eileen Gleeson named her 25 strong squad today for games against Northern Ireland and Hungary. Toland, who did not play for the senior side under former manager Vera Pauw, is currently with Blackburn Rovers, where she is really making her

Dylan Browne McMonagle had a 12/1 double today at Punchestown. His first win of the day came in the maiden on the 5/4 favourite Ocean Quest trained by Kerry man Michael O’Callaghan. The Donegal Jockey followed that with a second win in Fillies Handicap on the Joseph O’Brien trained Star Galaxy at 9/2. Today’s victories

Donegal’s All Ireland winning captain Michael Murphy is to be part of a consultation group that will provide feedback on data collated on trends of gaelic football over the last decade. Some of sport’s best known figures in management, coaching and playing will analyse patterns that the game has taken. Current Mayo manager Kevin McStay,

Rory Gallagher will not be returning to manage Derry. The Oak Leaf county confirmed that they have completely ruled out the possibility of reinstating Gallagher as manager, that’s according to Cahir O’Kane of the Irish News. Earlier this week, Ciaran Meenagh said he would not be looking to stay on in the role he took

Friday night sees FAI Cup Quarter Final Action as Finn Harps welcome St Pat’s to Finn Park. Kick-off is at 8pm and supporters are asked to arrive early to avoid congestion. While tickets will be available on the night from the Chestnut Road Entrance, supporters are strongly advised to buy tickets in advance online from

The fourth block of the Football For All programme returns to the home of Letterkenny Rovers on Wednesday September 20th, at 5pm. Leckview Park will host the one-hour sessions that are deigned specifically for children with a disability who enjoy playing football. The six-week programme, which will cater for those aged 6 to 16, will

Strabane Rugby Club’s First XV succumbed to their first defeat of the season following a hard-fought battle between two very tough teams. Strabane were hoping to keep their winning start to the season going following their opening weekend win against Civil Service, while Lisburn were aiming to get a win in their first game after

There was a double celebration for Motorsport Ireland’s Rally Academy crews in Greece at the weekend. Irish crew William Creighton and Liam Regan took the WRC Junior Championship title with a fifth place finish at the EKO Acropolis Greece Rally. County Down based Creighton became the first Irish driver to win the Junior World Rally