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Desi Henry and Paddy Robinson in a Ford Fiesta R5 won the Eakin Brothers Brian James Trailers Tyrone Stages Rally after they produced a great run over the last of the six stages to get the better of Cathan McCourt and Liam Moynihan in Skoda Fabia R5 a who had led for most of the

Ronan Whyte and Aman Goel’s Irish Senior Snooker Championships title dreams came to an end at the he last 16. Both were defeated 4-1 on Saturday afternoon. Whyte was beaten by the No. 7 seed Noel Landers while Goel lost out to the No.2 seed in Ryan Cronin.

Leitrim runner Ricki Wynne took the honours in the Seven Sisters Skyline 55k event. The Drumshanbo native finished in a time of seven hours, seven minutes and 47 seconds. He was 24 minutes ahead of Gavin Byrne while Lonan O’Farrell was third. Kerry’s Ellen Vitting was first over the line in the female category, completing

Sadie Duffy won the Outstanding Woman Referee/ Judge award at the Farewell dinner of the World Boxing Championships in Turkey on Friday night. The Illies Golden Gloves clubwoman was recently given the Appreciation accolade at the Donegal Sports Star Awards. The tournament was a successful one for Ireland with Amy Broadhurst and Lisa O’Rourke both

The winner of the Seven Sister Skyline event 30K race today was Ruairí Long from Dublin. He set a new course record 3.28.39. In second place was Wexford man Paddy O’Leary who flew in from San Francisco on Thursday for the race. Donegal man Shaun Stewart was third. The women’s event was won by Olivia

Luke McAteer was among the winners in Friday afternoons meeting at the Curragh. McAteer was first past the post on the 7/1 shot Dame Rapide for trainer Barry Fitzgerald. The Donegal jockey finished 3 and a quarter lengths ahead of the Willie Mullins trained 5/6 favourite Echoes in Rain who had Cheltenham Gold Cup winner

The IAU European 24-Hour Championships will take place in Italy in September and the Ireland team will be lead out by a Donegal man. 2021 Ultra Runner of the year and 24hr National Record holder Ed McGroarty of Lifford Strabane AC has been named as the captain to the Irish squad. Ed has a personal

Following the latest stage of consultation on the Donegal Community Stadium which will be the new home of Finn Harps in Stranolar, the club now have a clear time frame of when the move away from Finn Park will take place. The stadium proposed will have a capacity of 6,130, 3,300 of which will be

Ruairi Cavanan has been named one four Eirgrid U20 Players of the Provinces. Canavan, who is set for a call up to the Tyrone senior panel for his performances which lead Tyrone to Ulster and All Ireland glory, is honoured alongside, Adam Fanning of Kildare, Joseph Keaney of Sligo, and Evan Looney of Kerry. Tyrone

Inishowen native Stephen McLaughlin is going to Wembley with Mansfield Town. McLaughlin who was name player of the month recently scored the only goal in his side’s second leg game with Northampton. Mansfield won 3-1 on aggregate to secure their place in the League Two Play Off Final and keep their promotion hopes very much

Dylan Browne McMonagle picked up a tenth win of the year on Tuesday evening in Sligo. He rode the 2/5 favourite Entropy to victory for trainer Joseph O’Brien, pulling clear in the final furlong to win the penultimate race of the evening. It was McMonagle’s third win in four days after victories at Naas and

Dylan Browne McMonagle tasted victory twice over the weekend in both Naas and Navan. The Donegal jockey’s first victory came on Saturday in Navan on board the 15/2 shot Vera Magnifico for trainer Joseph O’Brien. The second victory came in the second race of the day on Sunday’s race card in Naas when Browne McMonagle

Monaghan’s Josh Moffett (Hyundai i20 R5) maintained his dominance of the Triton Showers-backed Motorsport Ireland National Rally Championship courtesy of an emphatic victory in the Sheehy Motor Group Carlow Rally that marked the halfway point of the eight round series.  It was Moffett’s fourth straight win of the national campaign.  Co-driven by Limerick’s Keith Moriarty, he finished

Hurling League Dungloe 0-07  V 2-15 Burt Setanta 2-15 V 1-12 Buncrana Division 1 League, Aodh Ruadh BS 0-08 V 1-06 St Eunan’s Kilcar 1-19 V 1-10 Glenswilly Bundoran 3-09 V 3-17 Gaoth Dobhair Termon 1-09 V 0-17 Naomh Conaill Killybegs 1-08 V 0-09 Ardara Division 2, Buncrana 2-09 V 0-11 Milford Fanad Gaels 0-13

Bready beat Strabane by 7 wickets. Ardmore were 88 run winners over Brigade . Fox Lodge beat Glendermott by 10 runs. St Johnston were 45 run victors over Bonds Glen. Ballyspallen beat Burndennett by 2 runs. Newbuildings claimed a 99 run over Coleraine. Eglinton beat Killyclooney by 4 wickets.

Tyrone won the Ulster Ladies Intermediate Championship on Saturday night in Omagh. The Red Hand County led 1-09 to 1-02 at halftime. Thanks to that strong first half showing and a big second half performance Tyrone went on to win the game 2-15 to 1-11.  

The biggest story of Saturday and indeed the season so far was the defeat of cup holders Brigade who were well beaten at home by St Johnston by 68-runs. Donemana are safely through to the quarter-finals after a comfortable win at Strabane Park. Coleraine’s home defeat by Ballyspallen was something of a surprise as well.

Derry tasted defeat in the Christy Ring cup on Saturday afternoon. The Oakleaf County were beaten 2-23 to 2-18 in Mayo. Mayo will now face Kildare in the Christy Ring decider after they beat Sligo 2-23 to 2-14.

Glencar Inn Division One Killdrum Tigers 2 vs 1 Oldtown Celtic Donegal Town FC 3 vs 0 Milford United FC Reserves Glenea United 0 vs 5 Cappry Rovers Keadue Rovers FC 1 vs 0 Arranmore United Kilmacrennan Celtic FC Reserves 1 vs 2 Strand Rovers

The Ulster Senior League Cup final between Cockhill Celtic and Bonagee United has been postponed. The reason for the postponement is due to an investigation into the eligibilty of a player who featured in the competition. As of yet there has been date set for the fixture to be played.