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Glencar Inn Division One Arranmore United 1 vs 2 Cappry Rovers Donegal Town 8 vs 0 Dunlewey Celtic Drumoghill 2 vs 1 Copany Rovers Kildrum Tigers 5 vs 1 Keadue Rovers Oldtown Celtic 2 vs 1 Glencar Celtic Old Orchard Division Two Kilmacrennan Celtic 2 vs 1 St Catherines FC Drumbar United 3 vs 3 […]

Roisin Hegarty claimed a National title in Dublin on Friday night. The Illies Golden Gloves boxer beat Michaela O’Brien of Ratoath via referee stoppage in round 2. The bout was fought in the female 51Kg category.

Cockhill Celtic claimed a 4-1 victory away to Letterkenny Rovers on Friday night. First half goals from Corey McBride and Luke Rudden had Cockhill 2-0 up at the break. Christy McLaughlin then netted just four minutes into the second half before Rovers pulled one back. Stephen Duffy then sealed Gavin Cullen’s side victory with a

This weekend’s Moonraker Forest Rally in Co. Cork has been postponed. The decision was made following of the tragic death of 33-year-old World Rally Championship star Craig Breen, from Waterford, who died  during a pre-event test in Croatia yesterday. His co-driver from Cavan, James Fulton, was unharmed in the incident that occurred just after midday

Ciaran McFaul has returned to the Derry squad for their Ulster SFC  opener against Fermanagh in Enniskillen. Meanwhile, Conor Glass been named in the starting 15, despite the fact that he went off injured in the recent Division 2 Final against Dublin. Chrissy McKaigue is also named in the team, having missed the Division 2

It’s a big night ahead for Letterkenny Rugby Club – they take on Monaghan in the final of the Gordon West Cup at Kingspan Stadium. It’s a repeat of last year’s final which was won by Letterkenny in dramatic fashion – they came from behind to win by 11-10 thanks to a last gasp drop

Richard Kerr and the AMD Motorsport team got their 2023 Pirelli National Superstock Championship campaign underway in fine style at Silverstone at the weekend with the Donegal rider claiming a brace of fifth place finishes to slot into fourth place overall in the early championship points table. With dry, sunny conditions all weekend at the

Division 1 Naomh Conaill 2-20 V 1-06 Killybegs Malin 1-17 V 1-11 Glenfin Gaoth Dobhair 1-09 V 0-02 Sean Mac Cumhaill Cloughaneely 1-06 V 1-08 Aodh Ruadh BS Division 2 Naomh Columba 4-08 V 1-09 Naomh Bríd N Naomh Muire LR 3-04 V 0-16 Glenswilly Burt 0-10 V 0-08 Ardara Termon 2-14 V 3-09 Four

Rhys Irwin earned himself a second placed finish at Silverstone in the Quattro Group British Supersport on Sunday afternoon. Irwin finished just 0.062 seconds behind the winner Lee Johnston. Rhys brother Caolan couldn’t compete this weekend due to a concussion suffered in a crash.

Jackie Crossan Premier Division Buncrana Hearts 0-0 Greencastle FC Strand Hotel Division One Greencastle Youth 4-1 Buncrana Res Donegal Signs Challenge Cup 1/2 Final ET & Pens Carn FC 1-0 Cockhill Celtic Youths Inish Grass Divisision Two ¼ Finals Cockhill Res 3-1 QPS Youth Carn Res 3-0 Glengad Res Aileach Youths 1-1 Carrowmena Carrowmwna won

Brian McCormick Sports & Premier Castlefin Celtic 0 vs 4 Fanad United Kildrum Tigers 1 vs 0 Rathmullan Celtic

The first ever County Championships for junior cueists produced some outstanding pool at the weekend, and provided plenty of evidence that Donegal teams will continue to challenge for national honours long into the foreseeable future. At these inaugural events for U-12, U15 and U18 players, no one quite knew what to expect, but spectators were

ATU Donegal progressed into the Intervarsity Men’s A final on Saturday afternoon. The Donegal side beat MTU Cork 73-56 in the semi final. The final is set to take place on Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock against University of Galway.

Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan in their Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 claimed victory at the Circuit of Ireland Rally on Saturday afternoon. The pair finished 10.2 seconds ahead of Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes in their Hyundai i20 R5. Meirion Evans and Jonathan Jackson in the Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 finished in third a further

Strabane Rugby Club are into the final of the Gordon West Plate after a ten point victory over Lisburn. At the end of normal time the sides finished level on 19 points a piece. Strabane showed the strongest in extra time to run out 29-19 winners.

Dergview picked up another three points on Saturday afternoon as they beat H & W Welders 2-0 in the NIFL Championship. Goals from William Faulkner and Mikhail Kennedy proved to be enough for the Castlederg side. Meanwhile, Institute suffered a 3-2 loss away to Knockbreda. Jamie Dunne had Stute ahead after two minutes before Anthony

Glencar Inn Division One Keadue Rovers 2 vs 0 Cappry Rovers Strand 2 vs 1 Dunlewey Celtic Old Orchard Division Two St Catherines FC 3 vs 0 Fintown Harps

Derry boxer Connor “The Kid” Coyle [18(8)-0] will defend his NABA middleweight title against Fernando Ezequiel Farias on Saturday, April 29 at the Hilton Carillon in St. Petersburg, Florida. If the Derry middleweight gets through the April 29th defence he is set to fight in Ireland for the first time in six years. According to

Bonagee United moved seven points clear at the top of the Ulster Senior League on Thursday night after they beat Derry City Reserves 1-0. Tony McNamee’s goal on 30 minutes was enough to earn all three points for Jason Gibson’s side. The win has moved Bonagee seven points clear of Cockhill Celtic who have two

Mona McSharry set two new records and won three golds at the Irish Open Swimming Championships during the week. McSharry claimed gold in the 200m breaststroke and in doing so set a new Championship record time of 2 minutes 25.70 seconds. The Grange woman then won golds for the breaststroke and in the process she

The death has taken place of former Derry City FC chairman Jack McCauley. Mr McCauley served on the Derry City Board of Directors throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and he was Chairman in the early 1990s and was also elected Vice President of Derry City Football Club. Tributes have been paid this morning following his

Donegal may well have to plan without Ryan McHugh for the championship. Donegal travel to play Down in their Ulster opener a fortnight on Saturday, but according to the Donegal News, McHugh has been unable to shake off a groin injury which has kept him out of action this year and is unlikely to feature

Kilmacrennan’s Richard Kerr returns to action  this weekend for round one of the British Superbike Championship where he will be competing in the Superstock 1000 class at the Silverstone national circuit in Northamptonshire. Kerr remains with the Scottish based AMD motorsport team and will ride a Honda once again. This is his third year with

The Republic of Ireland Women’s Under-19s were defeated 5-0 by Germany in the opening group game of the Round 2 of qualifiers for the UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship in Norway, despite Ireland dominating large spells of possession. Sligo Rovers’ Emma Doherty, who hails from Inishowen, captained the Irish team. Next up, they face Norway on

Donegal’s Yvonne Bonner has signed a deal to play with Aussie Rules football with Adelaide Crows during the upcoming 2023 Australian Football League Women’s season. The 35-year-old forward previously played 11 AFLW games for the Greater Western Sydney Giants. Yvonne, who had a long and successful career with Glenfin and Donegal, will wear the number