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The semi final lineup for the McKenna Cup has been confirmed after the final set of fixtures came to a close on Wednesday night. Cavan, thanks to their 1-14 to 1-09 victory over Armagh will take on Tyrone at home on Saturday January 14 at 5pm. The second semi final will see Down play host

Ciara Grant was among the goals for Hearts in the Scottish Cup as they advanced to the next round with a 2-0 win on Saturday afternoon. Grant scored the opener for Hearts’ with a free kick before Jenna Penman netted the second. The Edinburgh club are now through the fifth round of the cup with

Ulster Junior Cup Castlefin Celtic 3 vs 2 Glengad FC Ulster Senior Cup Kilmacrennan Celtic 1 vs 5 Cockhill Celtic Bonagee United 1 vs 3 Greencastle FC Brian McCormick Sports & Premier Glenea United 3 vs 4 Cappry Rovers Keadue Rovers 0 vs 2 Fanad United Temple Domestic Appliance D1 Convoy Arsenal 1 vs 4

Jackie Crossan Premier Division Culdaff FC 0-5 Moville Celtic Buncrana Hearts 2-0 Illies Celtic C. Gallagher Cockhill Youths 1-3 Aileach FC Strand Hotel Division One Aileach Res 2-2 Buncrana Res Clonmany Res 0-4 QPS Greencastle Yths 3-1 Gleneey Colts Redcastle Utd 0-2 Dunree United Inish Grass Division Two Shield Aileach Youths 2-1 Culdaff Res Carn

The three north-west sides in the Irish Cup has mixed fortunes in the first round. Institute fired four past Annagh, with the goals coming from Shaun Doherty, Cormac Burke, Jack McFeely and teenage forward Orrin McLaughlin. Dergview made the trip to Belfast where they found Premier Division side Crusaders too hot too handle. The north

Kildrum Tigers beat Glenea United 4-1 in the top billing in the Glencar Inn Division One. Glenea stay top despite the defeat but Kildrum and third placed Keadue Rovers have closed the gap. In the Old Orchard Inn Division Two, the top two sides Fintown Harps and Cranford both won. Saturday 07th January, 2023 Glencar

Galbally Pearses are through to the AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Final. In their semi-final the Tyrone champions overcame their Galway opponents, Dunmore MacHales by 4-4 to 1-9. Pearses led by 3-1 to 1-5 at half time. They now take on Kerry champions Rathmore, who defeated St Mogue’s Fethard, but 2-16 to 1-10 in the

Its been a busy day for Finn Harps, following on from Keith Cowan’s signing earlier on Wednesday, the club announced four players from the club’s academy have signed senior deals ahead of the 2023 season. Sean O’Donnell, Kevin Jordan, Brendan McLaughlin and Shaunie Bradley will be part of Dave Rogers’ squad for the upcoming campaign.

Connor Coyle retained his NABA middleweight title on Sunday night. The Derry boxer beat Sladan Janjanim who had to retire at the end of the seventh round. Coyle’s pro record now sits 18-0 with 8 KO wins.

Lee McLaughlin’s goal on 70 minutes helped ATU maintain their CUFL College Men’s Premier status on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over TU Dublin. ATU keeper Patrick McGarvey also saved a penalty earlier in the game. Next up is a cup quarter-final against Sligo in February.

Cockhill Celtic 3 Letterkenny Rovers 0 Ulster Senior League champions Cockhill Celtic claimed the points in a hard fought encounter with two late goals adding gloss to the scoreline. Playing with the breeze, Cockhill started on top forcing a succession of corners but the closest they came to opening the scoring was on 13 minutes

Results Sunday 4th December Ulster Junior Cup 1.30pm ET & Pens Buncrana Hearts 4-3 Greencastle FC Jackie Crossan Premier Division Cockhill Youths 2-1 Clonmany Shamrocks Aileach FC 6-1 Culdaff FC Illies Celtic 2-4 Glengad United Strand Hotel First Division Greencastle Youths P-P Aileach Res 11am Buncrana Res P-P Dunree United 11am Redcastle United 3-3 Carn

Results Sunday 4 th December 2022 Brian Mc Cormick Sports Premier Division Glenea United 2 v 1 Castlefin Celtic Keadue Rovers 0 v 1 Cappry Rovers Kildrum Tigers 0 v 0 Bonagee United Kilmacrennan Celtic 2 v 1 Rathmullan Celtic St. Catherines 2 v 3 Fanad United Temple Domestic Appliances Division One Drumkeen United 0

Shane Blaney is set for a move to Scottish Premiership side, Motherwell. The transfer is due to be complete at the beginning of the January transfer window. The move was confirmed by Sligo Rovers boss John Russell at a fan’s forum held during the week. The Letterkenny man will sign a multi-year deal at the

A Tony McNamee brace helped Bonagee United to beat Derry City Reserves 2-1 in the Ulster Senior League. McNamee opened the scoring on 75 minutes through a penalty before Derry leveled on 92 minutes. On 95 minutes, McNamee scored his second penalty of the game to give Jason Gibson’s men all three points.  

Photo: The St Eunan’s ladies side and management and mentors. Pic: St. Eunan’s facebook St. Eunan’s made history as they won the inaugural Donegal under-21 Ladies Football Championship Final as they beat Glenfin in Killygordan. The Letterkenny side had the edge in every department and in the end ran out comfortable winners by 3-14 to

Paddy Bradley has joined the Donegal coaching setup for for 2023. The former Derry forward, was introduced to the squad during the week as Donegal commenced training for the new campaign. Manager Paddy Carr’s full backroom team is now 90% complete and an announcement revealing all roles and responsibilities is due within the next ten

Letterkenny Rugby Club suffered a 30-20 defeat to Ballyclare in the Towns Cup on Saturday afternoon. At half time, they had led 13-12 but a strong second half showing for Ballyclare saw them claim the victory. Elsewhere, in the All Ireland League Division 2c, Omagh were beaten for a fifth time this season, losing out

Stewartstown Harps won the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship after a penalty shoot out victory against Drumlane. The game finished 0-12 a piece after normal time and then 1-12 to 0-15 after extra time with Dan Lowe scoring a penalty for Stewartstown. Penalties were then needed to decide the winners with the Tyrone champions winning

U21 A North Sean Mac Cumhaill 1-13 v 2-10 Milford. Termon 2-10 v 1-11 St Eunan’s U21 B Group B Malin 1-09 v 3-08 Naomh Padraig Muff Buncrana 3-13 v 4-09 Carndonagh

Institute suffered a 1-0 away defeat to Ballyclare in the NIFL Championship on Saturday afternoon. Conall Curran’s goal with nine minutes to go was the difference between the sides. Meanwhile, Dergview beat league leaders Loughgall 2-0, to move up to tenth in the table.

Roisin Flanagan set a new Donegal 5km road record over the weekend. The Finn Valley AC athlete finished in fourth in a time of 15 minutes 42.8 seconds at the event in Wolf River Nature Area in Germantown, Tennessee, Roisin finished just two seconds ahead of her twin sister Eilish, who was in fifth.

A Tony McNamee brace, late into the game saw Bonagee United claim all three points to beat Letterkenny Rovers in the Ulster Senior League on Saturday evening. 2-0 was how it finished at Dry Arch Park. McNamee’s first came on 82 minutes from a free kick before a penalty in the final moments of the

Donegal Junior League results Glencar Inn Division One Copany Rovers 2, Kildrum Tigers 8 Dunlewey Celtic 2, Glenea United 3 Oldtown 3, Donegal Town 4 Strand Rovers 3, Arranmore United 1 Old Orchard Inn Division Two Ballybofey United 2, Kilmacrennan Celtic 3 Cranford United Reserves 4, Gweedore Celtic 2

Derry City drew 0-0 with Sligo Rovers on Monday night at the Showgrounds, a result which means Shamrock Rovers cannot be caught at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Divsion table and the Hoops are champions for a third successive season. Ruaidhri Higgins side knew they had to win to keep the pressure

The Republic of Ireland Amateur International side which includes Bonagee United’s Jack Parke and Cockhill Celtic’s Lee McColgan are set to begin their UEFA Regions Cup qualifying campaign on Tuesday against San Marino. Gerry Davis’ side have three qualifying matches to play with games against Romania and hosts Bulgaria also on the schedule. The opening

Finn Harps know a win against UCD is a must next Friday night if they are to stay in the Premier Division. The Dublin students drew 1-1 with Shelbourne on Monday evening and now sit three points above Harps at the bottom of the table with two games to go. Harps host UCD next and

It’s been over three months since Declan Bonner stepped away from the Donegal Manager’s position but Donegal GAA are close to appointing a new management team with the names of Aidan O’Rourke and Paddy Carr set to go before a County Committee meeting on Monday evening for ratification. O’Rourke won an All Ireland with Armagh

The Ireland Men’s Cricket side are preparing to take on England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) at 5am on Wednesday morning and former Ireland and England fast bowler, Boyd Rankin say the rivalry means the fixture ” is special”. The 6’8” Bready man played for Ireland in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. Last Friday