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It was back to league action on Saturday for North West clubs with another full round of fixtures played in the Long’s SuperValu 40-over competition. As always there were of course exception to the rules- Killyclooney and Newbuildings sharing over 400 as the visitors won in Tyrone and the same at the Rectory where free-scoring

Brett McGinty extended his pro fight record to 5-0 with a victory at the Doncaster Racecourse on Saturday evening. The St Johnston native was a comfortable winner over the four rounds beating Genadij Krajevskij on points. It is the Donegal man’s first fight since picking up a shoulder injury which ruled him out of fight

Division 1 League, Termon 0-10 V 0-15 St Eunan’s Aodh Ruadh BS 1-15 V 1-04 Ardara Glenfin 5-14 V 0-04 Killybegs Kilcar 1-13 V 0-09 Gaoth Dobhair Division 2, Moville 1-17 V 4-15 Naomh Columba Four Masters 0-09 V 0-07 Convoy Division 3 Naomh Ultan 0-11 V 1-13 Naomh Muire LR Robert Emmets 0-05 V

There have been four fixtures in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division postponed due to international call-ups. Drogheda United v UCD AFC, Shelbourne v Derry City and St. Patrick’s Athletic v Shamrock Rovers, all scheduled for Friday, June 10, have been postponed as well as Sligo Rovers v Dundalk, which was scheduled for Saturday, June 11.

Derry have named their team for their Ulster Senior Football Championship clash with Donegal in Clones on Sunday afternoon. There is one change to Rory Gallagher’s team who beat Monaghan 3-12 to 0-17 with Emmett Bradley coming in for Niall Toner. The Derry team that has been named to start is below:

Caolan and Rhys Irwin had solid performances over the weekend at Donnigton Park in the Supersport Premier 600. Caolan started the race on row three and finished in twelfth in the race. Meanwhile his brother Rhys who started in row four finished the race in fourth.  

Richard Kerr put in two brilliant rides at Donington Park at the weekend with the AMD Motorsport rider claiming third and fourth place finishes in round three of the Pirelli National Superstock Championship. Sunday’s third place was his maiden podium in the class and helped him move up to seventh place overall in the current

Finn Harps take on Dundalk tomorrow night in SSE Airtricity Premier Division action. Kickoff at Finn Park is 8pm. Ollie Horgan told FinnHarps.ie “Dundalk are flying at the moment and will be full of confidence after their win over Derry City on Friday. The result in Drogheda was tough to take given the position we

Five local sides are through to the second round of this season’s National Cup after a much more productive Saturday in this particular competition. Bonds Glen had already been handed a ‘bye’ in the first round draw and four of the other six- Strabane, Ballyspallen, St Johnston and Glendermott all joined them after weekend wins.

Division 1 Gaoth Dobhair 2-08 V 0-08 Termon Ardara 1-11 V 2-15 Glenfin St Michael’s 0-06 V 1-09 Aodh Ruadh BS Glenswilly 1-17 V 2-09 Cloughaneely Naomh Conaill 0-05 V 1-09 Kilcar St Eunan’s 2-08 V 1-05 Bundoran Division 2 St Naul’s 0-05 V 0-08 Convoy Letterkenny Gaels 0-10 V 0-08 Fanad Gaels Sean Mac

Bonagee United claimed the Brian McCormick Cup thaks to a 1-0 victory over Kildrum Tigers on Sunday afternoon. Aaron Wasson scored the games only goal as Damien McClafferty’s side got their hands on the trophy. In the Promotion/Relegation Play Off for the Premier Division, Rathmullan Celtic won 4-3 against Donegal Town. Eoin Sheridan scored twice

Sligo Rovers have announced that First Team Manager Liam Buckley has left the club by mutual consent. It comes on the back of the Bit O Red’s 2-1 defeat away to Bohemians which left the club in sixth place in the Premier Division. The defeat was number six of the season. Just last season, Rovers

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