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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

The late Damian Casey has been announced as the Nickey Rackard Cup hurler of the year after a brilliant season for the Dungannon and Tyrone star.During the 2022 campaign, Casey broke the 400-point career mark for championship scores, scoring 2-64 over the Red Hands six matches. That also included the 14 points scored in Tyrone’s

Derry City were held to a 1-1 draw at home to their FAI Cup final opponents, Shelbourne on Friday night. Jack Moylan opened the scoring for Damien Duff’s men on 69 minutes. Joe Thomson then ensured a share of the spoils, scoring on 83 minutes. The result, coupled with Shamrock Rovers 4-1 win over St

Letterkenny AC members taking part in this year’s Dublin Marathon have selected the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association as their benefitting charity. A GoFundMe page was set up recently and the group set a target of €1,000 through their participation in the event which takes place on Sunday, October 30th. As Letterkenny AC Chairman, Raymond

Donegal jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle was back in the winners enclosure at Navan on Wednesday, on two occasions. McMonagle who is on course to take another Apprentice title had a 103/1 double at the Meath racecourse. His first win was on Secret Secret at 7/2,  but the bigger win followed on Molly Kaye, who he

Donegal’s Georgie Kelly got what turned out to be the winner for Rotherham United in their English Championship 2-1 success over Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield. The Inishowen native came on as a substitute in the 58th minute and found the target three minutes later. Conor Washington had put the home side ahead on 25 minutes before

Declan Devine has been confirmed as the new manager at Bohemians. The ex-Derry City boss has signed a two-year contract, and will start work as Keith Long’s replacement on Monday. Devine was at Richmond Park on Friday for Bohs’ game away to St. Pat’s and would hardly have been impressed by his side’s outing. They

Dylan Browne McMonagle rode a 21/1 double at Dundalk on Friday evening. The Donegal jockey’s first win came on board 9/4 shot Malleymoo for trainer Joseph O’Brien with the second victory coming in the next race on Super Over who went off at 11/2. The double means Browne McMonagle now has five winners in October

The fixtures set for this weekend in the Donegal Junior League have been postponed in light of the serious incident that took place earlier today in Creeslough. In a statement on social media, the Donegal Junior League said: “Due to the horrific events that occurred in Creeslough earlier today the Executive Committee of the Donegal

Dylan Browne McMonagle was back in the winner’s enclosure on Sunday afternoon. The Donegal jockey was first past the post on board the 5/2 favourite Statement for trainer Joseph O’Brien. The win in Tipperary is Browne McMonagle’s second in the past four days.

There was delight for Richard Kerr and the Dumfries-based AMD Motorsport team at Donington Park at the weekend as they took their second victory of the season in this year’s Pirelli National Superstock Championship. Kerr came out on top after a superb ride in Saturday’s race at the Leicestershire venue and followed it up with

Finn Harps Under 21’s earned a 5-1 victory over Letterkenny Rovers in Ballyare in the Ulster Senior League Cup. Goals in the first half from Ruadhan Feeney and Sean O’Donnell had Harps 2-0 up at the break. O’Donnell then got his second before Simon McGlynn pulled one back for Rovers. Nathan Plumb and Marc Doherty

Matthew McCole claimed victory on the judges scores after his quarter final contest was stopped during Round 2 after he sustained a cut to his head after a clash of heads at the FISU University World Cup Combat Sports event in Turkey. Matthew had won Round 1, 10: 9 from all judges showing superior technical

Dylan Browne McMonagle claimed a 9/1 winner at Bellewstown on Wednesday afternoon. The Donegal jockey was first past the post on board the Luke Comer trained Bring Us Paradise. It is the fourth winner for Browne McMonagle in the past four days.

Caolan and Rhys Irwin were in British Superbike action at Oulton Park over the weekend. In race one, Rhys finished in 7th with Caolan ending in 12th. Meanwhile race two saw Rhys complete his weekend with a sixth place finish whilst Caolan ended the day in 14th.

Round nine of the Pirelli National Superstock Championship at Oulton Park over the weekend proved to be a more challenging affair for Richard Kerr and the Dumfries-based AMD Motorsport team but a brace of top ten finishes meant more valuable points were scored as they retained their fifth place overall in the championship standings. The weekend

Junior A Football Championships Quarter Finals Carndonagh 1-10 V 1-08 Urris St Eunan’s 1-10 V 3-10 Na Rossa Junior B Football Championships Letterkenny Gaels 1-12 V 0-09 Robert Emmetts Naomh Padraig Muff 1-10 V 1-09 Urris Intermediate Championship Relegation Play-Off Malin 0-10 V 0-07 Convoy Burt 0-09 V 0-05 Naomh Brid  

Rhys and Caolan Irwin earned themselves points finishes in Snetterton over the weekend. In Race One, Rhys earned himself a seventh place finish, while in Race Two he produced one of his best performances yet to finish in fifth. Meanwhile, Caolan’s team are yet to receive their new engine so he was forced to race

Richard Kerr and the AMD Motorsport team’s fine season in the Pirelli National Superstock Championship continued on Sunday with a strong fourth place at Snetterton, a result which consolidated their fifth place overall in the championship standings. With mixed weather conditions across the first two days at the Norfolk venue, Richard set the 12th fastest

Bonagee United and Kilmacrennan Celtic are both into the Colin Breslin Youth Cup final after victories on Wednesday night. Bonagee were 3-2 victors over Ballybofey United, meanwhile Kilmacrennan were 6-5 winners on penalties over Letterkenny Rovers after the sides played out a 1-1 draw. The final is set for Wednesday, September 21st in Ballyare at

Dylan Browne McMonagle was among the winners in Cork yesterday afternoon. The Donegal jockey was first past the post on board the 7/2 Born Invincible for trainer Gerard O’Leary. The pair finished a length ahead of Seamie Heffernan who was on board the 10/1 shot Rose of Malta.

Sligo Rovers have been forced to forfeit their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match with Dundalk held on August 29th. The Bit O’Red won the fixture 2-nil, but have been deemed to have fielded an ineligible player by the FAI’s Disciplinary Committee. Dundalk will now be awarded the points on a 3-nil scoreline.

Letterkenny Rugby Club made it two wins from two in the Ulster Rugby Championship 3 on Saturday afternoon with a victory over PSNI. It finished 26-7 to the Donegal side with Daniel Faulkner scoring three tries in their bonus point win. Meanwhile, in the Premiership 2, it finished Dunagnnon 19, Omagh 21.