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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

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.