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A former underage Letterkenny Rovers player is dreaming of making it in Italian football’s top tier. James Abankwah says he’s lost for words after signing for Serie A side, Udinese. The 18-year old defender has joined from St Patrick’s Athletics and will remain with the League of Ireland side until July, as he completes his

Final preparations are being made for the 2021 Donegal Sports Star Awards which will take place virtually this Friday night at 7.30. The Awards will be streamed live on the Donegal Sports Star Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channels. It will also be streamed on their exclusive sponsor Donegal County Council’s Facebook and Twitter channels. For

Finn Harps have announced the signing of defender Erol Erdal Alkan. The towering centre half, also capable of playing centre midfield, becomes the latest addition to Ollie Horgan’s squad for the 2022 campaign. Born in the Netherlands, he opted to represent Turkey at international level and was capped three times for their U21 side. The

There were wins for both Cockhill Celtic and Bonagee United in the Ulster Senior League on Sunday afternoon. Cockhill claimed a 2-1 victory over Finn Harps Under 21’s with Fionn McClure and Adam McCarron. Meanwhile, Bonagee remain just a point ahead of Cockhill after they beat Letterkenny 1-0 thanks to a Tony McNamee goal.

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Sligo Rovers defender John Mahon has signed for St Johnstone for an undisclosed fee. Mahon made his debut at 17 for Rovers in the League Cup in 2017 before going on to make his league bow in 2018. He was Young Player of the Year for the club in 2018, first-choice defender in 2019, helped

Tiernan McCann has become the latest member of Tyrone’s All-Ireland winning squad to opt out of the Red Hands set-up for 2022. He joins Ronan O’Neill, Mark Bradley, Hugh Pat McGeary and Michael Cassidy in deciding to quit the inter-county game. McCann, has been a member of the squad since 2013, a regular under Mickey

Dergview ran out 3-1 winners in their NIFL Championship clash with Institute on Saturday afternoon. Matthew Buchanan opened the scoring for the team from Castlederg before Matthew Kirk’s penalty made it 2-0 before half time. Benny McLaughlin pulled one back for Stute before Mikhail Kennedy sealed Dergview’s win in the final 10 minutes. The win

Sommer Lecky claimed gold in the Senior Women’s High Jump at the Scottish Senior Championships on Saturday afternoon. The Finn Valley AC athlete left Glasgow with gold after earning it with a jump of 1.79m. Claire McGarvey from Banchory finished in second with a jump of 1.74m and Philippa Rogan jumping 1.69m earning a bronze.

The draws have been made for the Ulster Minor and Under 20 Football Championships. In the Minor Football Championship, Donegal will play the winner of the preliminary round clash between Fermanagh and Down, should they prevail in that game they would then face the winner of Derry and Armagh in a Semi Final. While in

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The Green proposal which is being supported by Donegal following their County Committee meeting on Thursday night is the only proposal going to Congress. The Central Council at their meeting in Croke Park this morning, have decided to withdraw the Red motion which was proposed, last September didn’t reach the percentage required. The Green motion

Monaghan manager Seamus McEnaney has named his team to play against Donegal in the Dr McKenna Cup Final at Healy Park on Saturday evening. There are six changes from their Semi Final win over Armagh as into the starting fifteen come Kieran Duffy, Shane Hanratty, Darren Hughes, Killian Lavelle, Aaron Mulligan and Jack McCarron. You

Letterkenny Rovers made it three wins in their last four in all competitions with a 2-0 home victory over Finn Harps Under 21’s on Sunday afternoon. Nathan Plumb opened the scoring on 14 minutes getting onto a Simon McGlynn cross. Ronan Gallagher then sealed Rovers win firing home on his debut.    

Letterkenny Rugby Club suffered a 28-8 away  defeat to Lisburn in the Towns Cup. It was a tough game for Letterkenny travelling to face a side from a Division above them. Meanwhile in the All Ireland League Division 2c, Omagh claimed a big derby win over City of Derry. It finished 44-3 in favour of

Derry set up a Semi Final against Donegal in the Dr McKenna Cup after they beat Fermanagh 0-17 to 1-10 on Saturday evening. Matthew Downey was top scorer for the Oakleaf County with seven points, six of those coming from frees. After the game, Rory Gallagher spoke with Derry GAA…