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The number of women playing cricket in Ireland has been on the rise in recent years. Here in Donegal, St. Johnston Cricket Club fly the flag for women’s cricket and have a team that compete in Section 2 of the North West Cricket Union Women’s League. It’s the only women’s team that play the sport

16-year-old Finn Valley AC Athlete Sophia Thompson recorded a new personal best of 4:43.21 over a mile to finish third in the Track Night New York City yesterday. With more on that plus the latest athletics news from elsewhere, here’s Highland’s Athletics Correspondent Patsy McGonigle…

The annual North-West 10K will take place this bank holiday Monday the 5th of May at 11am. In-person registrations are open today Saturday the 3rd, and tomorrow Sunday the 4th from 3-6pm at Letterkenny Community Centre. Those who have already registered online are encouraged to come along and collect t-shirts and numbers to avoid queuing

It was a good night for Derry City as they got the better of reigning Premier Division champions Shelbourne at the Ryan McBride Brandywell. The game finished 2-0 after first-half strikes from Michael Duffy and Liam Boyce put the home side firmly in control of the contest. Derry now face into another tough home fixture

Derry City have beaten Shelbourne 2-0 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. First-half goals from Michael Duffy and Liam Boyce were enough to give the Candy Stripes a valuable three points. Martin Holmes has the full time report from the Brandywell…   In other results, St. Pat’s

Horse-racing in the county has been on an upward curve in recent years, with Donegal now having seven jockeys that are racing at home here in Ireland, in the UK and in Australia. The latest young man in the apprentice ranks is Ballyare native Patrick McGettigan, who rides under trainer Johnny Murtagh in Kildare. Patrick

There’s another full round of fixtures in both of the SSE Airtricity Leagues tonight (Friday). In the First Division, Finn Harps will look to bounce back from their 3-1 defeat in Cobh last time out. Kevin McHugh’s side face Treaty United at Finn Park knowing a win would see them leap-frog the Limerick outfit in

John Cronin’s time as President of Athletics Ireland has come to an end following the conclusion of his second term in charge. The Downings native has been at the head of the organisation since 2021 and has overseen some of the most exciting times in the history of Irish athletics. Cronin has lived in Tullamore

Derry City are heading into the bank holiday weekend with the opportunity to build some momentum as the Candy Stipes face two home fixtures in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. It’s been a topsy-turvy start to the season for Tiernan Lynch’s side but a Friday night clash with Shelbourne and a Monday night game

Paul Devlin has now led Tyrone to five Ulster U20 Football Championship wins after defeating Donegal after extra-time in last night’s provincial decider in Owenbeg. It finished 1-19 to 2-14 after 80 minutes of action. The Red Hand boss spoke to Highland’s Oisin Kelly after the game and says full praise must go to the

Tyrone are Ulster U20 Football Champions after a thrilling 1-19 to 2-14 victory over Donegal in Owenbeg this evening. It took extra time to separate the sides after a tense 80-minute battle, with the All-Ireland U20 Champions eventually coming out on top. Captain and goal-scorer Joey Clarke told Highland’s Brendan Devenney the team had to

Kildrum Tigers were beaten 1-0 by Letterkenny Rovers in the Ulster Cup Final in Ballyare this afternoon. BJ Banda hit the winner on 52 minutes with a sensational finish into the top corner to separate the sides. Shane McGinty, who is the player/manager at Kildrum, described the winning goal as a “moment of brilliance”. Here

Tyrone bowed out of the Ulster Senior Football Championship at the hands of Armagh despite a brave attempt at a comeback in Clones this afternoon. The Red Hand County trailed by three points at half time, and remarkably six points at one stage in the second period, but managed to claw themselves back into the

Tyrone have just two matches left in this year’s Christy Ring Cup and need to pick up a result against either Derry or London in their next two matches to maintain their status in the third tier of the All-Ireland Hurling Championship. After today’s 5-18 to 0-10 defeat to Donegal, Red Hand boss Stephen McGarry

Donegal’s senior hurlers picked up a vital win against Tyrone in Carrickmore this afternoon. The 5-18 to 0-10 victory was Micky McCann’s side first win in this campaign and Donegal’s first ever victory in Christy Ring Cup hurling. McCann’s side now face London in their next fixture, with safety very much the priority. The Donegal

Gary Duffy led Buncrana Hearts to their second league title in three seasons last weekend. The Inishowen side saw off the challenge of old foes and near-neighbours Cockhill Celtic to claim the Jackie Crossan Premier Division after a nail-biting encounter last Sunday. The game finished 2-0, which saw Buncrana end the league campaign three points

Omagh will no longer be part of the All Ireland Rugby League after a 25-15 defeat to Thomond this afternoon. The Ulster club finished 9th in Division 2C this season and were beaten by junior champions Thomond in a play-off today. Alec McDonald was there for Highland Radio Saturday Sport…

Donegal have named an unchanged starting fifteen for this Sunday’s Ulster Senior Football Championship Semi-Final clash with Down in Clones. Shaun Patton starts in goals while Finnbarr Roarty, Brendan McCole and Peadar Mogan make up the full-back line. Ryan McHugh, Stephen McMenamin and Ciaran Moore are the half-backs as Hugh McFadden and Michael Langan are

Derry have bowed out of this year’s Ulster U20 Championship at the semi-final stage as they lost out 3-12 to 0-19 to Tyrone at Owenbeg this evening. After leading by a point at the break, The Oakleafers conceded three second-half goals and gave Tyrone the impetus to progress to face Donegal in next week’s final.

Tyrone have defeated Derry 3-12 to 0-19 in the Ulster U20 Football Championship Semi-Final this evening. The result sets up a mouth-watering clash between the reigning All-Ireland U20 Champions and Donegal in the Ulster Final next Wednesday evening. Michael McMullan was in Owenbeg for Highland Radio Sport…   Afterwards, Michael caught up with Tyrone manager

Donegal have reached the Ulster U20 Final after cruising past Cavan on a score line of 4-19 to 2-07 at MacCumhaill Park this evening. Gary Boyle’s side will now face Tyrone in the provincial decider next Wednesday evening in Owenbeg. The All-Ireland U20 Champions defeated Derry 3-12 to 0-19 in tonight’s other semi-final. After the

Donegal GAA are opposed to the idea of moving the Ulster Senior Football Championship Final to Croke Park. It has been rumoured in the past number of days that should Donegal and Armagh make the decider it may be switched to GAA Headquarters rather than the traditional St. Tiernach’s Park in Clones. The clubs of