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Newbridge have knocked Slaughtneil out of the Tyrone SFC at the Semi-Final stage at Owenbeg this afternoon. Defending Champions Newbridge led 0-14 to 0-08 at half-time but Slaughtneil surged back in the second half and, after a back-and-forth closing period, Newbridge ran out 0-21 to 0-16 winners. Gary Hetherington, the Newbridge Assistant Manager, spoke to

Loughmacrory and Carrickmore played out a thrilling 0-19 to 1-16 draw in the Tyrone SFC Semi-Final in Pomeroy this afternoon. A replay will now be scheduled. After the game, Loughmacrory boss Marty Boyle was taking as many positives from the result as possible…   The other semi-final will take place between Errigal Ciaran and Trillick

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Yesterday saw Round 4 of the Northern Ireland Forest Rally take place in Derry. Strabane’s Niall Devine won the Dog Leap Rally in a VW Polo GTi R5 and alongside him, on the notes, was Letterkenny native Liam McIntyre. The North-West duo came out on top 12.2 seconds ahead of Omagh’s Gareth Mimnagh in 2nd

Institute moved up to 8th in the NIFL Championship as they defeated Queens 1-0 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell yesterday afternoon. Callum Doherty got the all-important winner for ‘Stute. Elsewhere, Limavady had an impressive 4-1 away win over Ards.

  Letterkenny bowed out of this season’s Junior Shield at the quarter-final stage after a 22-15 defeat to Malone 2nds yesterday afternoon. Jack Sayers got both tries for Letterkenny but Malone ran out worthy winners having led 12-10 at the break. Elsewhere, City Of Derry were beaten 40-17 by Randlestown in the same competition. Omagh

Dylan Browne-McMonagle has extended his lead in the Irish Champion Jockey standings after a stunning treble at Dundalk on Friday. Firstly, the Letterkenny jockey rode 20/1 outsider “Jungle Ruler” to victory in the 6pm outing. A win on the 11/10 favourite “Andab” followed, with Browne-McMonagle capping off a successful evening’s racing on board 7/1 shot

Mona McSharry has qualified for another final at the World Aquatics World Cup this evening. The Sligo native, who trains out of Marlins Swimming Club in Ballyshannon, finished second in her heat and third fastest overall in the women’s 100 metre breaststroke in the USA. She’ll return to the pool later after already finishing fifth

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Sligo native Mona McSharry, who trains out of Marlin’s Swimming Club in Ballyshannon, set a new national record in her 200 metre breaststroke heat at the World Aquatics World Cup in Indiana last night. McSharry then went on to finish 5th in the final. Ellen Walshe picked up bronze in the 200-metres butterfly. The Templeogue

There’s a new name on the horse racing scene here in the county. Jamie Orr rode his first winner in the 8pm Apprentice Handicap at Dundalk this evening. Jamie, a cousin of fellow Donegal jockeys Oisin and Conor Orr, was on board “Cherry Pink” for trainer William Durkan. The horse went to post at 11/1.

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Derry City have confirmed they will join N-I-F-L club Crusaders in taking a legal challenge against their exclusion from the next stage of the Northern Ireland Football Fund process. The League of Ireland outfit found out last month that their application for funding to develop their stadium was not progressing to Stage Two of assessment.