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Dylan Browne McMonagle had a successful evening’s racing with 2 winners at Ballinrobe yesterday. Firstly, the Letterkenny jockey rode the RP Cody trained “Merlin The Wizard” across the line first in the 6:55 Handicap. That horse went to post at 7/2, while his next winner came on board 9/4 favourite “Rodeo Blues” for Joseph O’Brien […]

Derry City drew 1-1 with league-leaders Shamrock Rovers in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division in Tallaght last night. A first-half Liam Boyce header put Derry in a good position but Aaron Greene found the equaliser for the home side 7 minutes from time. Elsewhere, Shelbourne were beaten 3-0 at home to Bohemians in the

Derry City were beaten 2-1 by Galway United in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Pearse Stadium this evening. A goal in each half from Stephen Walsh handed Galway an all-important win to close the gap between themselves and Derry to just one point. A late Michael Duffy penalty was a consolation for Tiernan

  Ethan Dewhirst from Glenties has set a new Donegal record as he finished fourth in a 400 metres hurdles race at the(Meeting Internacional Ciudad de Málaga in Spain. The Tir Chonnail AC athlete clocked a PB of 50.51. Meanwhile, Finn Valley AC’s Arlene Crossan won the 400 metre event in 53.18, just outside her club

Ireland’s number one male triathlete has taken another major stride towards his LA 2028 Olympic dream after a rapid rise through the World Triathlon rankings. Derry’s Luke McCarron will take the biggest step of his career this weekend when he lines up in his first World Triathlon Championship Series race in Quiberon, France on 20

Oisin Orr rode his 25th winner of the year at Hamilton yesterday afternoon. The Donegal jockey was on board “Emperor’s Son” in the 4:02 Handicap. The horse is trained by Richard & Peter Fahey and went to post at 15/2. Orr is back in action with three rides today at Royal Ascot.

Dylan Browne-McMonagle has taken “Limestone” to victory in this afternoon’s Group 2 Queen’s Vase race at Royal Ascot. The JP O’Brien trained horse went to post at 10/3 in Good To Firm conditions. Dylan is back on the saddle in the 18:10 Windsor Castle Stakes this evening on board “One Number” for the same trainer.

Kildrum Tigers claimed a 5-1 win in FAI Junior Cup on Sunday afternoon. They won away to Stella Maris of Dublin. Ben O’Donnell opened the scoring before Brian Breslin and Ronan McKinley made it 3-0. The hosts got one back but Johnny Robb put Kildrum 4-1 up at the break. Keenan Diver then sealed the

There was success in Cork for Donegal jockeys on Sunday afternoon. Dylan Browne McMonagle was back was the first to claim a win after he guided 4/5 shot Xerling to victory for trainer Natalia Lupini. On the last race on the card, Luke McAteer tasted success with a win on board the David Marnane trained

Donegal GAA All County League Division 1 Gleann tSúilí 2-20 V 0-12 Naomh Muire LR St Eunan’s 1-14 V 1-10 Sean Mac Cumhaill Four Masters 1-14 V 1-18 Chill Chartha Aodh Ruadh BS 2-12 V 1-12 St Michael’s Gaoth Dobhair 0-12 V 1-09 An Clochán Liath Naomh Conaill 0-12 V 2-12 An Tearmainn Donegal GAA

Derry senior football manager Ciaran Meenagh readily acknowledged that Meath were the better team in their All-Ireland SFC Round 2B game at Celtic Park. The Royal County won by 1-24 to 1-20. Meenagh gave his thoughts after the defeat to Michael McMullan.  

Derry’s All-Ireland SFC journey came to an end for another year as they were beat 1-24 to 1-20 by Meath in their Round 2B encounter at Celtic Park. Meath had more possession in a first half that saw the sides trooping off all square at 1-9 apiece. Donal Keoghan got the Meath goal while the

Bonagee United’s FAI Cup adventure ended in disappointment as they were beaten 5-4 on penalties in their third round clash away to Wexford side Gorey Rangers. Normal time and extra time failed to separate the teams and after 120 minutes of football it was still scoreless and it all boiled down to a penalty shoot-out.

Dylan Browne-McMonagle had a successful day’s racing at Gowran Park park. Earlier, in the 16:15 outing, the Letterkenny jockey rode “Folsom Blues” across the line first at 4/9. In the 19:43, he was on board “Trustyourinstinct” which went to post as a heavy favourite at 1/12. Both of those horses are trained by JP O’Brien,

Tyrone manager Malachy O’Rourke has named an unchanged starting line-up for this weekend’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Round 2A encounter against Mayo at Healy Park in Omagh. Here’s the full squad for Sunday’s clash, which throws in at 2:30pm…   Elsewhere, there are three changes to Derry’s team to face Meath at Celtic Park in