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Donegal jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle had a winner at the Galway Races yesterday evening. He was on board “Oriole” and romped home to victory as a 7 /1 shot in the 5:25 race. Dylan has 3 rides at the festival today as the Galway Races come to a close this evening. Oisin Orr is also […]

St Eunan’s have won the Division 4 League Final at the O’Donnell Park this afternoon. The Letterkenny men overcame a stern test from Naomh Conaill Glenties. The final score was 2-13 to 1-11.

Letterkenny deafeated Brigade to win the North West League 1 Cup this afternoon at Beechgrove. Letterkenny scored 171 in their first innings and followed up with 190 in their second innings. Brigade posted 201 for 8 in their first innings but fell short with 55 in their second innings. The Letterkenny won the match by

02/08/24 Donegal Hurling Championship Results   Senior Hurling Championship: Burt 1-13 – 0-16 St. Eunan’s Burt will now play Setanta in the Senior Hurling Championship Final   Intermediate Hurling Championship: Aodh Ruadh 0-15 – 2-10 Buncrana Carndonagh 2-21 – 1-05 Dungloe   Junior Hurling Championship Letterkenny Gaels 0-13 – 0-14 St. Eunan’s Four Masters 2-15

Donegal’s Eamonn Kelly and Monaghan’s Conor Mohan are second overall in the Junior WRC section of Rally Finland in their Ford Fiesta Rally 3 after yesterday’s opening stage. They face nine testing stages today, six more on Saturday and the final four stages on Sunday. Meanwhile in WRC 2, Co Derry driver Josh McErlean and

Mona McSharry says she is disappointed with how her 200m breaststroke race panned out last night. She was almost a second off the qualifying time for the final as the 100-metre bronze medalist was placed sixth in her race and 11th at the semi final stage. The time of 2:24.48 was still her fourth fastest

Jude Gallagher fell to a disappointing defeat on his Olympic debut losing his featherweight round of last 16 contest in Paris. The Tyrone Tornado bowed out to 2020 silver medalist Carlo Paalam of the Philippines on an unanimous decision. Gallagher from the Two Castles club in Newtownstewart lost the first two rounds as Paalam showed

Rachael Darragh’s Paris Olympics have come to an end this afternoon. The Raphoe native was outclassed by 2016 gold medalist and three-time world champion Carolina Marin in her second group game. The Spanard won 21-5 21-5 to progress. Marin is seen as one of the sports greatest ladies player and is a contender for a

The Irish teams have been selected for the R&A Women’s and Men’s Home Internationals taking place in Scotland next week. The action gets going at Murcar Links between 7-9 August with Aideen Walsh (Lahinch) the automatic selection for the women’s team from the Bridgestone Order of Merit. There is plenty of experience in that lineup

Mona McSharry will race in the semi finals of the 200 metre breaststroke this evening at the Paris Olympics. The Sligo native who is a member of the Marlins club in Ballyshannon was 7th fastest in the heats this morning. McSharry is chasing a second medal at the games following her 100-metre bronze medalist success

Finn Harps have announced the signing of Bruce Strachan pending international clearance. The Scottish midfielder arrives at Finn Park from Ayr United. Strachan was the top scorer at U18 level this season. He also spent time with the Rangers FC academy. Darren Murphy told club media: “Bruce has been in with the group since last

Ireland’s swimmers are in action today and we could see a medal. All eyes will be on Sligo native Mona McSharry. The former Colaiste Colmcille Ballyshannon pupil, whose career took off at the Marlins Swimming Club in the town, is in the Women’s 100 metre breaststroke final this evening after a second place finish in

Donegal’s Eamon Kelly was first in his class and seventh overall along with Conor Mohan in the HYA Centre Rally in Finland over the weekend as they continue their preparations for Rally Finland in a Ford Fiesta Rally 3. Rally Finland takes place over 20 stages next weekend.

Termon Senior Ladies are Division 1 League Champions once again as they overcame Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon at MacCumhaill Park this afternoon. Three early goals from the Burn Road side meant the result of the contest was barely in doubt after just 20 minutes of action. Termon went in 4-09 to 2-02 in the lead at

Donegal jockey Oisin Orr had a winner at Pontefract today. He was on board the Richard Fahey trained Cloudy Skye in the Napoleon’s Casino Bradford Handicap. Orr won that race having gone off as a 7/2 shot. Meanwhile, another Donegal jockey Brandon Wilkie was also in action at Pontefract today. He had three Top 3

Newbuildings are North West Senior Cup Champions after overcoming Donemana at Beechgrove yesterday afternoon. Newbuildings scored 191 in their first innings and followed up with 111 for 5 in their second innings. Donemana posted 173 in their first innings and 126 in their second innings. The Newbuildings men won the match by 5 wickets in

    English based Katie Geroge Dunleavy and Mitchel McLaughlin are among the 12 additional athletes who have been selected by Paralympics Ireland to represent Ireland later this summer in Paris.  The experienced Dunleavy (42), whose father John is from Mountcharles, will be hoping to add to her medal tally along with long-time Para cycling

Ballybofey & Stranorlar golfer Ryan Griffin (above) finished the stroke play qualifying with a four-shot lead over the field as the Pierse Motors Volkswagen South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship field was whittled down in Lahinch. Despite having faced into the most difficult conditions throughout Wednesday and Thursday, the 24-year-old Maynooth University star backed up

Ballybofey & Stranorlar golfer Ryan Griffin shares the lead after the first round of the prestigious Pierse Motors Volkswagen South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Lahinch. Griffin, who impressed for the International team in the recent Arnold Palmer Cup matches, also at Lahinch, made an eagle and six birdies in his 66 to set

The draw for the third round of the Sports Direct FAI Cup has thrown up some cracking ties. Derry City, who knocked out the holders St. Patrick’s Athletic at the weekend, must make the long trip south to take on First Division leaders Cork City, who overcame Finn Harps in the second round. The other

Kilmacrennan’s Rhys Irwin (above) had yet another strong weekend in Cadwell Park at Round 6 of the British Superbikes Race calendar. With much needed pleasant weather conditions, he settled into FP1 &and 2 with some mechanical gremlins continuing, eventually  leaving him placed ninth over the weekends racing. Reflecting on the race, he said: “This weekend