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Derry City drew 2-2 with Dundalk in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Oriel Park this evening. James Clarke tapped home from a cross on 14 minutes to give Derry the lead but Dundalk brought themselves level thanks to a brilliant long-distance strike from Tyreke Wilson ten minutes from the interval. Dipo Akinyemi then

Donegal will face Cavan in the National Ladies Football League Division 2 Final in Clones on Saturday afternoon. Having already secured promotion to Division 1, James Daly’s side are fully focused on adding some silverware to an already impressive start to 2026. Donegal face Tyrone in the first round of Ulster and would love to

David Kelly clinched his first ever Irish Tarmac Championship win at the Circuit Of Ireland Rally last Saturday afternoon. It was a dramatic conclusion as the Donegal native held off the challenge of championship leader Josh Moffett by just half-a-second to claim victory in his Skoda Fabia Rally 2. Three-in-a-row Donegal International Rally winner Callum

Tyrone were beaten 1-24 to 2-15 by Armagh in last night’s Ulster U20 Football Championship clash at the Box-IT Athletic Grounds. The result means last year’ All-Ireland U20 Champions Tyrone will now face a tricky tie away to Derry at the quarter-final stage. Red Hand boss Paul Devlin was left ruing some missed goal chances

Darragh Kelly will be one half of the main event at the upcoming PFL Belfast card at the SSE Arena on April 16th. A knee injury to Belfast native Paul Hughes forced him out of the main event slot against Jay Jay Wilson, so the Moville fighter got the call to step in against Wilson

Approximately 1000 people took part in the 7 and 10 mile races at the annual Ballyliffen Coastal Challenge this afternoon. It was a Finn Valley one-two as John Joe Doherty came home fastest, with Diarmait Keogh coming in second. With all the details, here’s Patsy McGonagle…

Derry stormed into the Richie McElligot Cup Final after a 1-19 to 1-05 win over Donegal at Owenbeg this afternoon. Derry will now face Roscommon in the final. The Oakleafers are no strangers to success at this level and won the All-Ireland B Competition back in 2023. Speaking to Ryan Ferry after today’s win, Derry

Tyrone were beaten 2-16 to 2-14 by Monaghan in this afternoon’s Ulster Minor League Final at Rock. Francis Mooney spoke to Tyrone manager Gerard Donnelly after the game and he said the team must use today’s defeat and learn from it ahead of the upcoming Ulster Minor Championship…

Gerard Curran has recently returned home after completing what many regard to be the “Tour de France” of mountain biking in South Africa. “Cape Epic” is a gruelling eight-day event through the suburbs of Cape Town and Ardara resident Curran, alongside his teammate Justin Doherty, finished in a time of 52 hours, 12 minutes and

Derry City have fallen to eighth spot in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division after a 2-1 defeat to Galway United at Eamon Deacy Park last night. It’s now four defeats in their first nine games of the season and Candy Stripes boss Tiernan Lynch admits “confidence is low” in the camp. Lynch spoke to

Derry City have been beaten 2-1 by Galway United in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Eamon Deacy Park this evening. David Hurley had the home side ahead on 16 minutes and it remained that way until just after the hour-mark when James Clark equalised for Derry. Frantz Pierrot then got the winner on

After victory over Lifford Celtic last Sunday, Raphoe Town secured the Donegal Physiotherapy & Performance Centre D2 title and promotion to Division 1 of the Donegal League for next season. Chris Ashmore caught up with Raphoe boss Liam Porter to discuss the massive achievement for the club…  

It’s a big weekend for the U20 hurlers of Donegal and Derry as the two counties meet in the All-Ireland U20B Richie McElligot Cup Semi-Final at Owenbeg on Saturday afternoon. The Donegal boss is Aidy Gaffey and Aidy has been looking forward to the big occasion with Highland’s Oisin Kelly…