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Letterkenny Rugby Club suffered a defeat on the road on Saturday afternoon in the Ulster Championship 2. The Donegal side went down 41-10 to Randalstown with Jack Kennedy grabbing the visitors try and Daffyd Green scoring the conversion and a penalty. It was a tough day for Letterkenny but plenty for them to learn on

Tyrone’s Patrick O’Brien, above, (Omagh) and Stephen O’Brien (Carrickmore) won the Bushwacker Rally in their Skoda Fabia R5. After eight special stages they had just 3.6 seconds to spare over Cathan McCourt (Dromore) and Liam Moynihan (Cork) in a Ford Fiesta. Donegal Town’s Paddy McCrudden was co-driver for Jason Mitchell who was third in a

Institute picked up three points on the road at Ballinamallard on Saturday afternoon with Oisin Devlin’s goal giving them all three points in the 1-0 win. Elsewhere, Dergview suffered a 4-2 defeat away to Ards. The results mean Stute are third in the table whilst Dergview are second from bottom.

Glencar Inn Saturday D1 Glencar Celtic 2 vs 4 Kilmacrennan Celtic Reserves Keadue Rovers 5 vs 1 Donegal Town Oldtown Celtic 3 vs 1 Cappry Rovers St Catherines FC Reserves 7 vs 0 Glenea United Strand Rovers 3 vs 1 Fintown Harps AFC Old Orchard Saturday D2 Ballybofey United 2 vs 2 Dunlewey Celtic Castlefin

Amber Barrett got the opening goal for Standard Liege Women defeated Anderlecht Women 2-1 in the Super League on Saturday afternoon. Noemie Gelders then doubled Liege’s lead on 83 minutes before Anderlecht pulled one back just a minute later. The win puts Standard Liege Women joint top of the league.

Donegal’s Tyler Toland is back in the Republic of Ireland senior women’s squad. Interim manager Eileen Gleeson named her 25 strong squad today for games against Northern Ireland and Hungary. Toland, who did not play for the senior side under former manager Vera Pauw, is currently with Blackburn Rovers, where she is really making her

Dylan Browne McMonagle had a 12/1 double today at Punchestown. His first win of the day came in the maiden on the 5/4 favourite Ocean Quest trained by Kerry man Michael O’Callaghan. The Donegal Jockey followed that with a second win in Fillies Handicap on the Joseph O’Brien trained Star Galaxy at 9/2. Today’s victories

Donegal’s All Ireland winning captain Michael Murphy is to be part of a consultation group that will provide feedback on data collated on trends of gaelic football over the last decade. Some of sport’s best known figures in management, coaching and playing will analyse patterns that the game has taken. Current Mayo manager Kevin McStay,

Rory Gallagher will not be returning to manage Derry. The Oak Leaf county confirmed that they have completely ruled out the possibility of reinstating Gallagher as manager, that’s according to Cahir O’Kane of the Irish News. Earlier this week, Ciaran Meenagh said he would not be looking to stay on in the role he took

Friday night sees FAI Cup Quarter Final Action as Finn Harps welcome St Pat’s to Finn Park. Kick-off is at 8pm and supporters are asked to arrive early to avoid congestion. While tickets will be available on the night from the Chestnut Road Entrance, supporters are strongly advised to buy tickets in advance online from

The fourth block of the Football For All programme returns to the home of Letterkenny Rovers on Wednesday September 20th, at 5pm. Leckview Park will host the one-hour sessions that are deigned specifically for children with a disability who enjoy playing football. The six-week programme, which will cater for those aged 6 to 16, will

Strabane Rugby Club’s First XV succumbed to their first defeat of the season following a hard-fought battle between two very tough teams. Strabane were hoping to keep their winning start to the season going following their opening weekend win against Civil Service, while Lisburn were aiming to get a win in their first game after

There was a double celebration for Motorsport Ireland’s Rally Academy crews in Greece at the weekend. Irish crew William Creighton and Liam Regan took the WRC Junior Championship title with a fifth place finish at the EKO Acropolis Greece Rally. County Down based Creighton became the first Irish driver to win the Junior World Rally

Gizmo Cash (pictured) set the second fastest ever time recorded at Lifford Stadium for a 325 yard race when he clocked 17.25 seconds on Sunday night in the final heat of the new Bar One Crystal Vase SSO 325 Stakes. Owned by Jamie McGee and trained by Keeley McGee, he was just one hundredth of

Following today’s games in the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Intermediate Championship the quarter final line up has been confirmed. Buncrana v Fanad Gaels Malin v Bundoran Termon v Naomh Columba Downings v Red Hughes The relegation games were also confirmed. Letterkenny Gaels v Naomh Brid Naomh Muire v Burt

Donegal driver Mark Alcorn retuned to take the two-wheel-drive-modified-class at the Wexford Rally, finishing in 5th position overall.  Darren O’Brien was his navigator and they were clear winners in the class by over a minute ahead of Richard Moore and Enda Kennedy in a Ford Escort Mk2. The overall winners were Daniel Cronin and Donnchadh

Donegal Ladies Club Championship Senior St Eunan’s 6-13 v 2-02 Buncrana Termon 3-17 v 2-08 Moville Nomah Conaill 1-08 v 2-08 St Naul’s   Intermediate  Killybegs 3-09 v 2-05 Ardara Gaoth Dobhair 2-10 v 1-14 Naomh Muire InaR   Junior A  Glenswilly 0-03 v 5-12 An Clochán Liath Urris 3-13 v 0-12 Noamh Columba  

Donegal Intermediate Football Championship Naomh Columba 2-12 v 3-10 Downings Bundoran 3-15 v 0-07 Naomh Brid Fanad Gaels 1-13 v 0-14 Termon Red Hughs 0-08 v 0-10 Malin Letterkenny Gaels 4-08 v 2-09 Burt Naomh Mhuire 0-10 v 2-14 Buncrana Junior Championship Naomh Ultan 2-15 v 1-12 Moville

Jackie Crossan Premier Division  Moville Celtic 1 v 3 Illies Celtic Clonmany S 3 v 0 Glengad United Greencastle FC 0 v 2 Buncrana Hearts Carn FC 2 v 3 Cockhill Celtic Strand Hotel First Division Cockhill Youths 2 v 4 QPS Buncrana Res 0 v 3 Rashenny FC Greencastle Youth 0 v 4 Aileach

  Brian Mc Cormick Sports Premier Division Castlefin Celtic 0 v 2 Gweedore Celtic Fanad United 1 v 2 Kilmacrennan Celtic Keadue Rovers 2 v 1 Rathmullan Celtic Milford United 1 v 2 Kildrum Tigers St. Catherines 1 v 0 Swilly Rovers Temple Domestic Appliances Division One Cranford United 2 v 2 Glenea United Gweedore