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Derry City bounced back from their European exit during midweek as they knocked out the FAI Cup holders St Patrick’s Athletic in convincing fashion with a 3-0 win at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. Martin Holmes filed this full time report: Manager Ruairdhri Higgins was well pleased with the performance as they progressed to the […]

  Patsy McGonagle joined Highland Radio Sunday Sport this evening to give us the latest athletics news in the north-west…

Derry Track athlete Conor Kelly won a bronze medal in the 400M final in the European U18 Athletics Championships in Slovakia yesterday evening. He ran a time of 46.97 seconds which is a new national U18 record. Kelly was happy with his performance but says he had aimed for an even better result…

Darren Murphy has praised the performance of SSE Airtricity League First Division leaders Cork City. He described the Leesiders as being a “top quality side” after his Finn Harps team went down 1-0 in the FAI Senior Cup this evening. A Malik Dijksteel strike on 39 minutes was enough to see Cork City through to

Finn Harps have been beaten 1-0 by Cork City in the FAI Senior Cup Round of 32 clash at Turner’s Cross this evening. A Malik Dijksteel goal before half time was the important moment of the game. With the full time report for Highland Radio, here’s Trevor Welch…

Naomh Conaill Glenties are back-to-back All County League Division 1 Champions after their 2-11 to 1-07 win over Gweedore in Letterkenny today. After the game, Highland’s Pauric Hilferty caught up with winning manager Martin Regan…   Pauric also got the thoughts of Naomh Conaill captain Ultan Doherty after full time at O’Donnell Park…    

Naomh Conaill have beaten Gweedore to claim successive All County League Division 1 titles at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny this evening. Having led 1-06 to 0-03 at half time, another goal at the beginning of the second period for the Glenties men set them well on their way to a well-earned victory. 2-11 to 1-07

The annual Danny McDaid 15k takes place on Sunday 28th of July in Letterkenny. Many people use this event along with the Donegal Half Marathon, which is on Sunday 25th of August, as part of their preparations for marathons in October – most notably the Dublin Marathon. Brendan “Herbie” McDaid, the event organiser, and Danny

Cockhill Celtic bowed out of the FAI Senior Cup at the hands of Waterford at the RSC Stadium last night. Luke Rudden put the Inishowen side 1-0 up after 13 minutes but they were pegged back following a controversial equaliser for the home side. Ryan Burke then headed home the winner just after the interval.

Derry City boss Ruardhri Higgins was understandably not happy as his side conceded in extra-time as they suffered a Conference League qualifier exit at the hands of Bruno’s Magpies of Gibraltar. He was also particularly annoyed with a disallowed goal and a number of other refereeing decisions. Despite a first-half red card for Adam O’Reilly,

There was European heartbreak for Derry City on Thursday night as the Candystrips bowed out of the Europa Conference League qualification to Bruno Magpies after extra-time. Derry brought the tie back level at 2-2 on aggregate with goals from Mark Connolly and Pat Hoban but had Adam O’Reilly sent off just before half time. The

Galway manager Padraic Joyce while delighted to see his side progress to an All-Ireland Final acknowledged that their semi-final clash with Donegal could have gone either way. He felt it was a brilliant game and overall his team were a little bit more mature as they went on to win by 1-14 to 0-15.

Donegal’s Rachael Darragh will represent Ireland at this year’s 2024 Olympics having finished the Olympic qualification in position 34 with the top 38 booking their place for Paris. Dublin’s Nhat Nguyen  has qualified for his second Olympics, being ranked 19 out of 38. Once again the Raphoe connection is to the forefront. Rachael is a

Preparations are well under way for this year’s Foyle Cup tournament, with almost 600 teams expected to take part. Once again there will be teams from all over the world taking part. And there will be a big representation from Donegal. Philip Devlin, secretary of the organising committee, joined Chris Ashmore on Saturday Sport to

Donegal clash with Galway for the eighth time in Championship football when they meet in the All-Ireland Semi-Final this Sunday in Croke Park. Padraic Joyce’s team are unbeaten in Championship football this season while Jim McGuinness’s outfit captured the Ulster title. Ahead of that game All-Ireland winner with Donegal Mark McHugh joined AIB to preview

Derry have won the All Ireland Minor Football Championship for the second year in a row as they overcame Armagh on a score-line of 2-07 to 0-10 at Healy Park in Omagh this afternoon. With the full time report, here’s Michael McMullan…

Derry Minor manager Damien McErlain says “to win an All Ireland, everything has to be right” after his side retained their All Ireland Minor title with a 2-7 to 0-10 victory over Armagh at Healy Park in Omagh this afternoon. After the game, he spoke to Michael McMullan…

The Donegal Ladies have retained their senior status after a 0-09 to 0-08 win over Kildare at Breffni Park in Cavan today. With the full time report for Highland Radio, here’s Daire Bonner…   After the game, Daire caught up with Donegal manager John McNulty to get his thoughts on the season…   Daire also

Derry City manager Ruaidhri Higgins was left “absolutely gutted” as Sligo Rovers came from behind to take all 3 points in the SSE Airtricity League clash at the Showgrounds this evening. Higgins felt his team played well and should have been in control of the game, but ultimately it was a brace from Ellis Chapman

Darren Murphy’s Finn Harps side have put themselves in a healthy league position heading into a tough run of fixtures as they defeated Kerry 1-0 in the SSE Airtricity League First Division this evening. Having started the night in 5th spot, Harps have jumped into 4th ahead of Bray Wanderers after their defeat at the

Finn Harps have beaten Kerry 1-0 in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Finn Park this evening. A first-half goal from debutant Sean Patton, who only signed for Harps on Wednesday, was enough to give Darren Murphy’s side all 3 points. The result means Harps go 4th in the table after Bray Wanderers slumped