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22 year-old Max Kennedy has played his way into tomorrow’s last 32 of the R&A Amateur Golf Championship in Ballyliffin. The 74th ranked amateur in the world had a comprehensive win over Oscar Couillea of France. The Royal Dublin Golf Club player closed out his match at the 16th hole to claim a 3 & […]

Letterkenny man Mark English has qualified for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris after breaking his own Irish 800m record in Spain last night (Tuesday). On the Nine-Til-Noon show this morning, Highland’s Athletics correspondent Patsy McGonagle summed up English’s achievement of qualifying for his third Olympic Games and says Ireland is riding the crest of

Ballyliffin Golf Club is hosting the Amateur Open Championship for the first time this week. Pre-qualifying took place on Friday, while practice is currently ongoing at the venue in preparation for the first tee-offs on Monday. 288 players will contest stroke and match play competitions from Monday to Saturday, with spectator admission to the event

It’s been a busy weekend for Donegal’s youth boxers at the Junior Cadet Championships in Dublin. Roisin Hegarty of Illies Golden Gloves has secured another national title, while Eddie McBride of Dunfanaghy also made it to the final but had to settle for a silver medal. Peter O’Donnell spoke to Ciaran Cannon on Highland Radio

Patsy McGonagle joined Sunday Sport this evening to talk all things athletics. Following a hugely successful week of European Championship action for Team Ireland, Patsy gave us the low-down on what’s been happening at local level this weekend including news of a new Donegal record…

Derry defeated Westmeath on a scoreline of 2-07 to 0-09 in Saturday evening’s All Ireland Senior Football Championship clash at Pairc Esler. It was the Oakleaf men’s first win of their All-Ireland campaign and the result means they will be in Monday morning’s draw for the preliminary quarter finals which will take place next weekend.

Tyrone have defeated Cork 1-18 to 0-17 in today’s All Ireland Senior Football Championship clash in Tullamore. The first half was very competitive as the sides were level 7 times in the opening period – Tyrone managed to squeeze ahead to lead 0-10 to 0-09 at half time. The big score of the match came

Donegal were comfortable winners over Clare in their final group stage game in Castlebar this afternoon. Goals in either half from Ryan McHugh and Oisin Gallen along with a plethora of fine points from the likes of Paddy McBrearty, Ciaran Thompson, and Conor O’Donnell set Donegal on their way to an easy victory. The game

Rally fever is taking over the North-West in anticipation of next weekend’s Donegal International Rally. Highland’s Chris Ashmore was joined in studio by Damien Gallagher, James Cullen, Rory Kennedy and Gary Jennings on Saturday Sport this evening…

Donegal are into the last 8 of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship after their 2-23 to 0-05 win over Clare at McHale Park in Castlebar. Jim McGuinness’ men needed a favour from Tyrone to top the group, and that is exactly how it panned out. Tyrone defeated Cork by 4 points in Tullamore which

Darren Murphy saw his Finn Harps side a goal down and a man down at half time in tonight’s SSE Airtricity League First Division fixture with UCD in Ballybofey. Murphy has highlighted a tactical switch at half time that he thinks helped his team back into the game and ultimately claim a point. “What I

GAA President Jarlath Burns says it’s unlikely Casement Park will host matches at Euro 2028. The west Belfast stadium – which is home to Antrim GAA – has been dormant since 2013. Casement is due to host five matches at the Euros, but plans to redevelop the ground have been delayed over funding. And Burns

  Tír Chonaill AC’s Kelly McGrory has set a new personal best and new Donegal record at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. With a time of 57.10 seconds, she finished in seventh place in the 400m hurdles. Her previous personal best was 57.22 seconds from 2022. Lifford/Strabane AC athlete Caoimhe Gallen threw a new

Donegal ladies drew with Kerry in the first game of the All-Ireland series. The final score was 1-6 to 0-9. Donegal picked up one point from their day at MacCumhaill park in Ballybofey. “It’s a funny one a draw, you kinda want to push on and win but we’ll take it there now with the

Donegal drew with Kerry in the first match of the All-Ireland Group stage at MacCumhaill Park. 1-06 to 0-9 was the final score line. “We would have to be happy with a draw overall,” said Donegal manager, John McNulty. Daire Bonner spoke with John McNulty after the game…

Donegal Ladies have drawn with Kerry and take one point in the first game of the All-Ireland group stage. The game ended on a score line of 1-6 to 0-9. The low scoring match took place at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey. Caoimhe Keon netted Donegal’s goal in the first half. Evelyn McGinley received the Player

    Donegal’s young boxers had a successful weekend at the National Junior Cadet Championship at the National Stadium in Dublin. Eddie McBride from Dunfanaghy Boxing Club is through to the National Junior Cadet Final after defeating Brooklynn O’Brien from Cashen Vale Boxing Club, on a score of 0/5 in the 52kg division. Illies Golden

Donegal have been beaten 3-12 to 1-13 by Kildare in the Tier 2 All Ireland Minor Semi Final in Clones this afternoon. Barry Ward’s men started brightly but were hit by 2 quick-fire Kildare goals around the 10-minute mark. Kildare held the lead at 2-05 to 0-07 at half time. Donegal rallied well in the

Derry have beaten Dublin 0-18 to 2-10 in the All Ireland Minor Championship Semi Final at Breffni Park this afternoon. Derry were the better team throughout the contest but a goal in each half for the Dubs kept them within touching distance. Ultimately, it was the Oakleaf youngsters who ran out worthy 2-point winners, with

Barry Ward was proud of the grit his team showed in today’s All Ireland Minor Tier 2 Semi Final clash against Kildare in Clones. Two first half goals for the Lilywhites effectively did the damage as they ran out 3-12 to 1-13 winners. After the game, Ward said he was “proud of the lads the

  Derry City have beaten Galway United 2-0 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. After going in at the break scoreless, it took a Will Patching strike on 65 minutes to break the deadlock. Pat Hoban added the insurance 4 minutes from time to give Ruaidhri Higgins’

Finn Harps manager Darren Murphy says he doesn’t know how his side didn’t score as they were beaten 2-0 away to Cobh Ramblers in the SSE Airtricity League First Division tonight. Liam Kervick opened the scoring for Cobh on the half-hour mark and, even though Harps pressed for an equaliser for the majority of the

It’s two wins in a row for Ruaidhri Higgins’ Derry City side as they overcame Galway 2-0 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. Derry seem to have struck a bit of good form as a short break in the season approaches – The Candy Stripes have taken

Donegal Ladies manager John McNulty is relishing the challenge of taking on the Division 1 League and All-Ireland finalists Kerry in Ballybofey this weekend. McNulty saw his team put in a spirited performance against Armagh in the Ulster Final, and is hoping his side can build on that performance against the Kingdom. On Sunday, it’s

Joe Boyle joined Oisin Kelly on The Score Programme on Thursday night to talk all-things-soccer. Among this week’s topics were the Republic Of Ireland’s managerial situation, the FAI Senior Cup Second Round Draw and Friday’s League Of Ireland fixtures for Finn Harps and Derry City…

Brandon Wilkie is the latest Donegal jockey making his mark in the sport of horse-racing. Wilkie took a brilliant 31/1 double at Hamilton last weekend as he won on “Mr Irrelevant” and “Fiver Friday”, and in his third race that day he finished second on board “Real Terms”. Those performances led to him taking home