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Mark English and Kate O’Connor are part of an 12-strong contingent selected for the World Indoor Championships later this month. English, five-time European medal winner, will go in the 800m while O’Connor will compete in the women’s pentathlon, in which she claimed silver at last year’s edition in China. This year so far, English has

One hundred and fifty-two clubs from across the province have been awarded a total of €857,923 of funding through Ulster GAA’s 2025 Club Infrastructure Development Grant scheme. The aim of the scheme is to assist clubs in the improvement and development of their physical infrastructure. 19 clubs in Donegal are to benefit from the scheme

CLG Dhún na nGall have announced the appointment of Sean McVeigh to the role of Hurling Performance / Talent Development Lead. Sean is well known to those who follow hurling having played county with Donegal and club with St Eunans in a long career. Sean, as County Hurling Performance Lead, will be to operate within

ATU Donegal womens’s soccer side are through to another O’Regan Cup final and did so in convincing fashion this afternoon in Sligo. The Letterkenny College beat TUS Mid West 8-0 at Ray McSharry Park. The goals were scored by the Loughrey sisters Jodie and Kerri who bagged two each, Caitlin Doherty also netted a brace

The semi-final draws for the Voodoo Venue Cup and Brian McCormick Cup have been made. 𝗩𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗼 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝘂𝗽 Oldtown Celtic FC v Drumbar United Football Club Kildrum Tigers v Keadue Rovers F.C. 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗖𝘂𝗽 Letterkenny Rovers FC v Donegal Town FC Drumoghill FC or Kildrum Tigers v KILMACRENNAN CELTIC FC The dates𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥

Derry City have made another new addition to their squad before Sunday’s transfer window deadline with the signing of defender Barry Cotter. The 27 year old right back joins from Barnsley, although he spent the earlier part of this season on loan at Notts County in League Two. The former Limerick player also had spells

ATU Donegal women’s soccer side are through to the semi finals of the CUFL Regan Cup. They had a comfortable 11-0 victory over Ulster University Magee on Tuesday afternoon at the An Dalann Sports Ground. The Loughrey sisters from Buncrana chipped in with six of those goals as Kerri and Jodie hit three each and

Republic of Ireland Women’s National Team Head Coach Carla Ward has selected a 23-player squad for the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup European Qualifiers against France and the Netherlands and it includes three Donegal players. Amber Barrett, Tyler Toland and Anna Patten have all been included for the games at the start of next month.

Donegal have been hit with an injury blow ahead of Sunday’s National Football League top of the table clash with Mayo in Letterkenny. Daire O’Baoill is out of the tie and looks set to miss several weeks with an injury to the hand wrist area. The Gaoth Dobhair wing forward has been in excellent form

Finn Harps FC have announced that supporters living in London now have an official base, with Sheephaven’s Bay in Camden confirmed as the headquarters of the newly formed Finn Harps London Supporters Club. The move provides a dedicated home for Donegal people and Harps fans living in London to come together for match night screenings,

Donegal clash with Mayo this Sunday at the O’Donnell Park in round 3 of the Natiinal Football League is a sell out. A small allocation was released on Tuesday afternoon but were scooped up by supporters within minutes. Around 9000 is expected at the game on Sunday but don’t be fretting if your not there.

The ONeills Foyle Cup, which will be held throughout the North West region from 20th to 25th July this year, is still open for entries. Officially the closing date was January 31, but the organisers are accepting entries in the tournament, up until 9th February. The event is the most popular youth soccer tournament in

Donegal’s Finbarr Roarty has been nominated for the GAA’s Player of the Week following for his performance in Sunday’s win over Kerry in Ballyshannon. Last years Young Player of the Year continues to make an impact for Donegal where he contributed three points for Jim McGuinness’ team at Fr Tierney Park. Galway’s Rob Finnerty and

Derry City continued their preparations ahead of the new season by taking the Billy Kee Memorial Cup on Wednesday evening. They beat Irish League side Institute 3-1 at The Brandywell Stadium. Ben Doherty scored two of the three. The other came from Michael McColgan. Aidan Hegarty scored the stute goal. Derry play Shamrock Rovers this

With the new League of Ireland First Division season just over two weeks away, Finn Harps confirmed three more signings on Wednesday evening. Harps boss Kevin McHugh has added Portuguese defender Daniel Lacerda, French winger Nathan Lumingo and striker Temiloluwa Ajibola. Lumingo has already scored for Harps, his goal came in the recent friendly against

Derry City kick off their Premier Division campaign on Friday week against Sligo Rovers and as preparations continue for the season opener, Derry confirming the signing of another new player on Monday with Portuguese winger Kevin dos Santos added to the squad. The 26 year old travelled to Spain with the City squad for their

There was heartbreak on Monday for Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair in the FAI Schools John Murphy Senior B National Cup Semi Final as the Donegal side bowed out of the competition on penalties to Balla Secondary School at Ray McSharry Park in Sligo. Charlie O’ Gallchoir had Ghaoth Dobhair in front on 38 minutes but by

Donegal man Gerard McGlynn captained the Republic of Ireland darts team to victory in the Islands International tournament in Clare on Sunday night. The Glenfin man said it was an honour to lead out the Irish team to their latest international success, securing impressive victories over Jersey, Isle of Man and Guernsey over two days

Michael Langan has been nominated for the GAA’s Player of the Week award. The St Michael’s man delivered when Donegal required scores and leadership at Croke Park on a wet Saturday evening. Langan concluded an exciting encounter with a six point haul for Jim McGuinness’ outfit in their victory over Dublin. Tomás Kennedy of Kerry

Strabane Athletic bowed out of the Irish Cup on Tuesday evening in Belfast. The Tyrone Intermediate outfit went down 4-0 to Premiership side Glentoran at the Oval. Pat Hoban scored two of the four goals with Jordan Stewart and Michael-John Kamson-Kamara also finding the net. The other two games between Ballymena and Larne, and Loughgall

All eyes will be on M-Sport’s Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy line-up for the opening round of the 2026 World Rally Championship, Rally Monte-Carlo, as Jon Armstrong and Shane Byrne join Josh McErlean and Eoin Treacy for a full WRC campaign with M-Sport. The latest WRC season was launched on Saturday with M-Sport’s Ford Puma Rally1

A number of young fighters from the north west have been named in the Irish selection that will take on Scotland in Glasgow next month. There’s two from Donegal with Sean Doohan of Dunfanagh selected to box at Junior 80kg and Twins Towns man Caoimhin Connolly will fight at Youth 50kg. Conan McShorley of Two

Shane Blaney has returned to Sligo Rovers on a loan deal from parent club Livingston, until June 30th 2026, subject to international transfer clearance. The Letterkenny defender re-joins Rovers following a three-year spell in the Scottish Premiership with both Motherwell and Livingston. The 26-year-old previously played for the Bit O’Red in 2021 and 2022 making

Institute cruised into the last 16 of the Irish Cup on Tuesday night. Padraig Lynch grabbed himself a hat-trick as stute beat Ballinamallard United in Fermanagh by 3 goals to nil. They now play the winners of Knockbreda and Loughgall in round six. There were also Cup wins last night for Glenavon, Portadown and Warrenpoint

In their first pre season friendly of the year, Finn Harps beat Sligo Rovers 1-0 at Finn Park on Tuesday evening. No details of who the goal scorer was as one of the players on trail found the net but Corey Sheridan did save a Sligo penalty in the tie. Darragh Coyle, Conor Tourish,Gavin McAteer