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After his sparkling performance for Donegal in the Ulster Final, Ryan McHugh has been named the Ulster Writers Associations Merit Award winner for July. Ryan’s swashbuckling display against Monaghan was a combination of skill, speed and stamina as he covered every inch of the Clones pitch. Apart from rifling over a telling point, he also

Celtic have a huge task ahead of them tonight in their attempt to remain part of Champions League qualifying. They’re 4-1 down on aggregate going into the second leg of their tie with Legia Warsaw. With Celtic Park still unavailable after the Commonwealth Games, Murrayfield in Edinburgh hosts the game. Manager Ronny Deila says they

Armagh’s Ciaran McKeever is a doubt for Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Donegal at Croke Park. The captain missed last weekend’s qualifier victory over Meath because of a foot injury and it looks as if Saturday will come to soon for the 31 year old to make his return. If it is the case, Aaron Kernan

Martin McHugh has admitted that he was wrong to describe Colm Cooper as a “two trick pony” The former Donegal All Ireland winner stirred-up huge out-rage over the weekend when he sought to praise the performance of James O’Donoghue by disparaging the man that he has replaced in the Kingdom full-forward line. However, McHugh has

The Irish Women’s team have stunned New Zealand by 17 points to 14 in their World Cup pool clash in Paris. Philip Doyle’s side were deserving winners over the 4-time world champions after a skillful and committed performance that saw them dominate the defending champions for much of the game. Donegal’s Nora Stapleton started again

Aston Villa goalkeeper Shay Given says the public perception of Roy Keane is very different to what he sees in training every day. The former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland captain, known for his fiery temper, is now assistant manager at the Premier League club. Donegal stopper Given says he’s been a joy to

Ireland face holders New Zealand this evening in their second World cup match in France. Philip Doyle’s side opened their campaign with a win against the USA at the weekend while the Kiwi’s smashed Kazakhstan. Donegal’s Nora Stapleton starts again at out-half while Ballybofey’s Larisas Muldoon who played the closing minutes of Friday’s win is

The Donegal Minors will play Dublin in the All Ireland semi final at the end of the month. The Dubs beat Cork 2-14 to 1-13 in their quarter final clash at Semple Stadium on Monday. Chris Sallier scored both of Dublin’s goals. Donegal reached the semi final by beating Roscommon 0-10 to 1-5 last Saturday.

The Donegal ladies team are out of the All Ireland Championship, having been beaten by Kerry in Round 2 of the TG4 Ladies All Ireland Championship qualifiers. After a spirited effort from the Donegal team, the match went to extra time, and finished Donegal 2-14 (20) Kerry 1-22 (25).

Rory McIlroy will head into the final Major of the year as World number one. Victory at the Bridgestone Invitational last night followed his success at the Open Championship a fortnight ago. Starting the final day three shots off the lead, McIlroy won by two strokes from Sergio Garcia. One man highly unlikely to make

Mayo have set up an All Ireland Football semi final meeting with Kerry. Mayo held off a late rally from Cork to run out 1-19 to 2-15 winners in the second of today’s quarter finals at Croke Park. A superb Aidan O’Shea goal four minutes from time looked to put the game beyond the Rebels,

Cockhill Celtic and Swilly Rovers will clash in this years Ulster Senior League Cup Final after both sides won high drama Semi Finals over the weekend. On Saturday night Swilly came from 2-0 down to beat Derry City 3-2 and take their place in the decider. George Kelly and Ryan Doherty had Derry in front

The Sligo Races annual two day fixture takes place this Wednesday the 6th and Thursday 7th August. The races will see a mixture of flat and jump action over the two days. Oisin Kelly has been looking forward to what promises to be an exciting few days of racing with the Course Manager Brian Kennedy.

Kris Meeke finished third in this weekend’s Rally Finland on the World Rally Championship. The County Tyrone driver and his navigator Paul Nagle drove their Citroen DS3 superbly in the showpiece event on the calendar to come home 47 seconds behind the Volkswagon of championship leader Sébastien Ogier who finished second. The rally was won

Donegal will play Armagh in next Saturday’s All Ireland Quarter Final after the Orchard County took victory in the first of the 4B Qualifiers today in Dublin. Armagh survived some first half resilience from Meath to run out 0-18 to 0-13 winners at a rain-soaked Croke Park. Stefan Campbell who scored three points was Armagh’s

Donegal boxer Jason Quigley is now preparing for his second professional fight later this month. On Saturday Sport he spoke with Chris Ashmore about his decision to turn pro and the changes he is facing as he adjusts to living in California.

The Donegal minor football team booked its place in the All-Ireland semi-finals after a hard fought win 0-10 to 1-5 win over a robust Roscommon side. The Declan Bonner managed side led 0-5 to 0-4 at half-time in Markievicz Park in Sligo. They then took control in the third quarter but Roscommon pulled back a

  Derry City proved to be far too strong for Bohemains as they notched up a comfortable 4-0 win at the Brandywell. Rory Patterson and Michael Duffy both grabbed a brace of goals for the Peter Hutton managed side. With Sligo Rovers losing 1-0 to St. Pat’s, this result lifts City up to fifth in

It’s been a golden day for Northern Irish boxing at the Commonwealth Games. Paddy Barnes has secured back-to-back wins in the light flyweight division, beating India’s Devendro Laishram on a unanimous decision at Glasgow’s S-E-C-C. Gold too for Barnes’ room-mate, Michael Conlan. The St. John Bosco figher beat England’s Qais Ashfaq (pron: Kye-eese Ash-fak) in

A game Harps could have won – a match they could so easily have lost. In the end – the draw was probably the fairest result. In fairness to Ollie Horgan – he accepted that his team were fortunate to get the point in the end – although you could forgive him for bemoaning Kevin

Two boxing Commonwealth games bronze medals are heading for Derry. Connor Coyle and Sean McGlinchey had to settle for bronze after both lost their semi finals today. Coyle went down 3-0 to India’s  Vijender Vijender in the last four middleweight encounter. Earlier McGlinchey bowed out of the competition after losing 3-0 to 18 year old

The Ireland Women’s team have made a winning start to the Rugby World Cup in France. They’ve beaten the USA by 23 points to 17 in their Pool B opener in France. Fahan’s Nora Stapleton started at out half while Ballybofey’s Larissa Muldoon came of the bench in the closing stages. First-half tries from Ailis

Derry’s Sean McGlinchy suffered defeat this afternoon in the Semi Final of the Light-Heavyweight Division at the Commonwealth games in Scotland. McGlinchey bowed out of the competition after losing to 18 year old David Nyika from New Zealand. Nyika won the fight 3-0 but McGlinchey does take home a brilliant Bronze medal.

Donegal play Roscommon in Sligo on Saturday in the All Ireland Minor Football Quarter Final.. Manager Declan Bonner is asking the Donegal supporters to get behind the boys on Saturday and turn out in large numbers. Although his team are favourites for the game Declan says Roscommon will be a serious test.

There’s plenty of North West interest in the Commonwealth Games todayand there’s nine Northern Irish boxers are in semi final action. Among them are the Derry fighters Sean Mc Glinchey who’s up against 18 year old Kiwi David Nyika and Indian boxer – Vijender Vijender – is the opponent for Derry middleweight Connor Coyle. McGlinchey