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Conor Kelly has qualified for the semi finals of the 400m at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. The Finn Valley man won his heat on Thursday morning in 46.94 and will line out on Friday morning in the semi’s along with fellow Irishman teammate Sean Doggett who was second in his heat.

Ciaran Meenagh has been ratified as the new manager of the Derry senior footballers this evening. It’s Meenagh’s second stint in charge of the county – he helped them to an Ulster title in 2023. Derry have also confirmed All-Star defender Chrissy McKaigue as Meenagh’s assistant manager.

Kerry have named an unchanged team for Sunday’s All-Ireland football final against Donegal. Diarmuid O’Connor has been included in the matchday panel, having missed most of this year with a shoulder injury. Tom O’Sullivan has not been named in the squad, as he continues his recovery from a calf issue picked up in the quarter-final

Donegal Cyclist Jamie Meehan has signed with the Cofidis World Tour Team. Meehan who secured the Irish U23 road race title this year will race for the French team for the reminder of the season with the french outfit. The Mountcharles native has been in superb form this year which included runner up overall finishes

Finn Harps will have yet another home tie in the third round of the FAI Cup. The Ballybofey side will hosts fellow First Division outfit Bray Wanderers in the last sixteen of the competition on the week ending the 17th August. Harps progressed to the next stage by beating UCD 3-0 last Friday at Finn

Joel Bradley-Walsh has signed a contract extension at Finn Harps for next season. The Finn Harps Academy graduate returned to Finn Park in January of this year and has become a regular fixture in the Harps backline, making 16 appearances so far this season. Kevin McHugh told club media: “I’m delighted to get Joel signed

Finn Harps have confirmed the signing of Brazilian goalkeeper Lorenzo Piaia. The South American put pen to paper following a successful trial period in recent weeks. Piaia began his career in his native Brazil, spending time with EC Sao Jose, Garibaldi RS and Novo Hamburgo. He arrived in Europe in late 2024, signing with Spanish

Tyrone boss Malachy O’Rourke have also named an unchanged team for their eagerly anticipated All Ireland Semi Final showdown with Kerry. Peter Teague and Rory Brennan are fit and will start while Michael McKernan is named among the bench. Kerry manager Jack O’Connor has opted to keep Paudie Clifford in reserve for tomorrow’s All-Ireland Senior

Derry City have strengthened their striker reserves this afternoon. Dipo Akinyemi is set for a move to the Brandywell from National League side York City, subject to international clearance. The Candystripes confirmed last week that winger Paul McMullan had left the club for Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers.

Erin Friel has been selected as one of 13 athletes for this months European Youth Olympic Festival. The Letterkenny AC member has been included on the team to run the  400m and the Medley Relay. The event takes place in Skopje, North Macedonia from the 20th to 27th July. Finn Valley’s Dermot McGranaghan will attend

Michael Duffy has been named the SSE Airtricity /Soccer Writers player of the month for June. The Derry City winger edged out Waterford’s Padraig Amond and Dale Rooney of Bohs. Duffy has found the net 8 times in 23 appearances this season.

28 years on from the first ever North West 10k came the fabulous news on Tuesday that the Committee is be honoured with a Civic Reception. The Mayor of the Letterkenny/Milford Municipal District Cllr Ciaran Brogan made the proposal at the monthly meeting and received unanimous support from his fellow Cllrs. Mayor Brogan said honouring

Tyrone defender Michael McKernan is unlikely to be fit to face Kerry in Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final, but there’s more positive news on the injury front with regard to defenders Peter Teague and Rory Brennan. McKernan is back in training, but not yet in full contact, following a shoulder injury sustained in the early stages of

A little piece of history was created on Monday evening when it was announced that the proceeds from the 28th North West 10k brought the charity event over the €1m mark for the first time. The event saw cheques presented to this year’s benefitting charities. Just shy of €984,000 had been raised over the previous

Finn Harps have announced Daniel Cunningham and Conor McGranaghan have signed senior deals for the 2025 season! Cunningham, a strong centre half, is the current captain of the Harps MU20s side. The 18-year-old has represented the club at every age group from MU13 to MU20 and was also capped by the Ireland Schoolboys side earlier

Donegal’s Shane O’Donnell and Tyrone’s Kieran McGeary are two of four nominee’s for this week’s GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. Meath’s Jordan Morris and Kerry’s Seán O’Shea are also in the running. St Eunan’s clubman O’Donnell starred for Donegal against Monaghan on Saturday, contributing three points from play for Jim McGuinness’ outfit in a Man

Mayo are searching for a new football manager after the County Board brought an end to Kevin McStay’s three years in charge. The decision to relieve the management team of their duties was made at a meeting in Castlebar last night. A health issue had forced McStay to take a step back ahead of Mayo’s

Errigal Ciaran will begin the defence of their Tyrone SFC title in a tough first round clash with Ardboe The draw for the 2025 series, held on Wednesday evening at the premises of competition sponsors Connollys of Moy, paired last year’s beaten finalists Trillick with 2020 champions Dungannon for the third year in a row.

The fixtures for the Donegal Boys Youth Golf Matchplay Championship has thrown up some very interesting matches. 2024 winners – Letterkenny G.C, will play last years Plate winners Dunfanaghy G.C. The re-emergence of Strabane G.C. has them pitted against Ballybofey and Stranorlar G.C. Buncrana GC. will play Portsalon and in the big Inishowen derby –

Derry City have taken back to back wins in Dublin in recent days. Tiernan Lynch’s side followed up Friday’s win over champions Shelbourne with a 1-0 victory at Richmond Park over Stephen Kenny’s St Patrick’s Athletic. Liam Boyce scored the goal on 29 minutes to give Derry another set of full points and they move

  Three full days, 20 epic stages, and 274 kilometres of competitive action. The Donegal International Rally is here, and 11 hopeful Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy members are set to give it their best. Fresh from their European Rally Championship podium on Rally Poland, Jon Armstrong and Shane Byrne will debut M-Sport’s 160th Ford Fiesta

The Donegal Sports Star Awards committee held its 50th Annual General Meeting in the Mount Errigal Hotel on Tuesday evening. It was an opportunity to reflect back on a hugely successful function last January which was attended by over 600 guests and to continue planning for the 20250 awards which will be the big 50th