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The founders of one of Ireland’s longest running athletics events gathered in Derry this week for a reunion lunch to launch the event’s 40th edition. Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Sandra Duffy, hosted the event in the Guildhall’s Main Hall to confirm the 2023 Waterside Half Marathon on Sunday September 3rd.

Finn Harps play host to Treaty United on Friday night in a historic first competitive meeting of the sides. Kick-off at Finn Park is 8pm and Diarmaid Doherty will have updates here on Highland. Dave Rogers told club media: “We are excited to be back at our home and Finn Park tomorrow evening in what

It’s a bit of a throwback weekend for the Candystripes this time around as the visit of the US President to Dundalk means a Sunday afternoon kick-off (3pm) at Oriel Park. Both clubs come into the game on the back of a defeat in their respective Easter Monday matches, but Ruaidhri Higgins insisted that would

Irish rally driver Craig Breen has died following an accident during a pre-test event in Croatia. Hyundai Motorsport confirmed the news in a statement this afternoon. Breen’s co-driver, James Fulton, was unharmed in the incident that occurred shortly after midday local time. The 33-year-old collected a second place finish in Sweden in February, in his

The NW 10k Committee are supporting the Donegal Branch of Multiple Sclerosis Ireland who will be one of the beneficiaries from the 2023 event on Bank Holiday Monday, May 1st in Letterkenny. MS will share the proceeds with two other charities the St. Bernadette’s Special School, Letterkenny and the Letterkenny Community Development Project. MS Ireland

Lee McColgan who has been selected again for the FAI Amateur International team. This time around the Cockhill Celtic man will be involved with the side in their upcoming friendly against the Basque region in Spain. Lee has been a regular on Irish amateur sides in recent years and could be joined by his clubmate

The Republic of Ireland Women’s Under-19s finished off their UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship Round 2 qualifiers with an emphatic 4-1 win over Croatia in Norway this afternoon. A goal in the first half from Eva Mangan, followed by second-half finishes from Scarlett Herron, Jenna Slattery and captain Emma Doherty were enough for the young Girls

The United States beat the Republic of Ireland by a goal to nil in Tuesday’s international friendly. Donegal players Ciara Grant, Roma McLaughlin and Amber Barrett were both involved in the second half. Grant replaced Ryesha Littlejohn just before the hour mark, ten minutes later McLaughlin was in for Lucy Quinn and Barrett came on

Letterkenny Rugby Club couldn’t get the scores to retain the Gordan West Cup on Tuesday evening in Belfast. Monaghan would revenge their defeat from twelve months ago beating the Donegal side 15-9 at the Kingspan Stadium Ravenhill. Once Monaghan hit the front, Letterkenny couldn’t put the phases to break a stubborn opposition. All Letterkenny’s scores

The Director General of the GAA will be in Donegal this evening. Tom Ryan will address a County Committee Meeting to outline the next steps in the proposed review of the matters around the academy debacle and what transpired. Clubs were informed recently that Croke Park would be brought in, to look into how the

Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw says there are no concerns over Katie McCabe’s fitness for the World Cup. The captain sustained a foot injury playing for Arsenal against Bayern Munich but has been included in a 27 strong squad for the upcoming friendlies with the USA. Pauw says McCabe’s scan has come back clear

Kathryn McDevitt has qualified for the 200m semi finals at the World Athletic Championships in Poland. She ran 27.31 seconds in heat 4 of the W40 category to make the top 12 and qualify for Friday’s semi’s. Fellow Donegal Athlete Sinead McConnell who won bronze in the 3k walk on Wednesday is also in action

Ruaidhri Higgins takes his Derry City side to Tolka Park on Friday night as the International break ends with a game against Shelbourne in front of ‘live’ RTE cameras. It is of course the first meeting of the teams since the cup final in November, however it’s fair to expect that this will be a

Jason Smyth has announced his retirement from athletics at the age of 35. The Derry native retires having never lost a competitive Para Athletics event throughout his entire career. Smyth was a six-time gold medallist at the Paralympics in the 100- and 200-metre events. He also won eight world titles, as well as six golds

Finn Valley’s Kay Byrne has won gold at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Torun Poland. Kay who was competing in the W60 category won the 8km cross country race in a superb time of 36 minutes and 46 seconds, finishing 21 seconds ahead of her Irish team mate Pauline Moran who was the first

The Donegal senior ladies are facing into a crunch Division One clash with Mayo this Sunday in Letterkenny. The game at the O’Donnell Park is the last of the campaign and a first win of the season would be enough for Maxi Curran’s side to stay in the top flight. The Donegal boss has made

Despite all the focus on the academy, at Thursday’s Special County Committee Meeting, there were other items also dicussed around the senior set up. Antoin McFadden will be the new Strength and Conditioning coach for the Donegal senior squad. McFadden who was a member of the 2012 All Ireland winning team takes over from Mattie

Letterkenny Athletic Club is getting ready to roll out its next Fit4Life programme in April. The first session of the new programme takes place at the Danny McDaid Track at the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny on Monday, April 17th at 5.45 pm. The initiative, which will be run in association with Donegal Sports Partnership,