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Photo Stephen Doherty The SSE Airtricity Women’s National League will welcome in new teams for the 2023 season. Galway United and Shamrock Rovers have been invited to join the top tier of the women’s game at senior level to bring the total to 11 teams. Galway United will take over the slot vacated by Galway

The ATU Donegal men’s soccer side advanced in the CUFL Cup on Tuesday but they needed penalties to see of TUS Midlands in Athlone. The tie was locked at 2-2 after extra time with Odhran McGuinness and Lee McLaughlin scoring in the game. It was McLaughlin who would strike the winning penalty to send Shane

Jerome Johnston says he won’t be taking charge of Ballybay in their Ulster club football quarter-final against Kilcoo this weekend. Johnston is a native of Kilcoo and has three sons and six nephews on the Down champions’ panel. Ballybay – who won the Monaghan title for the first time in ten years this season –

Connor Coyle will return to the ring next month back in Florida. The Derry fighter will defend his NABA Middleweight title against Anibal Cleto Francisco (10-0 with 9KO’s) at the WBA convention in Orlando on Sunday 11th December. Coyle has a polished 17-0 record with 7 of those wins via knock out while Francisco brings

Supermoto racing returned last weekend, with the David Jeffries and Philip Wylie Memorial Races at Nutts Corner, under the auspices of the Temple MCC. Despite a damp start, the track soon dried up to give us some exciting and spectacular racing, both on solos and quads. Man of the day was Richard Kerr, the Kilmacrenan

The Annual General Meeting of the charity North West 10k will take place on Thursday evening the 17th of November at 6 p.m. in the Mount Errigal Hotel. New members are welcome to join a voluntary organisation that has helped raise 900,000 euros for 36 charities since 1997. Last year the event raised 66,000 euros

For the second year in a row, Dylan Browne-McMonagle will be crowned Irish Champion Flat Apprentice Jockey this weekend. The final meet of the season is at Nass this Sunday and the Donegal Jockey has a comfortable cushion at the top of the standings with 48 wins from his 370 runs this year so far.

The final three nominations for the 2022 Billy Coleman Award have been named. The June-October performance nomination went to Tyrone’s Patrick O’Brien, while youngsters Jack Brennan and Ryan Caldwell have secured wildcard spots for their respective showings throughout the year. The trio join Eamonn Kelly, Kyle McBride, Joe Browne and Dylan Eves as the seven

The ’50 Years of Finn Valley AC’ night takes place on November 26 at the Villa Rose Hotel in Ballybofey. Formed in August 1971, at a meeting in Jackson’s Hotel, Finn Valley AC has become one of Ireland’s most successful athletics clubs. Plans for a golden jubilee gala dinner were put on hold last year

Finn Harps take on Drogheda United on Sunday night in SSE Airtricity League Premier Division action. Kickoff at Head in the Game Park is 7pm. Harps enter the game consigned to relegation after last week’s 3-1 defeat at the hands of fellow strugglers UCD. Meanwhile the Drogs have enjoyed a strong season and will compete

The final piece of the jigsaw in this season’s Airtricity League table will slot into place at the Brandywell on Sunday evening as the Candystripes entertain Dundalk with second place still up for grabs. The visitors need at least a three-goal win to leap-frog their hosts with Ruaidhri Higgins’ side heading into the game with

Republic of Ireland completed a perfect UEFA Regions Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win over hosts Bulgaria. Gerry Davis made a number of changes before the match with qualification for the finals tournament already secured but Ireland secured their third win from three with Stephen Chambers’ free-kick in the 70th minute.  Bonagee United’s Jack

Ruaidhri Higgins says he is delighted with his side’s progress this season as the Candystripes head to Tallaght on Sunday evening for their penultimate league game of the campaign. City’s first piece of business in D24 will be to form a guard of honour for Stephen Bradley’s side- something the Derry manager insists is the

Donegal’s 2012 All Ireland winner Mark McHugh is taking on his first coaching role with a men’s senior inter-county team. The Kilcar man has been named on the new Roscommon management ticket under Davy Burke. McHugh was coach to the Donegal senior ladies this year and has also coached Fermanagh at minor and u20 level.

The ATU Donegal picked up their first win of the CUFL Men’s Premier Division on Wednesday beating Dundalk IT 4-1 at Oriel Park in Dundalk. ATU were four up in the game with the goals coming from Damien Duffy, Conor Black, Gaby Aduaka and Oran Brogan. Shane Byrne’s side will play their first home game

The Republic of Ireland amatuer side took victory on Tuesday in their opening game of the Regions Cup in Bulgaria. The Irish were 2-0 winners against San Marino. Cockhill Celtic’s Lee McColgan started the game while Bonagee United’s Jack Parke was among the substitutes. Rockmount duo Luke Casey and Eoin Murphy scored in the second-half

Maxi curran Maxi Curran is set to remain in charge of the Donegal senior women’s football team. Curran guided the Ulster county to last year’s All-Ireland semi-finals only to lose to eventual winners Meath. Having meet with Donegal LGFA he has opted to stay on taken up his option of 2nd year. It’s also been

Donegal Sports Partnership through their Return to Sport – Club Development Fund 2022 is encouraging sports clubs across Co Donegal to apply for small grants to support the ongoing development of sport post the Covid-19 pandemic. This funding is being allocated through two funding streams including club development initiatives and coaching and volunteer capacity building.

On invite only, a selection of racers attended Mallory Park UK last weekend to battle for the prestigious Race of the Year award. Rhys Irwin got the call and he and his team headed for the one day event in Leicestershire. Sunday morning saw heavy showers and a drop in the track temperature. Superbikes and

The Ireland under-17s have bounced back from their opening defeat to Austria in the Women’s European Championship qualifiers. Ireland beat Finland 3-2 in their second group match in round 1 as Buncrana’s Jodi Loughrey scored and captained the Irish girls to victory. The other goals were scored by Shelbourne’s Aoife Kelly and Shamrock Rovers’ Ruby

The long-awaited Donegal Community Stadium plans continue to move forward as the club work on fundraising initiatives for this “transformative” project. Finn Harps today released a visualisation of elements of the hugely exciting stadium designs as club volunteers hit the streets for the latest in a programme of fundraising to help deliver the venture, which

The official opening of the Donegal’s GAA Centre takes place this Friday afternoon in Convoy. The unveiling will be attended by GAA President Larry McCarthy, Minister for Sport Jack Chambers and Ulster GAA President Ciaran McLaughlin. The training base, which cost in the region of 6.5 million euros, houses 5 pitches, gym, changing rooms and