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Donegal’s Rachel Darragh bowed out of Badminton’s Dutch Open on Friday. She lost in the last 16 to Frederikke Lund of Denmark in three sets. Rachel won the first 21-13 but lost the next two 12-21, 12-21. The Raphoe player took one of the results of the tournament on Thursday when she knocked out the […]

The draw for the 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship will take place on Saturday afternoon. Ahead of the draw, Donegal are the only county in the northern province without a manager confirmed for next season. Donegal, Tyrone, Fermanagh and Down will not be part of the preliminary round and go straight to the quarter final

Bonagee United Youths are on the verge of completing the Donegal treble if they can secure victory against Milford United in the John ‘Gorey’ Curran Cup Final on Friday evening. Milford are looking to stop their charge, they booked their place in the final with a penalty shootout win over Kilmacrennan Celtic. Bonagee were awarded

Dylan Browne McMonagle picked up a 48th win of the year today with victory at the Curragh. He was onboard the 10/11F American Sonja for trainer Joseph O’Brien. McMonagle is on course to take a second successive Apprentice Jockey title which he will recieve at the start of next month.

Finn Harps take on Dundalk FC on Friday night in SSE Airtricity League Premier Division action. Kickoff at Finn Park is 8pm and Diarmaid Doherty will have updates here on Highland in association with B&S Credit Union Ballybofey. The club has organised a bucket collection on match night and all proceeds from both the collection

The Derry County Board have cancelled their Senior Championship Relegation Play-Offs. Ballinascreen and Eoghan Rua appealed the relegation process to Ulster but that was thrown out on Tuesday night. Subsequently, Derry GAA have now cancelled the planned playoffs. Officials in the county had wanted to reduce the number of teams in the Senior Championship from

Donegal Bay Rowing Club are again entering the fray of International Coastal Rowing Competition. Beach Sprints Coastal Rowing is set to become an Olympic sport in the Games in Los Angeles in 2028. Before that in next year in Bali in Indonesia the Beach Sprint Games will host a beach sprinting category, as will the

Kilmacrennans Richard Kerr aims to finish his fantastic season on a high this weekend at the final round of the British Superbike Championships at Brands hatch in Kent. Kerr who competes in the ultra competitive Superstock 1000 class is having his best season to date in England collecting two wins along the way, at Knockhill

A period of silence will be held at Parkhead tonight prior to Celtic’s Champions League game with RB Leipzig in memory of those who tragically lost their lives in Creeslough last Friday. The Celtic players will also wear black armbands. Through the club’s charitable arm, Celtic FC Foundation, they are donating £10,000 to the Creeslough

Seamus Coleman has offered his sympathies to those who lost loved ones in Friday’s tragedy in Creeslough. The Everton and Republic of Ireland captain said,  “thoughts and prayers are with the families, the injured and the entire community.” “The immediate reaction of the emergency services, local residents and passers by who put themselves at risk

The Ireland under-19s have suffered their first defeat of their Women’s European Championship campaign. With a place in the next phase already in the bag, Dave Connell’s side lost 1-nil to France this afternoon in Poland. Buncrana’s Emma Doherty lined out from the start once again and played the full game. The french goal came

Saturday’s Donegal Harvest Stages Rally has been postponed following the emergency incident in Cresslough. In a short statement released on Friday evening the Donegal Motor Club confirmed the rally would not take place this weekend and added their thoughts are with all who have been affected by the emergency in Cresslough. “In light of the serious

Saturday’s meeting of Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Junior has officially been called off which also means Conor Coyle’s WBA Intercontinental Middleweight title fight has also been benched in London. Fight promoter Eddie Hearn had sought an injunction to allow the fight to go ahead after the British Boxing Board of Control prohibited it from

Cockhill Celtic eased to a 4-0 win over Finn Harps U21’s in the Donegal News Ulster Senior League Cup on Wednesday evening. Manager Gavin Cullen made six changes from the side that beat Bonagee United last time out. Odhran O’Brien Daly opened the scoring at the Letterkenny Community Centre and that was followed by a

Donegal Jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle notched up his 44th win of the year today at Navan and his 41st in the Apprentice Jockey standings. He won on 3/1 favourite Rough Diamond by half a length for trainer Eddie Lynam. The victory edges him closer to a second Apprentice title with a 20 wins cushion over

Loughros Point Rowing Club and Kincasslagh Rowing Clubs will have a combined total of 13 rowers competing at the World Coastal Rowing Championships this weekend in Saundersfoot, Wales. The Donegal rowers will race in six out of the seven events. Back in July rowers from all over Ireland travelled to Portnoo for the Irish qualifying

Donegal’s Brett McGinty will box on home soil for first time in his professional career next month. McGinty will take to the ring at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday 19th November. Further fight details will be confirmed in the coming weeks with McGinty looking to build on his 5-0 pro record in what

Emma Doherty and the Republic of Ireland under-19s have drawn 1-1 with Poland in their first Women’s European Championship qualifier. Captain Jessie Stapleton netted for the Girls in Green to force a share of the spoils. Buncrana native Doherty was in the starting eleven. Ireland’s next group game is against Northern Ireland on Friday. The

Two Ulster Senior League players have been named on the Republic of Ireland Amateur International squad for the UEFA Regions Cup qualifying phase. Lee McColgan of Cockhill Celtic and Jack Parke of Bonagee United will be part of the group that travels to Bulgaria later this month as they look to secure a finals tournament

This years nominations for the TG4 Ladies Football All Stars have been released with six players from Donegal on the shortlist. In the full back line, theres Evelyn McGinley and Tanya Kennedy, Nicole McLaughlin in the half back line, County Captain Niamh McLaughlin is named among the midfielders, Niamh Hegarty is included in the half

Donegal Sports Partnership secured a total of €816,290 in funding last year, according to its latest annual report. The report for 2021, which was presented at the recent annual general meeting, also showed that 5,626 people participated in 341 locally delivered initiatives throughout Donegal. 891 people took part in education and training that included Safeguarding,

Cian Kavanagh’s first goal for Derry City helped them move to within two points of SSE Airtricity Premier Division leaders Shamrock Rovers on Friday night. The Candystripes came away from St. Pat’s with a 1-nil win. Rovers can re-establish a five-point advantage on Saturday evening if they win away to Sligo.

Legendary Dublin footballer Brian Mullins has died. The St. Vincent’s clubman won four All Ireland titles with the Dubs, the last of which came in 1983. During the nineties, Mullins managed Derry to league and Ulster title success, and away from football he was Director of Sport at UCD. He was also Principal at Carndonagh

Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw has named a 28 strong squad for the upcoming Women’s World Cup play off against either Scotland or Austria on October 11th. Inishowen’s Roma McLaughline is one of several players recalled to the panel. Niamh Farrelly, Isibeal Atkinson and Kyra Carusa are back while Niamh Fahey and Jamie Finn

A Rally Marshal’s seminar will take place next week in Letterkenny. The seminar, which is run under Motorsport Ireland, will give full information on the role of the marshal, educate those who are looking to step into the role and it will also act as a refresh event for existing marshals. The seminar takes place