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An entry of around 400 is expected for Sunday’s Donegal Half Marathon which gets underway in Letterkenny at 9.20 am. Now in its ninth year, the race, which is once again sponsored by the Kernan’s Retail Group, continues to attract a large field. Looking ahead to Sunday, race director, Brendan McDaid, said he’s happy with […]

Ruaidhri Higgins has confirmed that Donegal Academy players Sean Patton and Tiernan McGinty have signed their first professional contracts with Derry City. The 16-year olds will start full time training with the first team squad in January. The City boss welcomed the new contracts and said that he was looking forward to working with the

A total of six SSE Airtricity Premier Division fixtures have been rescheduled with a number of Shamrock Rovers fixtures refixed due to ongoing European commitments. Previously postponed ties against Shelbourne and UCD have now been given new dates while upcoming fixtures affected by Shamrock Rovers’ progress in Europe have also been rescheduled. An announcement on

The entries have been coming in Fast & Furious for this year’s Donegal Motor Club 50th anniversary Danny Gormley Knockalla Hill Climb, which is a testament to the reputation of the event, the work of the organisers and the affection and regard for former Clerk of the Course Danny Gormley, in whose honour it has

Mona McSharry has finished seventh in the 50-metre breaststroke final at the European Championships in Rome. The Sligo Olympian touched the wall in 31-point-1-5 seconds after being unable to improve on her time in qualifying for the medal race. McSharry had also reached the 200-metre breaststroke and 100-metre breaststroke finals over the last week.

Former Dublin manager Jim Gavin played the Irish Legends Pro-Am on Tuesday hosted by the The McGinley Foundation at The Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort. Jim won the celebrity award in 2021 but just missed out on defending his title as Packie Bonner stole the show this year. Speaking with Conor McNamara, Jim gave an

Donegal ATU and Sligo ATU have been confirmed as two of the four venues for the I COACH KIDS conference series which will be held in the first week of September. Donegal ATU’s campus in Letterkenny will host the conference on Thursday, September 1st, from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm, while ATU Sligo will host

Mona McSharry was just three-hundredths of a second off her own Irish record as she qualified for the final of the 50-metre breaststroke at the European Championships Her time of 30-point-9 seconds saw her qualify seventh fastest overall. That final takes place Wednesday evening in Rome.

Donegal Jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle took a 42/1 treble at Dundalk on Monday. The first win was on favourite Royal Scholar at 13/8 for Trainer Sarah Lynam. The double came on 10/11 shot Karaoke for trainer Joseph O’Brien with the third win of the evening on the Michael Halford trained Golden Twilight at 15/2. That’s

Co Tyrone’s Jude Gallagher will fight in the Featherweight semi finals on Saturday evening at the Commonwealth Games. The Two Castles Netownstewart man will take on Canadian Keoma Ali Al Ahmadieh at 7.15pm in Birmingham. A place in the final and a change to fight for gold is at stake. Gallagher is already assured of

Finn Harps welcome confirmation that Jack Chambers, Minister of State for Sport and the Gaeltacht, has given the green light for the reconfigured plans for the Donegal Community Stadium as submitted by the club. Following some administrative details being attended to, we should be in a position to recommence work in the near future. Since

Finn Harps take on Drogheda United tonight in SSE Airtricity League Premier Division action. Kickoff at Finn Park is 8pm and Diarmaid Doherty will have live updates here on Highland in association with B&S Credit Union Ballybofey. Ollie Horgan told FinnHarps.ie “We last played Drogheda in May and at the time there were only a

Lucy McGlynn has set a new personal best time in the 100m hurdles at the World U20 Championships in Columbia this afternoon. The Tir Chonaill AC 17 year old came fourth in her heat running 13.92. Lucy just missed out on a place in the semi finals by .02 of a second. Earlier in the

Ruaidhri Higgins is expecting a tough game at Dundalk on Friday night as the second and third placed teams in the Premier Division table lock horns at Oriel Park. The visitors head to County Louth in decent nick- unbeaten in their last six- but the manager is well aware that this is as difficult a

  Five north west Athletes have been named on the Ireland team for the European Championships in Germany later this month. Former European medalist Mark English will run the 800m while three of his Finn Valley club-mates will also compete, Brendan Boyce in the 35k Walk, Elish Flanagan in 3000m and Roisin Flanaghan in the

Bonagee Utd will face League of Ireland Premier Division opposition in the second round of the FAI Senior Cup. In this afternoon’s draw, The Ulster Senior League side were drawn at home to Damien Duff’s Shelbourne. Derry City will also be at home in the next round, hosting Cork City at the Ryan McBride Brandywell

Tir Chonaill’s Lucy McGlynn begins her World U20 Athletic Championship journey later today in Columbia. The 17 year old sprinter will be involved in the sixth heat of the 400m hurdles and she is due on track in Cali after 6pm Irish time. The first three in each heat and the six fastest losers qualify

The draw for the second round of the FAI Senior Cup takes place today. It gets underway at half past 12 and Bonagee United are one of four non-league clubs who will be in the hat. They were convincing winners over Pike Rovers at Dry Arch Park on Sunday and manager Jason Gibson and his

Donegal defender Odhran McFadden Ferry is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering an ACL injury. It’s a major blow for Donegal and for McFadden Ferry’s club Gaoth Dobhair who begin their Donegal Senior club championship campaign on the weekend after next against Ardara. According to Donegal Live, the defender will be ruled

Drogheda United and UCD played out a 1-1 draw on Monday evening in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division as Finn Harps drop to bottom spot. Former Harps striker Adam Foley put Drogheda ahead early on at Head in the Game Park before Thomas Lonergan equalised. The results means the Students go 9th in the

Derry City have made their second signing of the week from Dundee United. Attacking midfielder Declan Glass has joined the Candystripes on loan, joining his ex-Tangerines teammate Mark Connolly. Derry have also snapped up 19-year old Waterford forward, Cian Kavanagh. Pending clearance, the new arrivals could well feature in Saturday evening’s FAI Cup tie with

Finn Harps have added another signing with goalkeeper James McKeown joining the Ballybofey side. The 32 year old played with both Coventry and Walsall at underage level before moving to Peterborough. During this time McKeown had loan spells at Kettering Town, Worcester City and Boston United. He also spent time with RKSV Leonidas in the

Finn Harps have announced the loan signing of Gary Boylan from Galway United until the end of the season. The Mayo native had previous spells with Sligo Rovers and Cork City before signing for the Tribesmen ahead of the 2021 season. The 26-year-old has made 19 appearances for Galway this season, and is comfortable playing

Richard Kerr and the AMD Motorsport team were back in Pirelli National Superstock Championship action at the weekend with round five taking place at Brands Hatch and it proved to be another solid meeting with seventh and ninth place finishes seeing the Kilmacrennan, County Donegal rider maintain his sixth place overall in the title standings.

The volunteer t-shirts for the 2022 Donegal Half Marathon will be sponsored by the Letterkenny-based company, Optum. Speaking at a press briefing, Paul Phelan, site director with Optum in Letterkenny, said Optum was delighted to continue its sponsorship arrangement with the Donegal Half Marathon which takes place this year on Sunday, August 28th, in Letterkenny.

The O’Neills Foyle Cup made a hugely successful return this year, bringing much joy to the Northwest as the tournament celebrated a record number of team entries and participants, and the highest number of bed nights created to date. As the final whistle blew in the Under 16 final in the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium,

Donegal Sports Partnership Coordinator, Myles Sweeney, has extended his good wishes to staff member, Maggie Farrelly, who will referee Sunday’s TG4 All-Ireland senior ladies’ championship final between Meath and Kerry at Croke Park. “Maggie joined Donegal Sports Partnership in 2018 as our education and training coordinator. Maggie is a key member of the Donegal Sports