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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

The Irwin brothers travelled to Brands Hatch for round 5 of the British Superbike Championship last weekend in the blistering English heatwave. Rhys, racing on his Team Astro Supersport Triumph Factory supported bike had a solid Free Practice 1 and went on to Qualify well in the top 10. Race 1 & 2 saw finishes

Manorcunningham man Mark Devir won the Irish Sea Fishing Masters in Crosshaven in County Cork at the weekend. The 34 year old Lough Swilly Sea Angling Club member took on the top anglers from all over Ireland in the two day event. Mark’s victory was the first ever by a Donegal man in the competition.

Ireland’s U20’s beat Hungary 66-55 on Sunday to finish 9th at the FIBA U20 European Championship in Montenegro Letterkenny’s Killian Gribbin played his part in the win, scoring six points. It completed an excellent tournament for Paudie Fleming’s side, who won five of their six matches, with the head coach hailing “an incredible group of

The dates and times for the first and second rounds of the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Championship have been set by the CCC on the weekends ofAugust 13th/14th and August 20th/21st. Round 1 Fixtures – Sat August 13th and Sunday August 14th Sat 13th August, Tirconaill Park, Na Ceithre Maistír v Cloughaneely, 17:00 Sat 13th

It’s been a good night for League of Ireland sides in the Conference League qualifiers. Sligo Rovers were 1-nil winners away to Motherwell, courtesy of a first-half Aidan Keena strike. Sligo could have had a second, but Motherwell avoided conceding a penalty despite a clear handball from Jake Carroll on the line. Meanwhile, Christopher Forrester’s

Finn Harps take on Dundalk on Friday night. Kickoff at Oriel Park is 7.45pm and their will be updates on Highland from the 7.45pm in association with B&S Credit Union. Ollie Horgan told FinnHarps.ie “The result on Sunday night was tough to take but we can’t dwell on that. Every game from now to the

Mark English is into the semi finals of the men’s 800 metres at the World Athletic Championships in Oregon. The Finn Valley sprinter finished third in his heat in the early hours of Thursday morningwith his second ever fastest time. Mark’s time of 1:44.76 was just 0.05 seconds off his Irish record. Mark was awarded

Mark English is involved on day 6 of the World Athletic Championships in Oregan. The Finn Valley man runs in the heats of the 800m today (Wednesday the 20th July). Mark, a European Championship medal winner at both in and outdoors,  is due on track after 1am Irish time, which is the afternoon session at

Richard Kerr and the AMD Motorsport team enjoyed a successful foray into the Irish Superbike Championship at the weekend with the Kilmacrennan, County Donegal rider winning Sunday’s second race at Bishopscourt and with it the highly prestigious Neil Robinson Memorial Trophy. Competing at the venue for the first time in three years and for the

Derry City’s FAI Cup first round tie with Oliver Bond Celtic of the Leinster Senior League has been moved. The game scheduled for the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium has been put back from Friday 29th July to the following day, Saturday the 30th, kicking off at 5pm.

Two Donegal Jockeys were in the winners enclosure on Monday. At Ballinrobe, Dylan Browne McMonagle was on board the favourite ‘Beer with the Boys’ to win at 11/4. The horse is also Donegal trained under Letterkenny man Charlie Moore. It was a 24th win of the year for Dylan while it was a 3rd for

Lucy McGlynn’s place on the Ireland team for next month’s World Athletics U20 Championships Colombia was confirmed by Athletics Ireland this morning. The Tir Chonaill sprinter  won Gold medals in the 100m and 400m hurdles at the National Junior and U23 Championships on Sunday in Tullamore. McGlynn set a new personal best and Donegal record

Monaghan’s Josh Moffett and his Limerick co-driver Keith Moriarty have clinched the Triton Showers-backed Motorsport Ireland National Rally Championship courtesy of their start to finish victory in the Clonmel based Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally, round six of the series. It was Moffett’s sixth win in as many rounds, the series concludes with the Galway Summer Rally

The Kernan Group Ladies League divisional finals were played on Sunday. Division 2 League Final Result: Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon 2.14 Na Dúnaibh 1.09 Division 3 League Final Result Dungloe 3.12 Urris 1.04 Old rivals Glenfin and Termon will meet in the Division 1 final after both won their respective semi finals on Sunday morning. Glenfin

Donegal boss Maxi Curran has made three changes in personnel as the county goes in search of a very first TG4 All-Ireland Senior Final appearance. Following last Saturday’s stunning victory over Dublin, Curran has called in Niamh Carr, Susanne White and Karen Guthrie for starts, with Emer Gallagher, who made her 100th county appearance against

Finn Harps take on Derry City on Sunday evening. Kickoff at Finn Park is 6pm and the game is live on Highland with Diarmaid Doherty and Declan Boyle in association with B&S Credit Union Ballybofey. Ollie Horgan told FinnHarps.ie “A derby is always a very tough game and Derry are a very serious side. They

Derry City announced their second signing of the summer ahead of Sunday’s trip to Ballybofey with attacking midfielder Sadou Diallo joining from Forest Green Rovers. The 23-year old played alongside Will Patching in the Manchester City Youth Academy and has represented England at underage level as well. Manager Ruaidhri Higgins insists that his new man

Sligo Rovers have set up a Conference League second qualifying round tie with Motherwell. However, they needed penalties to beat Bala Town of Wales. Sligo won the shoot-out 4-3, after the sides finished level at 2-2 on aggregate. Keeper Ed McGinty was the hero for Rovers saving two penalties in the shoot out.