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The Donegal Athletic Board have announced their Athlete of the Year award winners for 2022. No surprise, that Mark English who in recent weeks won European 800m bronze, has been named as the Senior Male and Overall Athlete of the Year. The Finn Valley clubman was due to run tonight in Italy but has withdrawn […]

Irwin Racing travelled to a sunny Cadwell Park for Round 7 of the British Superbikes Premier Class. The famous track did not disappoint the 50,000 spectators with spectacular racing over the Bank Holiday event. Rhys Irwin on his Factory Astro Triumph took a leap forward qualifying in 3rd Place in his class. Race 1 saw

Tyrone look set to be without Conor McKenna next season. It’s understood the Eglish forward has committed to a return to the AFL. McKenna who was part of Tyrone’s All-Ireland winning squad last year, previously played with Essendon.

There not much down time for European Bronze medalist Mark English who returns to the track this evening in Italy. Fresh from his 800m success in Munich just over a week ago, the Finn Valley clubman will compete in a track and field event in Rovereto. The Letterkenny native will run in a number of

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