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Old rivalries are renewed at the Brandywell this Friday night as Stephen O’Donnell brings his Dundalk side to Derry for what is usually one of the league’s eye-catching fixtures. The ‘Lilywhites’ currently sit third in the table; just seven points behind their hosts and with a game in hand. It follows a run of form […]

The Seven Sisters Skyline Mountain Running event, organised by Donegal company Excel Sports, will be held in Dunlewey, this Saturday May 21st. The event, which includes a 30km and 55km route, made headlines in January when it was announced that the 30km event is now a World Cup Event. The race takes in the 7

Brett McGintys 5th professional middleweight contest on Saturday week has been moved from Birmingham to Doncaster. The Donegal native who has a 4-0 record  under the watchful eye of trainer Ricky Hattin has endured a frustrating wait for his next bout. The 23-year-old had to withdraw from a December  fight due to a shoulder injury.

Scoil Naomh Bríd in Muff was the venue for the Donegal launch of National Bike Week on Friday morning. The week-long national event, which runs from Saturday, May 14th to Sunday, May 22nd is once again being coordinated locally by Donegal Sports Partnership (DSP). The sixth-class pupils from the Inishowen school used the newly completed

The famous McRae name will be returning to the Donegal International Rally next month. Max McRae, son of Alister, nephew to the great Colin and grandson of 1980 Donegal winner Jimmy, will depart Australia this summer to tackle a number of events including the race in Donegal on the third weekend in June. Max who

Ronan Whyte and Aman Goel will return to Carlow next weekend as the Donegal duo qualified for the  final phase of the Irish Senior Snooker Championships. Both players played some great snooker last weekend to qualify for the final stages. In the last 16 on Saturday 21st May, Whyte will play the No. 7 seed

The draws for Crciket’s North West Senior Cup and the Sammy Jeffrey Cup quarter-finals were made earlier today. Senior Cup Eglinton v St Johnston Burndennett v Bready Newbuildings v Ballyspallen Fox Lodge v Donemana Sam Jeffrey Glendermott v Ardmore Bonds Glen v Brigade Killyclooney v Coleraine Strabane (bye) All ties to be played 18 June.

Derry’s Ethan Doherty has been nominated for the GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. Doherty seemed to cover every blade of grass in Derry’s impressive Ulster SFC semi-final win over Monaghan. He made an incredible block to deny what would have been an equalising goal for Monaghan, and set up Benny Heron’s crucial second goal. Kildare’s

The top two sides in the Airticity Premier Division table come face to face at Tallaght on Friday night as the Candystripes take on Shamrock Rovers in front of ‘live’ RTE cameras (KO 7.45). The visitors have been in top spot pretty much from day one this season, but two wins in the last week

Details have been released ahead of the return of the Donegal International Rally next month. Over the weekend of the 17th – 19th of June, There will be 20 stages and 301 competitive kilometres ahead of what will be a full field as the rally returns following a two year absence. Since the entries opened

Richard Kerr and AMD Motorsport took their first victory together at the weekend with the Kilmacrennan, County Donegal rider taking the win in the second No Limits Pirelli Super Series 1000 race at Donington Park, Leicestershire. Riding alongside former British Supersport Champion Billy McConnell and Bob Collins, the 22-year old also took first place in

Donegal Sports Partnership is collaborating with the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) on the ZuCar Gaelic4Teens Programme in Donegal which got underway on recently. Nine Donegal clubs – Carndonagh, Four Masters, Moville, Naomh Columba, Sean MacCumhaills, Naomh Muire Íochtar Na Rosann, Urris, Red Hughs and Chill Chartha – are particapting in the programme which is

Dylan Browne McMonagle and Luke McAteer were in the winners enclosure at Roscommon on Monday evening. First up was McAteer, taking victory onboard 13/2 shot Timourid for trainer Paul Flynn. The win was McAteer’s 8th of the current Irish flat season while McMonagle took his second win in as many days for trainer Joseph O’Brien.

Donegal’s Jamie Brennan is among the nominees for the GAA.ie Player of the Week. Brennan who kicked four points from play, put in a Man of the Match performance against Cavan on Sunday in Clones helping Donegal return to the Ulster Final for the tenth time in twelve seasons. They other two nominees are Kerry’s

Donegal senior ladies manager Maxi Curran has made two changes from his League Final starting team for Sunday’s Ulster Championship semi final clash with Cavan in Clones. Tanya Kennedy and Niamh Hegarty who were second half substitutes at Croke Park in the defeat to Meath come into the line up for Tara Hegarty and Roisin

Bonagee United have reached their third cup final this season. On Thursday night they beat Derry City Reserves 4-1 in the semi final of the Knockalla Caravans Cup. Dan O’Donnell, Tony McNamee, Michael Funston and Dean Larkin bagged the goals to send the Dry Arch side through. Bonagee await the winners of Aileach and Kildrum

Donegal jockey Conor Orr was in the winners enclosure for the second time this week on Thursday. Conor took victory in the opening race in Tipperary on 5/2 shot Naughtinesse for trainer Lorna Fowler. That success followed his win on Monday at Down Royal where he won on board the Gordon Elliot trained Gallyhill.

Finn Harps travel to Dublin this evening to take on Shamrock Rovers. Kickoff at Tallaght Stadium is 8pm and Oisin Langan will have updates live on Highland from the Dublin venue. Harps will be hoping to build on last Friday’s victory over Shelbourne, while the hosts seek to keep the pressure on league leaders Derry

Drumbar 2 Ballyraine 3 Drumbar welcomed Ballyraine for youth league action on Wednesday night in a game that had both teams looking to take advantage of a frenetic start. It was Ballyraine who opened the scoring inside 15 minutes with a quick break that lead to them taking the lead through Michael Aidoo The Drumbar

Derry City will be looking to maintain top spot in the table over the next few days with home games against Bohemians and St Pats coming up in quick succession. Keith Long’s side arrives first, and City Assistant Manager Alan Reynolds knows that the hosts will have to be at their best if they are

Brett McGinty makes his ring return later this month. The St Johnston man has endured a frustrating wait for his fifth professional fight. The 23-year-old had to withdraw from a December bout with Angel Emilov at the Crystal Palace due to a shoulder injury but will return on the May 28th Tommy Owens Promotions show

Participants in the 2022 RunDonegal Women’s 5K, which takes place on Sunday, May 22nd, are being encouraged to wear pink, and to wear T-shirts they have from previous RunDonegal Women’s 5Ks. The Donegal Domestic Violence Service is the sole beneficiary of this year’s RunDonegal Women’s 5K which gets underway at 11 am, with the Finn

Richard Kerr and the AMD Motorsport team were back in action in the Pirelli National Superstock Championship at the weekend with round two taking place at Oulton Park, Cheshire and the Kilmacrennan rider ensured it was an enjoyable meeting with a strong ninth place in Monday’s race. After a strong outing in the official test

Irwin racing traveled to Oulton Park this weekend to take part in the second round of the BSB. Caolán Irwin on his R&R Racing Yamaha had a very strong qualifying and consistent lap times showed great promise on saturday finishing race 1 in 12th place. Race 2 with changing track conditions continued with fast race