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Darragh Kelly will make his MMA professional debut next month on the Bellator bill at the 3Arena in Dublin. The Moville man will take on Englishman Junior Morgan on February 25 in their re-arranged bout which was called off in November, the night before the fight. Kelly who trains under John Kavanagh was the number

Youth Rugby is thriving in Letterkenny with the U18s playing in the Ulster Club League final this weekend. Letterkenny travel to Ballymoney on Saturday to compete against the host who they have met and beaten twice already this season in the regional league rounds. The 27 strong squad has matured over the season as they

Croatian Filip Mihaljević has become the eighth new signing at Finn Harps ahead of the 2022 League of Ireland Premier Division campaign. The 29 year old forward came through Dinamo Zagreb’s academy and was capped at underage level for Croatia. He spent last season at Visakha FC in Cambodia, netting 13 times in 15 appearances.

The Letterkenny Institute of Technology will play NUIG in the quarter finals of the Sigerson Cup next week. Maxi Curran’s side progressed to the last eight by beating UCD in Convoy and will face the students from the west next Tuesday in Dangan, Galway with the throw in to be confirmed. Also on Tuesday, University

Jason Doherty is poised to make his first Mayo appearance in over two years on Sunday. The Burrishoole club man has been named to start in their Allianz Football League opener against Donegal, after recovering from a serious knee injury. There’s no place for Cillian O’Connor in the matchday 26 as he continues his recovery

The who’s who of the Irish Rallying circuit are on the entry list for the much anticipated Galway International Rally which sees the return of the Irish Tarmac Championship in 2022. The top seeds are Alaister Fisher and Gordan Noble in a VW Polo with the Fiesta of Callum Devine and Brian Hoy next on

The National Football League gets underway for Donegal this Sunday when they take on Mayo in their Division 1 opener at Markievicz Park in Sligo. The game will be LIVE on Highland, full match commentary with Oisin Kelly and Martin McHugh. Mayo’s All Star midfielder Matthew Ruane will be unavailable for the game and will

There was a strong Donegal feel to the Republic of Ireland Women’s U-16 side that played against Portugal on Monday. Jodie Loughrey from Buncrana started for the Irish, and Drumkeen teenager Orlaith Doherty came on as a second half substitute as Ireland lost out in the friendly by 3-1. Ireland and Portugal will meet again

The draw for the quarter-finals of the North West of Ulster Intermediate Cup was conducted in Newbuildings on Monday evening. Maiden City v Finn Harps Under-21s Monaghan United v Strabane Athletic Ardstraw FC v Cockhill Celtic Bonagee United v Newbuildings United The ties are scheduled to take place on February 12 next.

Sligo Rovers have completed the signing of striker Aidan Keena from Falkirk. The 22-year-old moves from the Scottish side on a free transfer and becomes the fourth new signing. Keena bagged five goals in half a season at Falkirk. The former Republic of Ireland under-21 international also had spells at St Pats Hearts, Queen’s Park,

Donemana’s Andy McBrine has moved into the top ten in the ICC’s bowling world rankings (ODI) following his sensational efforts as Ireland beat the West Indies in their recent 3-match series. The 28-year old was a clear winner of the ‘Man of the Series’ award with a combined return of 10-116 from 28 overs across

Keith Cowan is returning to the League of Ireland with Drogheda United. After ten years and over 240 appearances for Finn Harps, in 2019 Cowan moved to the Irish League playing for Glentoran where he won an Irish Cup and played in the Europa League qualifiers before a season at  Dungannon Swifts followed. Since June

Finn Harps have announced the signing of striker Yoyo Mahdy from Shelbourne. The highly rated 24 year old played a pivotal role in Shelbourne’s 2021 First Division winning campaign after beginning his League of Ireland career with UCD. Mahdy told FinnHarps.ie: “I’m really excited to be joining the club. Ollie got in touch and we’d

The LYIT have been handed a home draw in Round 3 of the Sigerson Cup. After Tuesday’s defeat to University of Limerick, the Letterkenny college will go up against UCD next week in the final stage of the qualifiers. Maxi Cuirran’s side are mainly all from Donegal with senior panelists Jason McGee, Caolan Ward, Peadar

A clinical display by India saw the overwhelming favourites defeat a young Ireland Under-19s Men’s team at the ICC Under-19s Men’s Cricket World Cup yesterday. With an innings of 307, India would prevail by 174 runs in Trinidad. St Johnstons Scott McBeth  hit 32 runs as Ireland were all out for 133. Macbeth’s powered late

Coláiste Ailigh defeated Laurel Hill 48-27 in the U19B Girls final of the Pinergy All-Ireland Schools Cup at the National Basketball Arena. The MVP went to Shannon Ní Chuinneagáin, who scored 33 points. Ní Chuinneagáin was recently named December’s MissQuote.ie Division 1 player of month playing for LYIT Donegal and she again showcased why she’s

Cranford Athletic Club stalwart Eamonn Giles will become the 46th inductee into the Donegal Sports Star Hall of Fame when the Virtual Awards take place on Friday the 28th of January. It is fitting that in the year that he turns 80 Giles is being honoured for six decades of dedication to the sport of

Sligo have confirmed the addition of Pat Spillane Junior to their senior football panel. The Kerry native is eligible to play for Tony McEntee’s side as his mother hails from the Yeats County. Spillane plays his club football with St Jude’s in Dublin and is the son of the Kingdom legend of the same name.

Finn Harps played their opening pre-season friendly on Sunday in a charity game at the Balinderreen GAA Club. The Ballybofey side lost 1 nil to Galway United. Among the players to get a run out for Harps were new signings Bastien Hery, Regan Donelon and Jesse Devers. Manager Ollie Horgan also used the game to

Mark Bradley has quit the Tyrone squad, bringing to an end a seven-year inter-county career. The attacker is the latest member of the All-Ireland winning squad to step away from the set-up. Last week three Tyrone players – attacker Ronan O’Neill and defenders Hugh Pat McGeary and Michael Cassidy – decided to opt out for

Ireland secured a historic series win over the West Indies on Sunday night and Donemana’s Andy McBrine wrapped up a super series with a half century and the Player of the Series award. The visitors won their third One Day International by two wickets at Sabina Park to seal a 2-1 series victory. McBrine and

Young Footballer of the Year Oisin Mullin has committed to Mayo for the coming season. The Kilmaine clubman had been expected to move to AFL side Geelong, with a deal agreed last November. However, Mullin says that after consideration he has opted to stay in Ireland. It comes as a boost to Mayo, who are

Former Limerick and Waterford midfielder Bastien Héry has sign for Finn Harps. The Madagascar international spent the first half of last season at Bohemians, before a loan move to Derry City. Héry was named in the PFAI Team of the Year in 2018 and played alongside current Harps defender Ethan Boyle at Linfield FC where