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Sommer Lecky’s focus will now change to the Irish Senior Indoor Championships in Abbotstown this weekend. The Finn Valley higher jumper will be in confident mood having won in Belgium on Saturday. The young Castlederg athlete jumped 1.86m, equalling the Irish junior record at the IFAM Senior International Meet, finishing ahead of an experienced field

Tyrone were able to overcome Kildare today to record their first win of this year’s league campaign. The sides were level 7 times in the second half, after Tyrone went into the break a point ahead. It was Tyrone captain Mattie Donnelly who scored the late winner for Mickey Harte’s side to leave the final

Letterkenny AC athlete Nakita Burke won silver in the National Women’s Intermediate Cross Country today. The Donegal Men’s Teams were fighting for Medals on the day, there were Silver Team Medals for Letterkenny AC and Bronze for Finn Valley AC. Dermot McElchar is now the Masters Over 40 National Champion, while Pauric McKinney claimed victory in

Ireland sit top of the 6 Nations table with 2 wins from 2, following their 56-19 win over Italy yesterday. The Irish Women’s Team opened their win account with a 21-8 win over Italy earlier today. Alex McDonald joined Myles Gallagher on Sunday Sport to discuss the weekend’s rugby…

Fanad United had a 2-1 win over Milford United in the Knockalla Cup today in Traigh-A-Loch. Cathal McGettigan opened the scoring for Milford, but Darragh Black equalised for Fanad before Caolan scored the winner to give the home side a come from behind victory.

Caitriona Jennings of Letterkenny AC won the National 50k yesterday in Donadea. Jennings ran a time of 3.24.29, taking 6 minutes off the previous record. 185 participants took part in the Kildare event, with Jennings finishing nearly 17 minutes ahead of her closest competitor in the female category.

All the games in the Ulster Senior League, the Donegal Junior League and the Inishowen Football League have been called off due to the adverse weather conditions. Road conditions and unplayable pitches are the reasons cited for this weekend’s postponements. The Knockalla Cup game between Fanad Utd and Milford Utd is still due to go

Sommer Lecky of Finn Valley AC claimed victory in the High Jump at the IFAM Senior International which was held in Ghent, Belgium yesterday. Her first jump was enough for the victory, with the young Castlederg athlete completing a jump of 1.86m, equalling her Irish record. Lecky attempted 1.89m, and came very close, but failed

The SSE Airtricity League Premier Division kicks off on Friday 16th February, while the First Division gets underway a week later on the 23rd of February. Finn Harps travel to Drogheda in their first game of the First Division, while Derry City get their Premier Division campaign started away to Waterford. Chris Ashmore was joined

Glencar Inn Saturday Division One Castlefin Celtic Reserves 4 v 2 Arranmore United Old Orchard Saturday Division Two Drumoghill F.C. Reserves 1 v 5 Fintown Harps AFC Raphoe Town Reserves 1 v 3 Gweedore Celtic Reserves Dunlewey Celtic 1 v 0 Drumbar F.C. Voodoo Venue Cup Glencar Celtic 3 v 0 Keadue Rovers Reserves Glenea

56-19 was the final score as Ireland ran in 8 tries against Italy at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Joe Schmidt’s men are now 2 wins from 2 following last week’s win over France in Paris. Alex McDonald has the full-time report for Highland Radio… Next up for Ireland are Wales at the Aviva Stadium

Finn Harps and Derry City finished 1-1 in their pre-season friendly in Carrowmena earlier today. Derry took the lead through Ronan Hale, and it was almost enough to seal the victory for the Candystripes, but Harps’ new loan signing Michael O’Connor converted a penalty in the last minute to secure the draw for Ollie Horgan’s

2016 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling champions Na Piarsaigh of Limerick are through to their second All-Ireland final in three years following a 3-15 v 3-08 win over Derry and Ulster champions Setanta today. The Derry side led by 3 points at half-time, 2-06 v 1-06. Na Piarsaigh were down to 13 men during the game

The Donegal Ladies are coming off a hard-fought draw with Galway, as they prepare to face Westmeath in Kinnegad tomorrow. It was a late Yvonne Bonner free that rescued the point for the Donegal side in Glenfin last week. They now look to claim their first win of the 2018 league, and joint-manager Damian Devaney

Tyrone travel to Newbridge to face Kildare in search of their first league points of the 2018 campaign. The Tyrone starting 15 sees 2 newcomers; with Rory Brennan and Conor Myler making their first appearances in this year’s NFL. Liam Donnelly joined Tom Comack ahead of the crunch clash with the Lilywhites…

Derry are still looking for their first win in the National Football League Division 3 when they host Offaly tomorrow at Celtic Park. Derry make one change from the team that started against Longford last week, with Benny Heron coming in for Peter Hagan. Tom Comack spoke with former Derry ace Conleith Gilligan to look

John Kelly of LYIT finished in first place in the Male Shot Putt at the IUAA Indoor Track and Field Championships which was held at Athlone IT yesterday. 16.76m was the winning throw for Kelly, 1.2m ahead of his nearest rival in second place. Gavin McLaughlin, also of LYIT, finished in third place with a

Rangers’ striker Matthew Shiels has been named in both the Scottish and Irish U-19 squads ahead of their upcoming games later this month. Shiels, whose grandparents hail from Donegal, played at U16 and U17 levels for Scotland, but represented Ireland at U18 and also U19 level. The young player has been named as a striker

The first round draw for the EA Sports Cup was made this afternoon. Finn Harps will host the Mayo League in Ballybofey on Monday 5th March. That game comes just three days after their opening First Division league game away to Drogheda United. Ulster Senior League Champions Cockhill Celtic are also in Pool 2 and

Tyrone Manager Mickey Harte has made two changes to his staring line up for Sunday’s trip to Newbridge to play Kildare in Division One of the National Football League. Trillick’s Rory Brennan is named at centre half back while Conor Meyler of Omagh is named in the half forward line. Richard Donnelly and Aidan McCrory