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Finn Valley’s Sommer Lecky won Gold at the Commonwealth Youth Games last night. Representing Northern Ireland, the Castlederg girl hit 1.83m in Sunday’s High Jump Final in Nassau in the Bahamas to take gold. Her jump was the same as her Irish Indoor Championship gold medal winning jump from earlier in the year. Her seasons

Letterkenny’s Mark English won the 800m National title for a sixth time on Sunday evening at the Senior Track and Field Championships at the Mortan Stadium in Santry. English’s preparations for the World Championships next month in London couldn’t have gone any better as he dominated the race to win in 1min 50.89 seconds. There

Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan says that his side will need to be at their best to get anything from Monday night’s Northwest derby against Derry City in Ballybofey (kick-off 8.00). It’s a huge match for both clubs with the hosts looking to extend their recent unbeaten run to three games but that will be

Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Junior A Championship Group A Robert Emmets 1-08 V 3-11 Urris Red Hughs 4-12 V 1-09 Moville Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Junior A Championship Group B Na Rossa 0-05 V 1-18 Naomh Colmcille Convoy 5-17 V 0-03 Naomh Pádraig Lifford Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Junior B Championship Group

Ireland have 10 boxers in the Semi-Finals of the European Schoolboys Boxing Championship which are taking place in Romania. Derry boxing club Maydown Olympic’s Cathal Gormley is in the semi-final, and is guaranteed a bronze medal in the championships. Peter O’Donnell, Chairman of the Boxing Board, and manager of the Irish Schoolboys’ team was on

John Kelly from St Johnston is the new Irish National Senior Shot-put Champion following a 16.41m throw in Santry in Dublin. Convoy’s Gavin McLoughlin was in 4th position. It’s 65 years since a Donegal man won the title, James Gallagher was the man back then to do it. There are 3 Donegal competitors in the 800m

Jason Smyth won Gold in the T13 100m and 200m at the World Para-Athletic Championships in London this month. Smyth is looking forward to his next few years in competitive athletics, and is planning towards Tokyo in 2020, but is also planning for life after his athletics career. Jason is starting work experience in the financial

The M.A.D Adventure Race took place on the 22nd of July. This Adventure Race makes participants Run for 10km, Kayak for 2km, Cycle for 24km, Trail Run for 2.5km, cycle another 19.5km and then finish with a 1km run. Marty Lynch was the male winner with a time of 2 hours, 31 minutes and 58 seconds.

Illies Golden Gloves Boxing Club’s John Moran will come back from the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas with a Bronze medal. Moran lost in his semi-final against his Welsh opponent James Nathan Probert. He won his quarter-final bout 5-0 against Seanoa Hall of Samoa, after having a bye in the preliminary round.

It was a mixed day for Cricket in the Northwest on Saturday. We saw 1 game abandoned because of overnight rain seeping under the pitch cover, and another game saw Eglinton showcase poor batting which gave Donemana a relatively easy 8 wicket victory. Coleraine, Brigade and Donemana continued their dominance and opened a wider gap at

Kevin Walsh was very complimentary of Galway’s work in preparing for the game against Donegal yesterday evening. He felt that there was a huge difference in his side compared to their loss against Roscommon in the Connacht Final, but he says that Galway took their opportunity to make things right. Walsh gave his thoughts on

Sean Armstrong helped his Galway side to a victory over Donegal today with a handful of points, and will now move onto the All-Ireland Quarter-Final against Kerry. Armstrong said that the scoreboard did not give a real reflection of the game today, as Donegal were down to 13 players for much of the second half

  Galway handed Donegal a 15 point defeat when the sides met in Round 4A of the All-Ireland Qualifiers in Sligo this evening. 3 goals in the first half and Donegal being left with 13 men following 2 black cards when Donegal had used all of their substitutions all led to the 4-17 v 0-14

Donegal have won their third Andrew O’Neill Cup in a row following their win over Sligo in Markievicz Park on Saturday evening. Donegal manager Tom Hennessy is very proud of his side following the match, and he spoke to Oisin Kelly… Team Captain Jack O’Loughlin also spoke to Oisin in Sligo following their victory…

Donegal have won their third All-Ireland Hurling U21 C Championship in a row following their win over Sligo in Markievicz Park on Saturday evening. It was a 5 point win in the end following a game that saw Donegal lead for most of the game, but in the second half Sligo came back after being

The National Track and Field Championships are taking place in Dublin this weekend. There are plenty of athletes from the North-West taking part, and it has been a good meet for them so far. Patsy McGonagle was on Saturday Sport with the very latest…

  Donegal face Sligo in the All-Ireland U-21 C Final in Markievicz Park in Sligo this afternoon. Donegal saw off fellow Ulster side Tyrone in the Semi-Final with a scoreline of 2-23 v 1-05, and Sligo had a great win over Leinster side Louth, defeating them by 43 points; 5-35 v 1-04. Donegal are going

Donegal face Galway in Markievicz Park in Sligo on Saturday evening in their All-Ireland Qualifier. Donegal come into the game off the back of 2 wins against Longford and Meath respectively, whereas Galway are still reeling from their shock loss to Roscommon in the Connacht Final. Throw-in is at 7pm and you can listen to

Donegal look to make the All Ireland series quarter finals for the seventh year in a row this weekend. They play Galway on Saturday at Markievicz Park in Sligo knowing a victory will secure a last eight birth once again. There maybe some team news from the Donegal camp later today. Ahead of the game

Donegal and Galway will face off once again in the All Ireland Qualifiers this weekend. They meet at the same stage in 2015 with Donegal running out ten point winners. In that short time both counties have seen significant change to their starting sides. On the injury front for the Tribesmen, Sean Armstrong has returned

Donegal head into the  last of the qualifiers this Saturday in Sligo with the carrot of All Ireland Quarter Final place up for grabs. Beaten Connacht finalists Galway are the latest hurdle for Donegal at Markievicz Park. Donegal reached Round 4 with wins over Longford and Meath while the Tribesmen come to the qualifiers hurting

The FAI has confirmed dates for the rescheduling of two fixtures for Finn Harps league games.  The Cork City will now be played at Finn Park on Monday, August 21st with a kick-off at 8pm. The match had originally been fixed for tonight Friday, July 21st. In the second date change Limerick will now host

All Ireland U21 C Hurling Final Sligo v Donegal 4pm All Ireland Football Qualifier Round 4A Donegal v Galway 7pm Markievicz Park will host two games this Saturday 22nd July. Throw in times of 4pm and 7pm. All Supporters and Patrons are urged to plan their journey and to arrive early, in order to avoid

Rory McIlroy hauled himself back into contention at the Open Championship with a 2 under par second round 68 that leaves him one underoverall for the tournament. Following his five bogeys in the first sixholes yesterday, McIlroy is obviously very pleased to be under par at the halfway stage.