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Cockhill Celtic have won the 2017 Ulster Senor League. They defeated Swilly Rovers by 1 goal to nil to ensure the league win. This is the fifth season in a row that Cockhill have won the Ulster Senior League. A Peter Doherty goal in the first half was enough to seal the win at Swilly

Glenswilly started their 2017 Championship campaign with a 0-15 to 1-07 victory over Ardara. The Glenswilly men were well in control at half-time, but backed off at the start of the second half and let Ardara in for a goal. The home team managed to keep their noses in front and walked out of today’s

Kilcar started their 2017 Championship campaign with a good win over Gweedore. Barry Doherty’s team triumphed in an enthralling encounter that saw Kilcar edge out Gweedore with a scoreline of 1-15 v 1-12. Peter Campbell was at the match for Highland Radio, and spoke to Barry Doherty after the match to get his reaction…

St. Eunan’s recorded a 14 point win over Four Masters on Sunday afternoon to give their Championship hopes a big boost. Eunan’s scored 1-21, which trumped Four Masters’ 0-08 over the hour of play. Eunan’s manager Barry Meehan wasn’t happy with his team’s first half performance but they came out in the second half and

Premier Division / Division 1 Play-Off   Sunday 7th May     Dry Arch Park, Bonagee   Milford United             2                      v                      0          Gweedore Celtic

Ulster Senior League Results – 7th May 2017 Swilly Rovers 0 – 1 Cockhill Celtic Fanad Utd 0 – 4 Letterkenny Rovers

Saturday  6th May Hannon Greene Insurances Fr O’ Gara Cup Final Illies Celtic  3     v    2       Moville Celtic – Sunday  7th May Premier  Division Buncrana   0        v      2     Glengad Aileach    2          v      2     Greencastle

St. Michaels defeated CLG Sean MacCumhaill to claim their first win in this year’s championship. 3-09 v 0-13 was the final score in a match that both teams were up for according to St. Michael’s Colm McFadden. Tom Comack watched the match for Highland Radio, and he spoke to McFadden to get this reaction…

Round 2 of the North West cricket season kicked off yesterday, but not all games could be played because of the Irish national team facing England in Lords. The game between Donemana and Ardmore was not played to allow travelling support for the Irish team. Coleraine and Brigade took full advantage of this as they

Aodha Ruadh started off their Intermediate Championship campaign on Saturday night with an 8 point win over Milford in Milford. The Ballyshannon men dominated the first half, scoring 1-09 with no reply. Manager James O’Donnell said that they came believing they could get a result and that his team were focused on the win. Ryan

Finn Harps lost out to league leaders Cork City 5-0 on Friday night at Turners Cross. The defeat was Harps third in a row and they remain fourth from bottom, just a point above the relegation zone. They could be in the bottom three if Sligo draw or win against Limerick on Saturday evening. Speaking

Donegal’s run in the Nicky Rackard Cup has been brought to an end after losing to Monaghan in the Quarter-Final in Inniskeen with a scoreline of  1-16 to 1-12. Donegal started well in this match, leading by one point at the break, 1-05 to 0-07. In the second half Monaghan took control and led 0-15

The local rugby season has concluded with club across the north west having had long campaigns. Omagh were the big winners after gaining promotion to senior rugby for the first time in twenty years. After a rocky start City of Derry held their place in All Ireland League 2b while the junior clubs in the

Tyrone got the better of Donegal in the Quarter Final of the Ulster Special U17 Football Competition with a scoreline of 2-09 to 1-07.  Healy Park was the venue for this quarter final clash on Saturday. A late goal for Tyrone gave them a 5 point win, but Donegal manager Francie Friel feels the scoreboard

Brendan O’Donnell from Lifford threw 67.2 metres in the Hammer Throw in Cork today, which is a European Junior Qualifying Standard. The European Junior Championships will be taking place in Grosetto in Italy between the 20th and 23rd of July this year.

  With the second series of games up and running in the SSE Airtricity League, Cork City have already massed a 14pt lead at the top of the Premier Division. Their latest win came via a 5-0 hammering of Finn Harps  at Turners Cross. The Leesiders maintained their 100% record and with last years winners

Derry City claimed their first win in 7 games with a 2-0 win over Bohemians at Maginn Park on Friday night. Dean Jarvis and Aaron McEneff were the goalscorers for Derry, in a match that manager Kenny Shiels said he was happy with keeping possession and a clean sheet. Martin Holmes spoke with Nathan Boyle

Institute Football Club are still on course to gain promotion to the Danske Bank Premiership next season after defeating Ballyclare Comrades 3-1 at the Riverside Stadium, and 3-2 on aggregate after 2 legs. Ballyclare Comrades brought a slender 1-0 lead into Friday’s second leg, but Jamie McIntyre brought the sides level on aggregate after 16

A run of seven games without a win ended at Maginn Park on Friday night when Derry City beat Bohemians by two goals to nil. The game’s hard to watch first half hour was livened up by a fine goal from Dean Jarvis when he rose unchallenged in the box meeting Aaron McEneff’s cross from

There was disappointment at the European Championships in Croatia for Tyler Toland and the Republic of Ireland u17 women’s side this afternoon. They lost 1-0 to Norway in their second group game at the Plzen City Stadium. A late header from Norway captain Rikke Bogetveit Nygard sealed a narrow defeat as Ireland wasted a number

Tyrone start the defence of their Anglo Celt Cup with another tie at Celtic Park as they clash with Derry in the Quarter Final of the Ulster Championship at the end of May. The O’Neill County will return to the city venue where they ran out 3-14 to 0-12 winners in 2016, a result which

The Ulster Championship starts for Derry on Sunday 28th May with a home tie against neighbours and provincial champions Tyrone. It’s a repeat of last years quarter final which Tyrone won by 11 points. This year has been difficult for the Oak Leaf county who were relegated to Division 3 of the National Football League.