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Slaughtneil of Derry will meet Sarsfields of Galway  in the AIB All-Ireland senior camogie final. The Derry champions pulled off a shock 3-8 to 3-6 victory over Burgess-Duharra of Tipperary in a cracker to keep their club’s remarkable treble bid alive. In the other semi-final Sarsfield 0-8 to 0-7 win over Thomastown after a real

  Darron Gibson looks set to be the latest Everton player to link up with former manager David Moyes. The Irish international is on the verge of joining Sunderland on a permanent deal after a four and a half year spell at Goodison Park. The 29 year old Derry man has yet to play a

Gaobh Dobhair u-21’s lost out to Watty Grahams in the Ulster u-21 semi-final. Gaobh Dobhair beat St Mary’s of Antrim in the quarter-final last week- but, with a number of players out injured, and the Derry side going for a third Ulster title, this game presented a different challenge for Sean Nancy Gallagher’s men. Despite

It was a good weekend for Donegal athletes,with success for Letterkenny AC and Finn Valley. At the NI and Ulster Intermediate and Masters Cross Country competition, Letterkenny AC women’s team finished first in the Intermediate to take home the gold medal, while in the Masters, they finished 13th overall. In the men’s, Finn Valley took

  Fanad Utd 1 vs 1 Bonagee Utd Scorers:- Fanad: Seamie ‘Coshia’ Friel Bonagee: Chris Moran Swilly Rvs 2 v 0 Derry City Res Scorers:- Swilly: Martin McDaid, Lawrence Toland Letterkenny Rvs 2 v 0 Finn Harps Res Played Saturday Scorers:- Conor Tourish and Paul Boyle

Place Name Team Chip Time Gun Time Bib Number Gender 1 Conor Bradley City of Derry Spartans 15:19 15:19 255 M 2 Mooney Danny Letterkenny AC 15:22 15:22 287 M 3 McGinley Eoghain Letterkenny AC 15:29 15:29 311 M 4 Breslin Pauric Letterkenny AC 15:39 15:39 303 M 5 Gerard Gallagher Finn Valley AC 16:52

City of Derry defeated Dungannon by a scoreline of 17-18 in a dramatic fashion, in the All-Ireland division two, yesterday. The result is City of Derry’s third victory of the year and it was won in the most dramatic of fashions. With just around 10 minutes left in the game, the Derry side trailed behind

Brian McCormick Sports Premier Castlefin Celtic 0 vs 1 Drumoghill FC Kilmacrennan Celtic FC 2 vs 2 Lagan Harps FC Milford United FC 2 vs 2 Glenea United Rathmullan Celtic 3 vs 3 Killdrum Tigers Temple Domestic Division One Cappry Rovers 1 vs 0 Keadue Rovers FC Donegal Town FC 6 vs 0 Deele Harps

When Sinead Jennings qualified for her first Olympic games, she and her rowing partner Claire Lambe, the two previous disappointments seemed to be forgotten about. But, not only did they compete at the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, they reached the Lightweight Double Sculls Final. It was a remarkable performance by Sinead and at the

  Buncrana Credit Union Cup 2pm Clonmany S 6 v 1 Cockhill Youths QPS 0 v 1 Moville Celtic Glengad U 0 v 1 Buncrana hearts Illies Celtic 0 v 5 Aileach FC Culdaff FC 2 v 3 Carn FC Greencastle 8 v 0 Rasheney Carrowmena 0 v 3 Dunree Strand Hotel Division One Aileach

Pomeroy Plunketts lost out to St Colmcille’s  in the All-Ireland Intermediate semi-final in the Athletics Grounds, today. A slow start from the Tyrone outfit saw them fall behind and the game looked to be quickly getting away from them with a halftime scoreline of 1-07-0-05 in favour of St Colmcille’s. Again in the second half,

Dundedin Connolly’s, under the command of Donegal man- Cormac O’Gara, lost out to Tyrone’s Rock St Patrick’s in the All-Ireland junior semi-final, in the Athletic grounds today. The Edinburgh based club, won the British Championship and narrowly defeated Leinster Champions Rosenalli’s to reach the semi-final. But, the Tyrone side proved too strong for Connolly’s with

Glencar Inn Saturday Division Arranmore United 1 v 0 Orchard F.C. Saturday Reserve Division Donegal Town Reserves 2 v 1 Glenea United Reserves St. Catherines Reserves 5 v 0 Kilmacrennan Celtic Reserves Milford United Reserves 0 v 4 Castlefin Celtic Reserves Glenree United Reserves 5 v 0 Erne Wanderers Reserves

Tyrone manager, Mickey Harte was happy with his team’s resilience throughout the McKenna Cup and has said they can use their success as a platform going forward. Tyrone defeated Derry last night to take home their sixth McKenna Cup in a row. The strong team named by Harte combined a large chunk of last year’s

Olympic rower and Donegal Sports Star of the Year, Sinead Jennings will join us in studio, to reflect on her recent award. In football, The Donegal Ladies kick start their National Football League campaign at home to Armagh, Tom Comack will be live at that game providing us with updates. Gaobh Dobhair u-21’s take on

  Tyrone defeated Derry comfortably by a score of 2-13 -1-07 to win their sixth consecutive McKenna Cup campaign. In the last decade, Tyrone have featured in every McKenna Cup final and won eight- tonight was no different with Mickey Harte’s men easing past Derry. The game was tight in the beginning with both teams

  It was a good day for Donegal athletes at the NI and Ulster Intermediate and Masters Cross Country competition today. Letterkenny AC women’s team finished first in the Intermediate to take home the gold medal, while in the Masters, they finished 13th overall. In the men’s, Finn Valley took home the  War memorial  trophy.

In total, 207 of Donegal’s best sports stars were nominated for awards in the 41st Annual Donegal Sports Star Awards. The awards recognises excellence across a wide range of range of sports- from soccer, to badminton, to Martial Arts. It also remembers sports stars who excelled in the past and adds one of them to

Place Bib Name Gender AG Club Time 1. 19 Ryan Owen m MO North Leitrim 16:39,7 2. 43 Adam Cooke m MO Omagh Harriers 16:56,9 3. 24 Paul Ward m MO Tír Chonaill AC 17:01,9 4. 5 Sara Doohan f FO Cocran AC 17:38,1 5. 12 Philip Hunter m MO UCD AC 18:20,0 6. 20

City of Derry defeated Dungannon by a scoreline of 17-18 in a dramatic fashion, in the All-Ireland division two, today. The result is City of Derry’s third victory of the year and it was won in the most dramatic of fashions. With just around 10 minutes left in the game, the Derry side trailed behind

St Eunan’s College lost out to Our Lady’s Secondary School, Castleblaney in the quarter-final of the MacLarnon Cup, in Drumragh. The game was a tight affair with, but St Eunan’s will be ruing missed opportunity’s in the first half, clocking up nine wides. Despite missing four good goal chances, St Eunan’s looked to be on

British Junior Champions, Dundedin Connolly’s,face the Rock of Tyrone, in the All-Ireland Junior semi-final, tomorrow. The Edinburgh based club, under the command of Donegal man, Cormac O’Gara, narrowly defeated Leinster Champions Rosenalli’s in the quarter-final. O’Gara caught up with Tom Comack to look ahead to an historic game in the club’s history…

Donegal Ladies kick off their LIDL National Football League tomorrow, with a home clash against Armagh, in Convoy. This season sees the return of division one football for Michael Naughton’s women where they will face Mayo, Dublin, Kerry, Cork and Monaghan. Division One is where the top teams are and where top teams need to

Athletics Winner: Brendan Boyce, Letterkenny A.C. Badminton Winner: Chloe Magee, Raphoe Basketball Winner: Seán Mac Gettigan, North Star Boxing Winner: Brett McGinty, Oakleaf A.B.C. Camogie Winner: Rhianne McDermott, Burt Clay Pigeon shooting Winner: Joe O’Donnell, Carrigans & St. Johnston Gun Club Cue Sports Winner: Sean Devenney, North West Snooker Club, Letterkenny Darts Winner: John Flood,

In our GAA preview after 3pm, we look ahead to tonights final of the Dr McKenna Cup between Tyrone and Derry with Mickey Harte’s side searching for their sixth title in a row, Tomorrow, the Donegal Ladies team kick start their season in the National football league against Armagh, we speak to manager, Michael Naughton.

Illies Golden Gloves boxer, Daryll Moran won the 49kg Light-Featherweight National u-22 final, in the National Stadium Dublin, last night. The Buncrana man came up against Jordan Leahy from Urlingford and won the bout by unanimous decision. Moran was Donegal’s only representative left at the Championships and this title is his ninth Irish title of