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Triple Olympian Chloe Magee got a wonderful homecoming in Raphoe last night. Hundreds gathered to greet and welcome the local girl who has represented Ireland in badminton in the Olympics in Beijing, London and Rio. Her homecoming coincided with the start of National Badminton Week. The big crowd that gathered at Raphoe Badminton Hall were

Finn Harps suffered a 2-0 defeat to league leaders Dundalk at Oriel Park on Monday night. Former Derry man Patrick McEleney scored the opening goal just six minutes into the game. It was a steady display by Stephen Kenny’s side as Harps took over an hour to get a shot on target. Harps boss Ollie

Milford, who were promoted a couple of weeks ago, are the Division Two champions in the All-County League after they beat St. Naul’s 2-15 to 1-11 yesterday. In Division Four, Moville landed the title after they beat Na Rossa by a single point, 3-8 to 0-16. Meanwhile, Kilcar top the table in Division One, with

Finn Harps can go a long way to maintaining their top flight status by beating Longford Town next weekend. That was the verdict today of Highland Radio’s soccer analyst Sean Connor. But Sean warned that Harps probably have little chance of causing an upset away to champions Dundalk tomorrow night. He also discussed cross-channel results,

AllSportStore.com Division 1 – Sun, 11 Sep Kilcar 4-20 V 3-09 Bundoran Dungloe 2-08 V 1-09 St Eunan’s Gaoth Dobhair 7-11 V 0-08 St Michael’s Termon 4-11 V 3-20 Naomh Conáil Glenswilly 1-12 V 2-05 Ardara   AllSportStore. Division 2 Sat, 10 Sep, Milford 2-15 V 1-11 St Naul’s Sun, 11 Sep, Naomh Columba 0-13

Mark English finished second to Olympic Champion David Rudisha in a 500m race in Newcastle, England on Saturday. In the build up to the Great North Run, the Great North City Games are held on the streets of Newcastle city. In his first race over the rarely-run distance and in front of 25,000 spectators, Rudisha

There were great performances in today’s Donegal 5k which was won by a Derry athlete. Declan Reed of City of Derry finished first in a time of 15:19. Ciaran Doherty of Letterkenny AC finished first in a time of 15:28. Mark Hoy of Finn Valley AC finished first in a time of 15:55. The first

Tyrone Senior Championship results, Sunday, September 11: Omagh 1-08 v 2-07 Clonoe Dromore 3-09 v 1-08 Ardboe

Inishowen Football League results – Sun 11th Sept Premier Division Dunree 0 v 3 Clonmany Carn 3 v 1 QPS Greencastle 3 v 4 Aileach Culdaff 1 v 9 Glengad   Division 1 QPS Res 1 v 0 Aileach Res Clonmany Res 1 v 1 Moville Cel Cockhill Yth 6 v 2 Carrowmena Illies Cel

It is worrying times for City of Derry after they have launched the new season with three opening defeats. They have lost two in the Ulster Premier League and one in the cup. Their latest league loss was on Saturday when they lost 50 v 05 to Banbridge. Highland Radio’s rugby correspondent Alex McDonald told

Ulster Senior League results, Sunday, September 11: Letterkenny Rovers 2 v 1 Derry City Reserves Bonagee United 1` v 1 Swilly Rovers Cockhill Celtic 1 v 0 Fanad United

Ulster Senior League result: Letterkenny Rovers 2 – 1 Derry City Reserves Letterkenny Rovers started their Ulster Senior League campaign on Sunday with a 2-1 home victory over Derry City Reserves. Kieran McGrath has the match details…  

We will have live updates from the Tyrone Senior GAA Championship quarter-finals. Omagh face Clonoe and Dromore take on Ardboe. We will also have all the scores from the Donegal All County League. The Ulster Senior League is in action with Letterkenny Rovers playing Derry City, Bonagee Utd against Fanad Utd, and Cockhill Celtic versus Swilly

A 4-0 win over Shelbourne in Killygordon on Saturday keeps the Finn Harps U17s side on track for a place in the knockout stages of the national competition. Two goals each from captain Shane Blaney and Niall McGinley sealed the victory for Declan Boyle’s side. Shels came to the Curragh in contention to qualify from the

Donegal’s Rena McCarron Rooney put up a great performance representing Ireland in the women’s table tennis quarter-final singles before losing out to world No.1 Seo Su-Yeon at the Paralympics in Brazil. The Irish player was always going to be the rank outsider and battled well before losing to the Korean by three games to nil,

MacCumhaill’s have captured the Donegal Senior Hurling Championship for only the second time in the club’s history. They beat the champions Burt 2-13 to 2-9 in the decider of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure sponsored competition in great conditions at sun-kissed O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny. With Lee Henderson once again playing a real captain’s role,

Sean MacCumhaill’s have beat the champions Burt 2-13 to 2-9 in the final of the Donegal Hurling Senior Championship. Manager Eamon McAuley spoke to Tom Comack after the game, where he reflected on the side’s second Hurling title win in their history..

Tom Comack got the reaction of Sean MacCumhaill’s midfielder Paddy Hannigan after their Hurling Championship final win over Burt. He also spoke to full back Jamsie Donnelly on the historic win.

Finn Harps prepare to play top of the league side Dundalk on Monday night at Oriel Park, Dundalk. Ollie Horgan’s side, who are at the bottom end of the league, are hoping to come away with a good performance. Chris Ashmore spoke with Ollie Horgan on Saturday Sport, ahead of the game.

Derry City progress to the semi-finals of the FAI Cup following a 3-1 over Wexford Youths on Friday night. Goals from Rory Patterson, Lucas Schubert and Barry McNamee secured a place in the semi-finals for Kenny Shiels’s side. Liam Spratt spoke with Derry City manager Kenny Shiels after the game, who was naturally pleased with

  Liam Spratt spoke with Wexford Youths’ goalkeeper and captain Graham Doyle following their loss to Derry City last night.

The quarter final meetings of the Tyrone Senior Championship take place this weekend, with a number of games down for decision, as well as a replay. Tom Comack has been looking ahead to the big games with three times Tyrone All-Ireland winning goalkeeper Pascal McConnell.

Banaghar take on Slaughtneil in the Derry Senior Hurling Championship final tomorrow Sunday at Owenbeg. Throw in is at 3.45pm. Tom Comack looks ahead to the final with Derry PRO Dermot McPeake.

Today’s game between Donemana and Brigade in the North West Premiership was called off. This is the latest fixture to have been hit in a season that has seen numerous postponements. This postponement means that Ardmore will now play Donemana next weekend. If Ardmore win they will be level on points with Coleraine and Brigade.

Derry City are in the hat for the semi-finals of the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup. Last night they came from behind to beat Wexford Youths 3-1 at Ferrycarraig Park. Eric Molloy put the home side ahead on six minutes, but Derry drew level through Rory Patterson on 45 minutes. City then took the lead

The Donegal Michael Murphy Sport Senior Hurling Championship final takes place this afternoon at O Donnell Park, where Burt and MacCumhaill’s battle it out for the title. Tom Comack spoke with Burt manager Tom Hennessy ahead of the eagerly anticipated game.

This afternoon’s Senior Hurling Championship Final will be a battle for Sean MacCumhaill’s, as Burt hope to win their 6th title in a row. Ahead of the game, Tom Comack spoke with MacCumhaill’s manager Eamon McAuley.

  Raphoe Olympian Chloe Magee and Badminton Ireland will host a Badminton Exhibition this coming Monday 12th September in Raphoe Badminton Club. Chloe has just returned from competing in Rio, Brazil and in the process became the only Donegal sportsperson to compete in three Olympic Games. She will be joined on Monday night by other