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Who needs the sunny climes of Rio? One hundred and sixty swimmers from all over the north-west, and as far as England, Wicklow, Kerry and Dublin took to the waters of Gartan Lough for the second Gartan Swim Challenge on Saturday. Aged from 9 to 65 they took part in their choice of the four

It’s been a tough month on the field for Ollie Horgan and Finn Harps so it’s going to take a huge amount of mental strength to bounce back with a positive result against one of the biggest club’s in League of Ireland football Shamrock Rovers this Friday night in Ballybofey (kick-off 8.00). It’s now the

Derry City have eased their injury crisis with the signing of a new defender. Austrian Max Kraner has joined the club. A friend of Lukas Schubert, who has made a real impact since joining the Brandywell Club, Kramer watched City defeat Bohemians 2-0 in the FAI Cup third round in Dublin at the weekend. Kraner

The Donegal Marathon and Half Marathon attracted over 500 competitors, and there were many notable performances. Already, planning for next year is underway and efforts will be made to make the event even more successful and popular. It is hoped that a number of the half marathon competitors will now go on to try a

Brigade are the 2016 O’Neill’s Ulster Cup champions after they beat Ardmore 3-2 in a bowl-out at a soggy Bready on Sunday evening. It was a match that was very much in the balance before the rain came shortly after the start of the second innings with the Bleachgreen team 14-1 after 5.1 overs in

Alastair Fisher & Gordon Noble in a Ford Fiesta R5 have moved into the lead of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship with one round to go. Second place overall behind rally winner Elfyn Evans on the John Mulholland Motors Ulster Rally was enough to move them into the championship lead with just the AceSigns

  Donegal League – Sun 21st Aug Brian McCormick Cup – Area Shield Semi Finals     Letterkenny Area  DrumKeen Utd       0 vs  1      Rathmullan Celtic Drumoghill FC      6  vs  7       Lagan Harps   Donegal Area  St Catherines        3  vs   2     Erne Wanderers Donegal Town      4   vs    1     Cappry Rvs  

Former Dundalk and Sligo Rovers Manager Sean Connor talks to Highland Sport’s Chris Ashmore about the FAI Cup, as well as taking a look at the English Premier League..

Republic of Ireland rounded off an excellent training camp in Wales with a 2-1 victory over Wales thanks to a Katie McCabe double. A young Ireland squad travelled to Wales for a training camp and two challenge matches, the first of which was played at Newport’s Rodney Parade on Friday night. Manager Sue Ronan looks

Donegal sisters Sinead and Catriona Jennings were both celebrating great wins today. Sinead Jennings, who last week was finished sixth in the lightweight double sculls rowing final at the Rio Olympics, was the winner of the female section of today’s Donegal Half Marathon. She went over the line in one hour 23 minutes and 40 seconds. Her

Letterkenny’s Pauric Breslin won the Donegal Half Marathon in a great time of one hour 15 minutes and 24 seconds. Gavin Crawford of the 24/7 Triathlon Club was second in one hour 17 minutes and 18 seconds. Third was Michael Black in one hour 17 minutes and 39 seconds. Breslin, who has won numerous races on

Donegal’s Ciaran McGonagle has won the Donegal Marathon. The Rosses AC man crossed the line in two hours 41 minutes and 13 seconds. Having finished second in the event last year and third in the Derry marathon earlier this year, this was a great win for him. Afterwards, he gave his reaction to Highland Radio

Elfyn Evans had a double reason to celebrate at the end of the John Mulholland Motors Ulster Rally in Derry as he won both the International Rally and the MSA British Rally Championship. Evans and co-driver Craig Parry, in a Ford Fiesta R5, led the rally on 11 out of the 14 stages. But they

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Alex Gleeson has won the 2016 Irish Amateur Close Championship title in Ballyliffen. In this afternoons match-play final he beat the silver medal stroke play winner from earlier in the week John Ross Galbrath 2&1. It was a second successive appearance in the final for Gleeson and the result makes up for the disappointment of

Derry’s Aileen Reid finished in 21st place in the Women’s Triathlon on the penultimate day of the Rio Olympic Games. She was four minutes and 58 seconds behind American Gold medal winner Gwen Jorgensen.

The new season for the various north west rugby clubs gets up and running in the coming weeks. Oisin Kelly took a look at what lays ahead for the sides in their respective championships with Highland’s Rugby Correspondent Alex McDonald…

The Finn Harps senior squad continued preparations for next Friday night’s home League of Ireland Premier Division fixture against Shamrock Rovers with training in Letterkenny today. With Bray Wanderers joining Harps on 23 points there’s now only Wexford Youths and Longford Town below Ollie Horgan’s side in the table. With the stakes getting higher the

The Olympic Games in Rio are winding down this weekend. Milford’s Brendan Boyce had a top 20 finish in the 50k walk on Friday while his teammate Rob Heffernan completed his fifth games with a 6th place finish. Meanwhile sprint superstar Usain Bolt completed the triple treble of winning nine titles across three Games. He

The Donegal Minor team take on Connacht champions Galway in tomorrow’s All-Ireland Minor semi final at Croke Park. Manager Sean Paul Barrett looks at his teams chances, as they hope to progress to the All-Ireland final. He spoke with Tom Comack ahead of the game.   Tune into Highland Sport’s live coverage of Donegal V

The first round of the Derry Senior Football Championship is being played this weekend. Slaughtneil and Banagher have already reached the next stage with opening round wins. Action continues tonight and on Sunday with five further games to be played Tom Comack has being assessing the ties with former Derry and Ballinascreen star Eamon Burns…

Galway Bay FM commentator Kevin O’Dwyer looks at the Minor All-Ireland semi final clash between Donegal and Galway at Croke Park tomorrow. He spoke with Tom Comack, where he gave a run down on the Connacht champions and their route to the last four.

Jackie Reilly played at centre half forward in Donegal’s three games – against Derry, Down and Armagh – run to the county’s first Ulster Minor Championship title, in 1956. However, the former Erin’s Hope, Sean MacCumhaills, Tir Chonaill Gaels and St Eunan’s star forward was one of two players that were dropped for the All-Ireland semi-

Inishowen League Cup Results for Friday 19th August Redcastle               3    V   0         Carrowmena Rasheney              2     V    3        Cockhill Yth Clonmany            8      V    1        Clonmany Res Greencastle          1     V      3      Glengad Illies                   2       V    2        Culdaff

Kilmacrennan’s Richard Kerr has been making gains on the standings of the Moto3 category in the British Superbikes Championship. After a slow start in the early rounds he finds himself just outside the top ten with five rounds to go. The 16 year old is targeting more podium finishes and points before his second season

On today’s Saturday Sport, We’ll look ahead to this weekend’s All Ireland Minor Football Semi Final as Donegal take on Galway in the curtain raiser at Croke Park tomorrow. We’ll keep you a breast of whats happening at the Irish Amatuer Close Championship Final in Ballyliffen, The Ulster Rally is based in Derry and the

John Ross Galbraith will face fellow international Alex Gleeson in the final of the AIG Irish Amateur Close at Ballyliffin this afternoon. Galbraith beat Newlands’ Jake Whelan in this mornings semi final 3&1 while Gleeson produced a stunning iron shot at the 18th to seal a one-hole win against Peter Kerr. Galbraith, who is bidding