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Letterkenny AC’s Teresa McDaid is to be honoured with a Civic Reception from the Donegal County Council for her role in athletics locally and with Ireland at the last two Olympic games. Teresa was team and operations manager in both Paris and Tokyo and became the first female to manage an Irish Athletics team in

Finn Harps Football Club have announces the celebration of its 70th anniversary with a grand gala dinner on Saturday, the 26th of October at the Villa Rose Hotel. Tickets are priced at €50, which includes a four-course meal and a champagne reception on arrival. The evening will feature live entertainment with a band and DJ,

Darren Mc Cann has been ratified as the new Tyrone senior ladies football manager. The Ballygawley based schoolteacher who had been in charge of the Tyrone minors for two seasons had been the recommended candidate after an interview process held last week. The Errigal Ciaran clubman and his management team were appointed unanimously. Armagh clubman

A full investigation is expected to take place into an incident on Sunday that saw a Brian McCormick Sports Cup match between Swilly Rovers and Rathmullan Celtic being abandoned early in the second half. It’s understood that the referee was the alleged subject of a physical attack by a player following the awarding of a

Seamus Coleman has been ruled out of the Republic of Ireland’s game with Greece in the Nations League tomorrow. The Donegal native suffered a suspected ankle injury in a coming together with Harry Maguire during Saturday’s defeat to England. Festy Ebosele has been drafted in as Coleman’s replacement, with the Irish squad due to train

Damien Vereker and his pilot from Donegal Mitchell McLaughlin were in action this afternoon at the Paralympics in Paris competing in the Men’s B Individual Time Trial They came home 7th place with a time of 36.31.09. Damien said, “It was really hot, we didn’t want to give everything on the first hill we wanted

Katie George Dunlevy has struck gold in the Para Cycling (road race), B Time Trial. Adding to her bronze medal, Katie George, piloted by Linda Kelly put in a fantastic stint on the bike, covering 28.3km in a time of 38.16.58. When asked could she put into words how she was feeling Katie George laughed

Mark English was back in action for the first time since the Olympics Games on Tuesday evening. The Finn Valley man finished second in 800m at the World Athletics Continental Tour silver level meet in Rovereto, Italy English clocked 1:45.17 to finish runner up behind Romanian Catalin Tecuceanu.

Donegal Jockey’s Dylan Browne McMonagle and Oisin Orr has winners on Tuesday. McMonagle won the last of his four races at Gowran Park, He was on Mr Percey for trainer Joseph O’Brien, taking win number 53 in this Irish flat season. Cross channell, Oisin Orr has now noticed up 59 winners in the UK this

Rally Ceredigion took place in Wales over the weekend which was a counting round of the British and European Rally Championships. Donegal’s Ryan MacHugh and his navigator Arthur Kierans marked one of the biggest rallies of the young Donegal driver’s career with a seventh-place finish in the RC4 category of the international rally. The result

With the promise of good weather for the weekend, Finn Wheelers Cycling Club are looking forward to hosting their 3 Counties Sportive this Sunday with a 135km route taking in the scenic landscapes of Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone. A shorter 62km route is also available taking in counties Donegal & Tyrone suitable for leisure cyclists.

The volunteers and community groups who came out in force to ensure the smooth running of Sunday’s Donegal Half Marathon have been commended by race director, Brendan McDaid. The annual event, first staged in 2014, attracted an entry of almost 600, with 480 taking the starter’s whistle. Foyle Valley’s Gary Slevin secured the Dessie Larkin

There are 35 Irish athletes competing in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris with the action begin this morning. Donegal Mitchell McLaughlin will pilot Damien Vereker on the track this afternoon in the Para Cycling Mens 4000m Individual Pursuit. They go in heat 6 at 1.11pm. That’s the first of three event for the duo.

A bumper field of over 2,500 runners is expected in Ebrington Square this Sunday for the city’s biggest sports event – the Waterside Half Marathon. The record entry for the 41st edition of the race will take on a brand new course that will incorporate the city’s four bridges and will start and finish at

Ballyshannon Marlins Swimming Club will host a very special homecoming for Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Mona McSharry this evening in Ballyshannon Town Centre. “Ballyshannon Welcomes Mona McSharry – Olympic Games Bronze Medallist” will see the return of Mona and her Club coach Grace Meade to the town for what promises to be an historic evening.

The new Inishowen Football League season swings into action this weekend with league cup fixtures in the Clubman Shirts and Charlie O’Donnell competitions. Cockhill Celtic took a clean sweep in Inishowen last year and will again be the team to beat this campaign. Oisin Kelly caught up with Competition Secretary Diarmaid O’Brien ahead of the

Derry City Football Club have announced the signing of former Liverpool, Derby County and Red Bull Salzburg defender Andre Wisdom until the end of the 2024 season. The 31-year-old defender made the breakthrough at Liverpool and enjoyed a significant period with Derby County, who he joined for £4.5m from Liverpool. The player, who can play

Derry captain James Sargent has been named as this year’s Electric Ireland Minor Star Football Player of the Year. The midfielder scored a goal in the All-Ireland final win against Armagh while he was also named player of the match on the day. The Team of the Year is made up of five from Derry,

The Donegal Sports Star Committee has confirmed the two deadline dates for the 2024 Awards. The first deadline is for the schools nominations and is Friday 25th of October. All other nominations must be submitted to the Committee by Friday 29th of November. Schools are first because it is only successes in the academic year

Donegal Half Marathon Committee Chairman, Myles Sweeney, says he’s overwhelmed at the level of interest in this year’s event which takes place on Sunday, August 25th in Letterkenny. “We’ve been attracting between 400 and 500 in recent years, but this year it looks like the final entry could be close to 600 which is fantastic,”

The draw for the 2024 Sports Direct Men’s FAI Cup Quarter-Finals has been confirmed with a repeat of the 2022 Final on the cards as Derry City host Shelbourne. On that day, Derry took the cup with a 4-0 win at the Aviva Stadium while you have to go back to the 99/00 season when

Donegal Jockey Brandon Wilkie was back in the winners enclosure on Monday at Yarmouth. Wilkie won onboard the 17/2 shot Sugarloaf Lenny with trainer William Knight. It was Wilkie’s 4th win in the past ten days and his 26th this season in the UK. He also won recently at Doncaster, Kempton Park and Thirsk.

Mickey Harte is to return to inter county senior football management, one month on from leaving Derry. Tyrone’s former All Ireland winning boss is to become the joint manager of Offaly. He will take a three year term with the Faithful County alongside Declan Kelly. He has been endorsed by the Offaly management committee with

The Donegal CCC have confirmed the fixture details for Round 3 of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal Senior  FootballChampionship. Saturday 24th August Four Masters v Glenswilly 4pm St Eunans v Gaoth Dobhair 4pm Glenfin v Kilcar 6pm MacCumhaills v Naomh Conaill 8pm Sunday 25th August St Nauls v Killybegs 2pm Cloughanelly v Downings

Finn Valley’s Sinead McConnell has picked up a second medal at the World Masters Championships in Gothenburg. She took silver in this mornings 5k walk in a season best time of 27:04.39. The medal follows the silver she won over the weekend in the 10k race walk. Michelle Rohl from the United States who won

Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship Glenswilly                              0-14 – 2-06               Cloughaneely Ardara                                      1-11 – 4-11