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Ballyare teenager Oisin Orr landed the biggest race of his fledgling career when steering Balmont Mast to victory at Dundalk this afternoon. Sent off at 13-2 for the competitive Bar One Racing Mourne Handicap, Orr always had Balmont Mast in a handy position but showed maturity beyond his years to delay his challenge until the

It’s been a golden day for Ireland at the European Elite Boxing Championships. Westmeath’s Joe Ward has beaten Peter Mullenberg of the Netherlands to claim gold in the light-heavyweight decision. Earlier, Michael Conlan won gold in the bantamweight division with a unanimous decision victory over Britain’s Qais Ashfaq. Donegal’s Peter O’Donnell is Ireland Team manager

  Donagh Kelly has won the Irish Tarmac Championship Drivers title after winning the Ulster Rally which finished on Saturday in Enniskillen. Kelly took maximum points in his WRC Ford Focus with navigator Kevin Flanagan, coming home nearly two minutes ahead of Desi Henry and Liam Moynihan in a Skoda. Kelly took control of the

The Inishowen Football League kicks off next weekend, with  two rounds of games taking place on Friday and Sunday. The PRO of the Inishowen Football League, Terrence Hegarty, spoke to Oisin Kelly, where he told of Killea FC no longer being involved with the League, as well as looking forward to the season itself.  

Kevin McHugh’s second half penalty was enough to give Harps a vital win against Shels at Finn Park on Friday night. After the game, Diarmaid Doherty got the views of Harps boss, Ollie Horgan…………..

Triathlon Ireland with support from the Letterkenny 24/7 Triathlon will run their Woman’s Try-a-Tri Programme. The programme consists of a 6 week triathlon training programme, commencing on the 13th September. Club & Coach Development Manager, Michael Black, looked ahead to the initiative, as well as the Letterkenny 24/7 Triathlon club and how they have progressed

Ballyare 10k Results Mens: 1st – Marc McPaul  34:19 2nd – Ciaran McGonagle  34:32 3rd – Noel Diver  36:15   Male 40 – Joe Gallagher  39:19 Male 45 – Anthony Doherty  37:35 Male 50 – Joe Hegarty  39:15 Male 60 – James Doherty   47:27   Womens: 1st – Aisling Diver   43:52 2nd – Eimear Gormley 

The Derry Senior Football Championship swings into action this weekend. Loup and Magherafelt kicked off proceedings on Friday night at Owenbeg, with Loup winning 3-14 to Magherafelt’s 2-16. On Saturday evening, Swatragh face Kilrea, with throw in at 7.30pm. On Sunday, Bellaghy play Glen, Foreglen take on Newbridge and Slaughneil play Lavey. Tom Comack has

The second annual Donegal Marathon takes place next weekend, Sunday 23rd August, and will see route changes from last year. After last year’s event which was the first marathon in the county in over 30 years, runners had said parts of the course were very tough due to the terrain. Chairman of the Donegal Marathon

Kevin Mc Hugh says Finn Harps fully deserved their win on Friday night against Shelbourne as the Ballybofey side remain second in the table. The goal which seperated the side’s was a McHugh penalty eight minutes into the second half. Speaking with Highland’s Diarmaid Doherty after the game, Kevin Mc Hugh said it was a

Derry City lost for the the twelfth time on Friday night going down 2-0 to leaders Dundalk at the Brandywell. The Candystripes played most of the game with ten men after Conor Mc Cormick was harshly sent off. Derry travel to Sligo on Monday for a crucial relegation battle at the Showgrounds. Speaking with Highland’s

  There are a pair of gold medals on the line in Bulgaria for Peter O’Donnell’s Irish boxers today. First into the ring at the European Championships is Michael Conlan in the 56kg category. He’s up against Britain’s Qais Ashfaq who he beat to claim gold at last year’s Commenwealth Games. Westmeath’s Joe Ward then

Rory McIlroy is best placed of the Irish heading into day 3 of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. The world number one is 2-under par after a second consecutive round of 71. Shane Lowry and Padraig Harrington should both miss the cut, with both on 3-over. Masters and US Open champ, Jordan Spieth is

Premier Division leaders Dundalk left the Brandywell with the full set of points on Friday night thanks to a 2-0 win over Derry City. Derry’s task of pulling of a shock win against the title favourites was made even tougher when Conor McCormick was sent off on 23 minutes. The incident infuriated the Derry bench

Shay Given says he will retire from International duty at the end of the Euro 2016 campaign. Speaking to The Herald, the Stoke City keeper confirmed he will call it a day after the Euros in France next year- or at the end of the qualification campaign if the Boys in Green don’t make it.

Killea FC have withdrawn from the Inishowen League. The club informed the league on Friday morning that they will not be part of the new first division season. The reasoning behind their withdrawal was their inability to field a team due to the lack of local players and loss of their manager. Manager Emmett Mc

REPUBLIC of Ireland Women’s U19 head coach Dave Connell has announced his squad for two home friendly internationals against Scotland next week. Four Donegal girls have been included, Greencastle’s Nicole Gordan, Roma McLaughlin and Sarah Jane McDonald and Zoe McGlynn who now plays her football with Sion Swifts FC in Tyrone. The Irish host the

James O’Donoghue has emerged as a doubt for Kerry’s all Ireland semi final with Tyrone on Sunday 23rd August. The player of the year from last year has a shoulder injury. O’Donoghue dislocated his shoulder for the second time in the Kildare win and has yet to resume contact training. The Legion man had corrective

  It’s an important night for both Derry City and Finn Harps as they face very different challenges in the SSE Airtricity League Finn Harps are still very much in the hunt for automatic promotion from Division One – but they’ve experienced a bit of a slump in form and after last weekend’s defeat at

The Ulster Rally, the latest round of the Irish Tarmac Championship starts on Friday afternoon. Donegal’s Donagh Kelly can seal the 2015 Irish Tarmac title if he can muster a point’s maximum aboard his Ford Focus. Kelly and navigator Kevin Flanagan have already clinched the National Rally Championship with rallies to spare, allowing them to

  Rory McIlroy’s in contention after the first round of golf’s US PGA Championship. Making his first competitive appearance since rupturing an ankle ligament, he finished the day 1-under-par – five shots behind leader Dustin Johnson – who’s ahead by one stroke. English pair Justin Rose and James Morrison are 3-under. McIlroy says, he’s fairly

Three Irish fighters are looking to turn bronze medals into silver today at the European Elite championships in Bulgaria. Michael Conlan is first into the ring at around five to one when he takes-on Italian bantamweight Francesco Maietta . Dean Walsh will go-up against a Russian opponent in the light-welterweights at around twenty five to

The Donegal County Executive will meet tonight to start the process of filling the county minor and under 21 managers positions. Ulster winning minor manager Declan Bonner has been nominated for the under 21 post while Shaun Paul Barrett has also been nominated for the job which has been vacated by Maxi Curran. Milford man

Joe McMahon is to undergo surgery on a hernia problem this weekend and has almost certainly been ruled out of the All-Ireland semi-final against Kerry on Sunday week. He was forced out of the semi-final against Monaghan by the injury after just seven minutes, and was replaced by his brother Justin. Manager Mickey Harte confirmed

Maurice Deegan will referee Tyrone’s All Ireland semi final with Kerry on Sunday August 23rd. The Laois man has previously officiated an important All Ireland Championship tie between the two counties. That was the 2008 final meeting when Tyrone prevailed by 1-15 to 0-14 to lift the Sam Maguire for the third time. Joe Mc

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has confirmed they will appeal the proposed suspension to Tiernan Mc Cann. Harte says Mc Canns actions merited a yellow card but not the 8 week ban proposed by the Central competitions control committee who have charged him with bringing the game into disrepute.

  It seems that every game Finn Harps plays these days is a vital game, and the same tag can be applied to the visit of Shelbourne to Finn Park on Friday evening. Harps haven’t been out of the top two all season, but after a recent run that has seen them lose half of