Antrim Junior B Hurling Championship semi-final Michael Davitt’s 1-13 St Agnes’ 2-8 MICHAEL Davitt’s booked their place in the Junior B Hurling final with a hard-fought two-point win over West Belfast rivals St Agnes’ at McDonnell/Doherty Park last night. A thunderstorm prior to throw-in led to difficult playing conditions, but both teams were fully committed […]
Defending champions Davitt’s deny Aggies
Phones are recovered after car hits home
POLICE have recovered the mobile phones of those responsible for crashing a car into a family home in the Whiterock area of West Belfast on Tuesday night. Residents of the Whiterock Road property narrowly escaped serious injury after a car driven erratically at speeds of over 70mph crashed into the home of Sean and Elaine […]
‘Pat Man’ ready to take his chance on the big stage
HE had to remain tight-lipped for weeks, but Paddy Gallagher is planning to make some noise against Ricardo Silva this Saturday at the SSE Arena on Saturday when the pair battle it out for the IBO Continental welterweight title. Gallagher was aware for a number of weeks he would be boxing on Saturday’s Carl Frampton […]
McGuigan confident ‘The Jackal’ can make a big statement
SHANE McGuigan expects Carl Frampton to score his first stoppage win in two and a half years when he takes on Andres Gutierrez on Saturday night. Frampton is without a win inside the distance since the last time he fought at the SSE Arena, a fifth round win over Chris Avalos in February 2015 and […]
Reinvigorated Cummings eyeing further progress
THE controversial loss to Ronny Mittag last November was a “blessing in disguise” according to Conrad Cummings who makes the first defence of his WBO European middleweight title against Robert Swierzbinski (18-6-2) at the SSE Arena on Saturday. Back in November at Wembley Arena, Cummings was somehow denied on a split decision with the IBF […]
McCrory aiming for similar story back at the SSE Arena
THE opportunity to box at the SSE Arena is one all local fighters want to avail of, but Padraig McCrory has been a little spoiled as he begins his professional career and he is certainly not complaining. The St James’ man made his bow in the paid ranks on the undercard of Ryan Burnett’s world […]