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Davitt’s withstand late Aggies pressure to retain Junior B title

Antrim Junior B Hurling Championship final Michael Davitts 1-10 St Agnes’ 1-9 DESPITE going 21 minutes without a score in the second period of Saturday night’s Junior B Championship Hurling final at Sarsfield’s, Davitt’s prevailed to retain their title and make it successive final victories against St Agnes’ with a 1-10 to 1-9 win. The […]

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Gorts progress past Junior champions

Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship Gort na Móna 3-15 St Mary’s Rasharkin 1-12 AN impressive second display from Gort na Móna saw off the challenge of Rasharkin in the preliminary round of the Intermediate Hurling Championship in Ahoghill on Saturday evening. The Belfast side looked like they would coast to victory after goals from Patrick McCaffrey […]

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Sarsfield’s suffer Championship KO

Antrim Intermediate Hurling Championship Glenariffe 3-12 Sarsfield’s 1-16 AT half time in the second match at Ahoghill last Saturday evening, it was going to plan for Sarsfield’s. They led by six points and put in 30 minutes of high octane hurling that left Glenariffe chasing shadows for the majority of the half. Dan and Donal […]

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Ireland’s standard bearer

IN a career of top honours, big stages and widespread support, there isn’t much Paddy Barnes hasn’t done. The North Belfast man is just the second ever Irish Olympian to medal at successive Games, while in Rio he becomes the first Irish boxer to appear at three Olympics. The Holy Family man is the only […]

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Unforgettable performance on an unforgettable night for Frampton

IF Carl Frampton had reached legendary status in his home city prior to the weekend, his victory over Leo Santa Cruz at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday to claim the WBA featherweight title catapulted him to global superstardom. Now a two-weight champion, Frampton continues to make history and must now be […]

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Numerous options for history-making ‘Jackal’

THE boxing world is Carl Frampton’s oyster as ‘The Jackal’ produced the performance of his life at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday night to claim the WBA featherweight title from Leo Santa Cruz. Frampton – the first boxer from the North and second Irishman to become a two-weight champion – rose […]

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