Ulster Senior Hurling Championship final Antrim 6-21 Armagh 4-14 ANTRIM maintained their stranglehold on the Liam Harvey Cup as they saw off the stubborn challenge of Armagh at Owenbeg on Sunday. It was a pleasing end to what has been a trying year for the Saffrons but, as has been the case for the majority […]
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Saffrons raid Orchard County to retain Ulster title
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Reds ready for stern Larnaca challenge
CLIFTONVILLE will be hoping to build on last Thursday’s excellent victory over FC Differdange when they take on AEK Larnaca in the first leg of their Uefa Europa League second round qualifier at Solitude tonight (Thursday). The Reds scored a magnificent 2-0 victory of the Luxembourg club last week to complete a 3-1 aggregate win and […]
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Massive weekend of sport looms
WHAT a weekend of soccer that was… Out went Spain and England without so much of a whimper on Monday while Ireland courageously were beaten by hosts France on Sunday and Wales saw off the challenge of Michael O’Neill’s boys on Saturday. We are still baffled how Portugal have reached the quarter-finals and still not won […]
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Fresh from the taste of Euro 2016 glory
Northern Ireland winger Niall McGinn on a heroic Euro 2016 campaign with Northern Ireland in France, his past days of playing Gaelic football and an upcoming European adventure with Aberdeen… NO sooner was he off the plane from France and back on home soil, it was a visit to his restaurant earlier this week for […]
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Rio send off planned for Olympic boxers
BOXING fans will have an opportunity to bid farewell and good luck to four Co Antrim boxers one week before they depart for the Rio Olympics Games. The Devenish Complex in Finaghy will host ‘The Road To Rio’ on Friday, July 15 with Paddy Barnes, Michael Conlan, Steven Donnelly and Brendan Irvine in attendance. The […]
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Antrim chop Oak Leafers down in extra-time
Ulster Minor Hurling Championship Antrim 4-23 Derry 3-11 (AET) FOR the second time in less than 24 hours, an Antrim hurling team forced extra-time in a Championship fixture. Fortunately, for the minors, they fared much better in extra-time than their senior counterparts and defeated Derry by a whopping 15 points in Owenbeg. The runaway win […]
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