Local Women Sport.
Oh, what a night for winners… picture special from a glittering Local Women Sports awards gala in the Belfast Europa
A glittering array of talent was on parade at the Belfast Europa for the second annual Local Women Sports awards, compered by UTV Sport presenter and localwomensport columnist Ruth Gorman. Pictures by SEAN DONEGAN Young Sportswoman of the year, sponsored...read more
Ladies Football weekend previews as Tyrone-Monaghan and Down-Antrim face off for Ulster Intermediate final places
Compiled by Jackie Cahill THERE’S action in all four provinces in the TG4 provincial championships...read more
Belfast’s elite young athletes awarded almost £90K in Better Bursaries and financial awards
140 of Belfast’s rising stars across 33 different sports have been awarded bursaries and financial...read more
Columnists
MY SPORTING LIFE… every month UTV’s brilliant sports presenter RUTH GORMAN shares the experiences of her sporting life and times
‘GIMME, gimme, gimme a man after midnight’ was the first song played by DJ Eadzo...read more
Train with Tish… our resident fitness expert Patrycja Lafferty tells you how to get better at pull ups
IMPROVING your pull-up performance involves building strength in the muscles used during the exercise. Here...read more
Carla McGreevy’s mind and body column… the Bali-based Belfast yoga teacher on discovering the meaning of Somatics
What is Somatics? I first came across somatics on the trauma aspects of my first...read more
Football
Updated… report & picture parade as Dominican College, Belfast win the Electric Ireland Senior Schools Cup
BELFAST school Dominican College have won this year’s Electric Ireland Schools’ Cup for senior girls’...read more
Reaching for the sky… Ards Rangers player Harriet Eadie will make charity sky dive ahead of Miss Northern Ireland title bid
BY JANA McCABE AS the Miss Northern Ireland final draws ever closer, 17-year-old Miss Belfast...read more
Global home of women’s football, DAZN, sign up as exclusive broadcast partner to the NI Sports Direct Women’s Premiership
DAZN, the leading global sports entertainment platform, and the Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL), have...read more
LGFA
Ladies Football weekend previews as Tyrone-Monaghan and Down-Antrim face off for Ulster Intermediate final places
Compiled by Jackie Cahill THERE’S action in all four provinces in the TG4 provincial championships...read more
In pictures… Armagh strike Gold as they win Ulster U16 Championship
OMAGH'S Healy Park witnessed a goalfest as Armagh defeated Tyrone 5-15 to 4-10 in the...read more
‘It’s a huge achievement for us to get there and we were delighted with that win against Leitrim. It is what we’ve been looking for’ Limerick’s Yvonne Lee on securing promotion to Division 3 of the Lidl NFL with a side which includes her sister Grace along with dad Joe part of the backroom team.
Photo caption - 24 March 2024; Sisters Grace, left, and Yvonne Lee, of Limerick pictured...read more
Rugby
Ireland rugby women to face Australia in Belfast in September
IRELAND Women, sponsored by Aon, will welcome Australia to Kingspan Stadium in Belfast this September...read more
Inspirational Colleen McCance plays a captain’s role as Dungannon scorch to Shield victory… report and picture special
DUNGANNON 38 BELFAST HARLEQUINS 0 Richard Bullick at Stevenson Park TALISMANIC captain Colleen McCance scored...read more
India Daley inspires Enniskillen fightback to lift Women’s Junior Cup at Kingspan
Enniskillen 27-8 Malone ENNISKILLEN RFC are the 2023/24 Women’s Junior Cup champions after producing a...read more
Golf
Royal Portrush pair Hannah Lee–McNamara and Gemma McMeekin help Ireland to storm-hit victory in U16 Quadrangular tournament
ROYAL Portrush pair Hannah Lee–McNamara and Gemma McMeekin played winning roles as Ireland's U16 Quadrangular...read more
Belvoir Park’s Holly Hamilton selected for Irish Girls’ High Performance team
HOLLY Hamilton of Belfast club Belvoir Park has been named on the Irish Girls’ High...read more
Spanish title success for Royal Portrush golfer Laura Webb
ROYAL Portrush golfer Laura Webb says winning in Spain is the ideal start to the...read more
Camogie
Ticketmaster teams up with Ladies Gaelic Football and Camogie associations
THS Ladies Gaelic Football and Camogie Associations have teamed up with Ticketmaster to utilise cutting-edge...read more
Inspirational camogie ref Orla Donnelly is latest Sport NI SportMaker award winner
DERRYLAUGHAN Kevin Barrys GAC member Orla Donnelly has been named Sport NI’s SportMaker Young Technical...read more
Confirmed: camogie, women’s football and GAA will amalgamate in 2027
THE Camogie Association, the GAA and the LGFA have today revealed 2027 as the proposed...read more
Hockey
Six of the best… winners from the weekend hockey finals
Portadown Hockey Club, winners of the 2024 U15 Girls Performance League Rainey, winners of the...read more
Emma Reid gets the goals as Ards return to All Ireland hockey league Division One as champions
EYHL WOMEN’S DIVISION 2 FINAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK 0 ARDS 2 TWO goals from Emma...read more
Rachel Houston double earns promotion for Ards and a final place… but Quins miss out
TWO goals from Rachel Houston secured promotion to Division One of the EY All Ireland...read more
Athletics
Olympic hopeful Kate O’Connor posts international second place in multi-event competition in Italy
By Lee Maginnis NORTHERN Ireland heptathlon record holder and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Kate O'Connor...read more
Birthday girl Anna Gardiner (18) beats the heat in top 40 World Cross Country Championship finish
EAST Down AC's Anna Gardiner celebrated her 18th birthday in Belgrade whilst competing in the...read more
Mary P presents Athletics NI volunteer awards… a celebration of women who keep the sport running
LADY Mary Peters has presented Athletics NI's Celebration of People Awards. Main pic (above) shows...read more
Sport Awards
Belfast’s elite young athletes awarded almost £90K in Better Bursaries and financial awards
140 of Belfast’s rising stars across 33 different sports have been awarded bursaries and financial...read more
Watch: Special Recognition Award winners catch up with Robin Elliot after the announcement
THIS year's Special Recognition award winners were Excel Dance School and athlete Samantha Louise Gough. This...read more
Mary P and Me
How young equestrian star Katie Lowry is taking the reins for a busy summer in the saddle
EVERY MONTH, A YOUNG MARY PETERS TRUST ATHLETE SPELLS OUT HOW THE CHARITY IS AIDING...read more
Hannah Craig on her Mary Peters Trust-aided journey from Harlequins to Harvard and onto the US Professional Squash tour
EVERY MONTH, A YOUNG MARY PETERS TRUST ATHLETE SPELLS OUT HOW THE CHARITY IS AIDING...read more
From Strangford Lough to Sioux Falls, South Dakota – Molly’s golf journey is fast flowing, aided by Mary Peters Trust
EVERY MONTH, A YOUNG MARY PETERS TRUST ATHLETE SPELLS OUT HOW THE CHARITY IS AIDING...read more
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