Killybegs native Seamus Coleman has been nominated for the FAI Young International Player of the Year award.

The Ireland team to play Italy in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday has been named and coach Declan Kidney has opted for an unchanged lineup.

The inter-provincial semi finals took place last weekend in both hurling and football with the finals taking place this weekend. This was once a great competition, formerly known as the Railway Cup and the finals took place on St.Patrick’s Day.

THE DONEGAL SCHOOLBOYS LEAGUE had four teams in Inter-League action at the weekend and they all contributed to a 100 per cent start to this year’s Inter-League series.

The Inter-provincials or the Railway Cup, as it is know by the older generation, returned at the weekend. I was at the game in Sligo where Ulster proved too strong for a weak Connacht side who were playing an old fashioned brand of football that was from another era.

Raphoe travelled to Bangor on Saturday and fell to their first defeat of 2012 with a dismal performance that made an average Bangor side look good. Raphoe were slow to react to 50-50 balls, couldn’t tackle and made too many individual errors throughout the game.

The scoreline didn’t flatter Ulster as they completely overpowered Connacht in the semi-final in Markievicz Park on Sunday.

FINN HARPS aim to get on the scoresheet for the first time in pre-season when they take on Dergview at Finn Park on Wednesday night (kick-off 7.30pm).

Eamon MCGEE is in a race against the clock to be fit for Donegal’s game with Cork, when the Allianz National Football League resumes the weekend after next.

Letterkenny AC’s Brendan Boyce was a silver medal winner at the Woodie’s DIY National Indoor 30 Walk championship in Claremorris on Sunday.

Glenea United blew the Donegal League Premier Division wide open with a 2-1 win over Gweedore Celtic – the champions’ first defeat in 13 months, a run of 25 games. Milford got back to winning ways following their cup exit while Kilmacrennan hit Drumoghill for five.

Gary Walsh, the Donegal goalkeeper, will always appreciate the enormity of the 1992 All- Ireland success and the honour of being a member of the first ever Donegal team to claim Gaelic football’s greatest prize.

Donegal Ladies GAA have a letter of complaint on its way to the National Ladies GAA committee in Croke Park following a serious injury suffered by star forward Gerdaldine McLaughlin at the weekend.

Ireland’s rugby squad finally get the opportunity to bounce back from the opening Six Nations defeat to Wales this week.

Four Masters GAA Club held their annual presentation night in Dom’s Pier One on Saturday night.

There was a massive turn-out today for the first of the Finn Valley AC 5k series with 457 people taking part.

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Donegal U-21s failed by just a point in their challenge game against an experienced Sligo side in Sean MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey, on Friday night.