IT will be a battle of Belfast at the SSE Arena on December 2 as Tyrone McKenna and Lewis Crocker get set to lock horns in a welterweight fight that has already set tongues wagging in local boxing circles.
THE opportunity to work with a top-class coach in Pedro Diaz always appealed to Michael Conlan and the Belfast man said the feeling was mutual as it has been confirmed the Cuban is his new head coach.
CLIFTONVILLE boss Jim Magilton is relishing his side’s return home this evening when they take on Coleraine under the Solitude lights (7.45pm kick-off).
Two of the longest established football clubs in West Belfast, St Luke's and Celtic Boys, have announced a major collaboration which they envisage will provide huge benefits for the children, teenagers and young people of the Twinbrook, Poleglass and Lagmore areas.
Ben Wilson struck either side of the break as Cliftonville made it two away victories in a week with a 2-0 win over Ballymena United at the Showgrounds on Saturday afternoon.
BIG moments win big games and it was the experience, guile and that bit of belief that saw Cargin back into the county final as they overcame St Brigid's in obscene conditions at Dunsilly on Sunday.
IT was a bit of a slow burner at Hightown in Saturday's Antrim Intermediate Football Championship semi-final, but All Saints powered home in the second period to get the better of St Teresa's.
DEFENDING champions Cargin continue their bid for a seventh Antrim Senior Football Championship title in nine years on Sunday as they bid to return to the decider at the expense of new boys, St Brigid’s.
IT has been a familiar path for Sarsfield’s in the knockout phase of the Antrim Intermediate Championship as for the second straight year, it required a victory over St Paul’s in the last eight to secure a semi-final against Glenravel.
FRESH from their North Belfast derby win over Crusaders on Monday evening, Cliftonville make the trip to the Ballymena Showgrounds to take on the Sky Blues on Saturday (3pm kick-off) looking to make it back-to-back wins in the league.
ANTRIM and Newtownabbey Borough Council’s Planning Committee has unanimously approved plans for a major community hub being developed by Monkstown Boxing Club in just 21 weeks (subject to call-in period).
