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How Jiu Jitsu gave Derry’s Sara Dalzell the confidence to become a champion, aged 12, just two years after taking up the sport
JUST two years after taking up the art of Jiu Jitsu, 12 year old Sara...read more
Coleraine’s Kaia Crawford, just 8 years old and already a Double Junior World Champion and multi Gold medal winner in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Wrestling
MEET Kaia Crawford (aka The Kaianator), who has just turned 8 years old and is...read more
County Down Taekwon-Do trio ready to take on the world… Aoife Loye, Cara Mackin and Amy Bantleman are Barcelona bound with Ireland team
THREE talented female competitors from the Cathal Fegan Schools of Taekwon-Do, based in Newry and...read more
County Down martial arts sensation Rachael Carvill, still only 16, is going for gold again in Tae Kwon Do World Championships
RACHAEL Carvill, a Tae Kwon Do world champion at 14, is going for gold again...read more
Women’s mini marathon runners help make Newry self defence event a knockout success for local charity… story and picture gallery
PICTURES BY SEAN DONEGAN WHAT a night! A self-defence taster session at the Whistledown Hotel...read more
Lurgan 15-year-old Monika Ilieva lands a GB first with European Grand Prix Taekwondo gold medal win
LURGAN Taekwondo sensation Monika Ilieva has added to her growing list of successes by securing...read more
11-year-old Freya Marsh wins gold for Ireland at her debut International Mixed Martial Arts European Championships
ELEVEN-year-old Tramore native Freya Marsh has just added the Gold Medal at the European MMA...read more
Watch: ‘To be on the Olympic team is an amazing achievement itself and I am going to go out and do the best I can, but I do believe I can bring home a medal’ boxer Michaela Walsh
Michaela was speaking to Jana McCabe of localwomensport.com at the 16th GLL Sport Foundation Awards ceremony...read more
US win puts title first in Leah’s reach
BELFAST MMA fighter Leah McCourt (above right) stopped Sara McMann in the first round at...read more
