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This weekend sees the first major silverware of the shinty season up for grabs in the form of the MacTavish Cup final. We’ll be producing live coverage for BBC ALBA from Bught Park in Inverness as Kinlochshiel take on Newtonmore on Saturday afternoon (16th June).

Kinlochshiel booked their place in the last two with a series of high-scoring wins. The 1st Round saw them defeat Inverness 5 – 0 before a 7 – 2 win over Lochaber in the 2nd Round. They then saw off Caberfeidh in the semi-final by the same scoreline.

Newtonmore had an equally high-scoring start to defending their title, striking seven goals without reply past their…

Táimid ar ais le iomáint Fé 21 oíche Dé Céadaoin ar TG4 ó 19:20. Beidh Uíbh Fhailí, a shroich an cluiche ceannais Laighean i 2016, ag tabhairt aghaidh ar Ghaillimh i bPáirc Uí Chonchúir. Bhain geit as Áth Cliath in aghaidh Uíbh Fhailí i 2016 nuair a bhí Uíbh Fhailí chun cinn ag leathama, ach bhí an bua ag Áth Cliath ar dheireadh tar éis dhá chúl ó Sheán Treacy. Fuair Gaillimh dhá chúl sa dara leath chomh maith insan cluiche leath-cheannais anuraidh, ceann álainn ó Chonor Whelan ina measc. Ach b’iad Luimneach an foireann a shroich an cluiche ceannais fé 21 na hÉireann.

We are back with live U21…

FIFA World Cup Qualifying returns to BBC ALBA.

The Scottish Women’s national team are back in qualifying action for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, and we’ll be producing the two upcoming matches exclusively live on BBC ALBA. Scotland play host to bottom side Belarus at the Falkirk Stadium on Thursday night (7th June) before then travelling to Kielce to take on Poland in what are must win games for Shelley Kerr and her side. Recent results against both sides give cause for optimism, as Scotland beat Belarus 2 – 1 in Minsk before then defeating Poland 3 – 0 in Paisley in their last qualification match.

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Bhí Jordan Larmour ag caint linn faoin séasúr do-chreidte atá caite aige. Beidh an cluiche mór v Scarlets an Satharn seo. Beo ar TG4 ó 17:25.

Jordan Larmour spoke to us about the unbelievable season he has enjoyed. The big game versus Scarlets takes place this Saturday. Live on TG4 from 17:25.

Junior Cup Showpiece final LIVE on BBC ALBA

After Hibernian Ladies’ triumph in the SWPL Cup last weekend, there’s more Cup final action on BBC ALBA this weekend. In the Scottish Junior Cup final, Auchinleck Talbot take on Hurlford United in an all-Ayrshire clash at Kilmarnock’s Rugby Park on Sunday (27th May) afternoon. The match will be exclusively live on BBC ALBA from 16:00.

At half-time, we’ll hear from Auchinleck Talbot stiker Sean McIlroy. After winning the Junior Cup in 2009 with The Bot, Sean left the club and Scotland for a trial at Central Coast Mariners in Australia, where a one year working visa turned into six…

The SPFL season may have come to an end on BBC ALBA last weekend, but there are huge games to be played across our sport coverage in the coming weeks.

This weekend’s coverage kicks off for us on Friday night. We’ll be at Scotstoun covering the first of this year’s Guinness PRO14 semi-finals, between Glasgow Warriors and Scarlets.

The Warriors will be looking to bounce back from one win in their last four matches of the regular season, one of those defeats being at the hands of Friday night’s opponents, the Scarlets. Their unbeaten home run in the competition though means they won’t be an easy side to beat. The Welsh on…