Irish Premiership
Bangor 2 - 2 Ballymena United FT
Bangor claimed their first point of the Irish Premiership campaign after coming from two goals down at half-time to draw 2-2 with Ballymena United at Clandeboye Park.
The visitors looked to be in a strong position as goals from Josh Archer and Matthew Clarke gave them a 2-0 advantage at the interval.
But Bangor battled back in the second period with Lewis Francis and Tiarnan Mulvenna finding the net, both as a result of long throws from Reece Neale.

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Manager Oran Kearney says he hopes Ballymena United can build on a "positive" start to the season against Glentoran on Friday.
The Sky Blues stunned Linfield 3-0 on the opening weekend of the season but lost 2-1 at Crusaders in their second outing.
Ballymena had a big turnover of players over the summer with 11 new arrivals at the Showgrounds, but Kearney is pleased with their start to the campaign.
"I think the big worry always with that first game is making sure that you're up to speed, particularly against a side that had played in Europe and maybe had been in earlier than us," Kearney told BBC Sport NI's Nicola McCarthy.
"So we were happy with the start that we got, but just a bit frustrated that we didn't back it up last Saturday."

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Irish Premiership
Crusaders 2 - 1 Ballymena United FT
Crusaders claimed their first points of the Irish Premiership season as they came from behind to beat Ballymena United 2-1 at Seaview.
Ballymena took the lead from the first meaningful attack of the game on 10 minutes after the hosts failed to clear the ball inside their penalty area.
Defender Kurtis Forsythe made a good initial block but Ballymena reacted quickest to the loose ball, with Igor Rutkowski steering a shot into the bottom corner of the net.

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Ballymena United manager Oran Kearney believes a busy summer transfer window has allowed him to put his "own stamp" on the Sky Blues' squad.
Kearney is preparing for his first full season in the Showgrounds dugout after replacing Jim Ervin last December.
Ballymena have signed 10 new players and 18 have left the side in what has been a summer of transition after a lacklustre ninth placed finish last season.
"There has been a huge number of ins and outs and that is not ideal," Kearney told BBC Sport NI.
"You would not want it through a run of windows, but I think for this window it was important to try and put your own stamp on it and a level of freshness about us.

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An eight-year-old girl was among three members of the same family found dead in what is being treated as a double murder and suicide.
A murder investigation was launched after the three people - a 41-year-old man, a 39-year-old woman and the girl - were found at a house on the Cullybackey Road in Ballymena at 09:00 BST on Monday.
Supt William Calderwood described how emergency services were met with a "shocking scene".
The family was originally from Poland, although it is understood the child was born in Northern Ireland. The honorary consul of Poland in Northern Ireland Jerome Mullen said he had never experienced such a tragedy in his 18 years in the job.
Police have said the cause of the deaths has not been formally established and they were not seeking anyone else in relation to the deaths.

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