Sligo snapped a 13-game losing streak in Ruislip on Sunday but manager Paul Taylor maintained that there was no added significance in the defeat of London at McGovern Park.

Three first-half goals provided the platform for victory — Sligo’s first League win since defeating Derry in 2018.

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

Mayo's championship hopes have suffered a serious setback with the news that captain Diarmuid O'Connor has been ruled out for the remainder of the summer with a fractured wrist.

Last summer Galway provided us with a 21-point spread against Sligo. Yesterday, a spirited and youthful Sligo team managed to keep the score respectable for the majority of the game.

Meath cemented their status as clear favourites for the Christy Ring Cup on Saturday afternoon.

Mayo manager James Horan said they won’t be getting carried away with their 21-point win over New York and that they have plenty of room for improvement.

Galway endured an uncomfortable afternoon in Ruislip as a gutsy London side make the Connacht champions work hard for their victory.

A very safe presumption to make would be that Damien Comer has much fonder memories of his last trip to Ruislip than Galway manager Kevin Walsh.

Longing — wrote Don DeLilo in his opus Underworld — on a large scale, makes history.

The camera work may have been shaky but what it captured was a thing of beauty.

Down are top of Division 3 of the Allianz Football League heading into the final round of group games, while Derry continued their unbeaten run in Division 4 this afternoon.

For the second year in a row, Allianz Division 1 hurling quarter-finals will take place on the St Patrick’s weekend due to postponed matches.

The same week Stephen Rochford embarked on his first of three underwhelming Connacht championship campaigns with a visit to Ruislip, another manager familiar with some football grounds in London as well as working with top players for a support base craving silverware brought out a book called Quiet Leadership.

Wexford 1-18 Waterford 3-14

A 19-year-old man has died following an incident in the popular resort of Ayia Napa in Cyprus.

Strolling along the Salthill promenade tomorrow afternoon, in and among the thousands headed for Pearse Stadium, will be a most surreal experience for Mark Breheny.

Mike Casey is named at full-back on the Limerick team for tomorrow’s Munster SHC clash with Cork, the sole change to the side which overcame Tipperary.

Mayo will travel to the Gaelic Grounds to take on Limerick.

These treacle-slow championship starts of Mayo’s are not a new phenomenon.

Sligo withdrew from last night’s Connacht JFC semi-final against Galway because of a bereavement.

Inter-county referees have been told to be particularly vigilant about the pull-back foul this summer.

Cathal Corey brought his Sligo side to London with tales from their 2013 loss in Ruislip ringing in his ears.

The Leitrim footballers will always fear losing to New York, selector Seamus Quinn has admitted.

Traffic aside, it’s a straightforward spin from Portlaoise to Croke Park.

Leitrim's league campaign ends after only five of their scheduled seven games were played.

The GAA have been forced to upset their designation of April as a club-only month by staging the Allianz Football League Division 4 final on April 6 or 7.

The Hurling League final will be delayed by a week.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium director Bob Ryan has cast doubt about the venue being able to host Allianz League double bills in January and February in the future.

The changes brought about at last year’s Special Congress saw Kerry hurling “thrown under the bus”, Kingdom manager Fintan O’Connor has claimed.

Corofin boss Kevin O’Brien is philosophical about facing a second trip to London in the All-Ireland Club senior football championship.

The Kanturk hurlers couldn’t settle. A fortnight without a single training session or game had become alien to them.

Limerick GAA secretary Mike O’Riordan is not in favour of the new Super 8 format, calling for the introduction of a two-tier football championship.

The inclement weather has hit GAA fixtures here and in the UK.

He'll have a lovely Christmas.

Here’s a handy game-by-game guide to the 2018 leagues and championships.

All of the day's county finals have now finished up around the country.

Mayo are facing into their 10th All-Ireland semi-final in the last seven years as Paddy Durcan added another heroic chapter to the book of Mayo draws.

Espionage at the very heart of the government has always occurred. Johanna Lowry-O’Reilly looks at some of the more famous cases in the United Kingdom.

Carlow booked their place in tomorrow’s qualifier draw after edging a dour defensive battle with London at Ruislip.

Waterford football selector Tony Corcoran is optimistic the Déise can spring a shock against Derry having retained almost their entire panel for the qualifiers.