Derry manager Rory Gallagher admits his side still looked vulnerable at times despite a second successive Division Three victory that maintains promotion hopes against Louth in Celtic Park.

Extra-time, a shock result, and a penalty shoot-out brought drama to the Ulster U20 Football Championship as four ties went to the wire.

Luke Donnelly hit 1-6 to send Tyrone through to a first Ulster MFC appearance since 2013.

Mickey Harte says he’s hoping the great sleeping giant of Ulster football doesn’t reawaken this weekend.

Derry and Leitrim ended the group stages on a winning note, ahead of their Allianz Football League Division 4 Final next weekend.

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.

Wicklow, Roscommon and Longford claimed Division 2B, 3A and 3B Allianz Hurling League silverware respectively this afternoon.

Kildare claimed their first win in 12 months, with a richly deserved eight-point qualifier win over Derry.

It’s said if you’re once bitten you’ll be twice shy, so Declan Bonner has reason to be tentative as Donegal head to nearby Celtic Park in Derry well-tipped to win Sunday’s Ulster SFC quarter-final.

SUBSTITUTE Eimear O’Doherty popped over what proved to be the winning score for Derry with eight minutes remaining in a low-scoring TG4 All-Ireland junior football championship semi-final on Sunday.

Waterford were well in contention at the interval.

Derry 1-18 Kildare 1-17: Kildare manager Cian O’Neill was left furious after a controversial Emmett McGuckin goal in injury time saw Derry end the Lilywhites’ perfect start to life back in Division Two.

Tyrone’s dominance over neighbours Derry shows no sign of abating, and another convincing win saw them collect a sixth successive Dr McKenna Cup title at Pairc Esler.

Derry 2-12 Monaghan 1-13: Dessie Mone suffered a suspected broken wrist as Monaghan lost out to Derry for a place in Saturday’s McKenna Cup final.

Tyrone and Derry will meet in the Dr McKenna Cup final next weekend, after two close and exciting semi-finals, writes Francis Mooney.

Derry 3-10 Armagh 2-12: Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney took more positives than negatives out of yesterday’s one-point McKenna Cup defeat to Derry at Owenbeg.

Cavan 0-18 Derry 1-17: Dynamic Derry timed their run to perfection to put 14-man Cavan to the sword in a pulsating All-Ireland SFC Qualifier at a sun-kissed Kingspan Breffni Park on Saturday.

Derry made it a hat-trick of competitive wins over Cavan this year and, in the process, booked themselves a place in the last 12 of the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers after a cracking match at Kingspan Breffni Park.

Mickey Harte has named an unchanged team from the one that hammered Cavan 5-18 to 2-17 in their Ulster SFC semi-final replay for Sunday’s final against Donegal at Clones, throw-in 2pm.

The Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship got off to an all-action start and Innovate Wexford Park played host to an absolute humdinger.

Second-half goals from Conor Carson and Nigel Elliot secured a hard-earned 2-14 to 1-12 victory for Antrim over Roscommon in their Christy Ring Cup Round 2A encounter in Dunloy on Saturday.

Tyrone 0-13 Armagh 1-10: A precious point plundered in the dying embers of a dramatic Ulster derby could prove the salvation of struggling Armagh.

Derry 2-12 Meath 2-12: Meath manager Mick O’Dowd admitted next week’s crunch Division Two clash away to Laois will be “do or die” for both teams after the Royal County were denied victory in Derry by an injury-time Ryan Bell free.

Cavan 1-11 Derry 1-12: Derry boss Damien Barton saw his flair team produce a five-star defensive display to leave hosts Cavan still pointless in the league.

Derry 3-13 Fermanagh 1-10: Derry boss Damian Barton admitted his side had suffered a McKenna Cup ‘hangover’ in the first half of Sunday’s nine-point Division 2 victory over Fermanagh at Celtic Park.

Old foes Tyrone and Derry served up a classic at the Athletic Grounds, with the Red Hands emerging victorious in extra-time to take a fifth successive Dr McKenna Cup title.

Cavan 1-10 Derry 1-17: Damian Barton’s promise to get Derry taking a more attacking approach looks to be bearing some early season fruit - his newlook side producing the goods in the Athletic Grounds yesterday to reach the McKenna Cup final.

Tyrone and Fermanagh both made it three wins from three outings on Wednesday evening.

Derry 4-6 Tyrone 1-16: Derry boss Damian Barton was left bemused after a controversial second-half red card helped Tyrone to victory in an pulsating McKenna Cup clash before before 5,179 spectators at Owenbeg.

 Ulster MFC final Derry 1-11 Cavan 0-11 

Down 3-16 Derry 1-17:

Peter McNamara assesses the live matches this weekend.

Derry 0-12 Down 0-11: When a team hasn’t won in a while, it can forget how to, and in the second half at Celtic Park yesterday, Derry were certainly struggling with the concept of victory.

Derry 1-13, Mayo 2

Derry were denied a first NFL win of the season by Tyrone’s late surge at Healy Park.

The GAA has reported a large spike in the number of claims for hip operations among minor football and hurlers. A total of 77 teenage footballers and hurler last year made applications via the players insurance scheme compared to 19 in 2013, 20 in 2012, five in 2011 and 10 in 2010.

Derry 1-5 Queen’s 1-9

The semi-final line-up in the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup has been confirmed following the completion of the remaining weather-affected Round Three ties.

Fermanagh 1-09 Derry 1-07: Seamus Quigley’s goal five minutes from time gave Fermanagh a surprise win over Derry in yesterday’s Dr McKenna Cup tie at Brewster Park.

Tyrone began the defence of their Dr McKenna Cup title with a 1-12 to 1-10 win over 12-man Armagh in a feisty encounter today which saw 19 cards flashed at the Athletic Grounds – four of them red.

A late point from Daniel McKernan saved Antrim’s blushes as they registered their 13th Ulster Senior Hurling title in a row in front of 1,243 spectators in Owenbeg this afternoon.

Captain and chief marksman Ruairi Convery led by example with a 1-11 haul as Derry qualified for their second Ulster Senior Hurling Championship final in three years.

Derry 2-14 Longford 2-16

Down and Derry will contest an Ulster SHC semi-final after their respective quarter-final victories yesterday.