Long gone are the days when Armagh and Tyrone knew that beating the other guaranteed a trophy.

Tyrone football legend Peter Canavan has dismissed suggestions that the curtain will fall on the Mickey Harte era if Tyrone suffer a fourth consecutive Ulster championship defeat to Donegal on Sunday.

Crossmaglen co-manager John McEntee has branded Dromintee’s decision to field a severely depleted team including three players in casual clothing as an “absolute disgrace”.

The battle to become Galway senior hurling manager next season has been cut to a two-horse race between current manager Anthony Cunningham and his former selector and coach Mattie Kenny.

Dublin 3-14 Mayo 2-17

Henry Shefflin has revealed he has a growing appreciation of the reasons why the Cork hurlers went on strike in 2002.

Jim McGuinness has turned to three former players - Damian Diver, John Duffy and Paul McGonigle - to fill the vacant positions in the Donegal senior football management team for 2014.

The Fermanagh senior footballers will be led by a new manager next season after Peter Canavan decided not to put his name forward to continue in the position.

Defender Ryan McKenna and forward Connor McAliskey has been brought into the Tyrone team for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Mayo at Croke Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

Three-time All-Ireland SFC winner Enda McGinley has had to call time on his Gaelic football career due to a neck injury.

Jim Gavin’s former U21 selector Declan Darcy believes the 1995 All-Ireland winner is the stand-out candidate to succeed Pat Gilroy as Dublin manager.

Ten years ago, DJ Carey was preparing for a hurling season that would see him win his third of five All-Ireland medals.

Tyrone legend Peter Canavan was officially appointed as the new manager of the Fermanagh senior footballers last night.

RYAN McMENAMIN has made light of Owen Mulligan’s U-turn comeback to the Tyrone panel, revealing his teammate was the butt of endless jokes upon his return to training on Tuesday night.

THERE was really no excuse for Gaelic football last Sunday.

CONTRARY to recent reports, not every Dublin footballer had a problem with spending the night in the Regency Hotel before their Leinster quarter-final against Wexford a fortnight or so ago.

The build-up to tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC second phase qualifier in Ennis may have been overshadowed by the suspension of Galway Hurling Board chairman Miko Ryan, but Galway have received a timely boost with Damien Hayes' inclusion in the team.

REIGNING champions Carnacon from Mayo appreciate the challenge they can expect from Cork and Munster champions Inch Rovers in tomorrow’s VHI Healthcare All-Ireland ladies football senior club final in Tullamore (2.30pm).

WHO can say how many miles Peter Canavan has run in his life? Sixteen years of service to the Tyrone seniors were merely the tip of an iceberg that incorporated service to his club Errigal Ciarán, the many sides he represented at underage and schools levels and his country too.

Disgraced Gaelic football star Gerard Cavlan will never play for Tyrone again, it was claimed tonight.

GERALD McCARTHY is looking to Cork’s Allianz League campaign will unearth three or four players capable of forcing their way onto his championship line-up.

Laois wing back Paul McDonald is to undergo a fitness test later this week to determine whether he can start Sunday's All-Ireland quarter-final replay against Mayo.

Tyrone will boast just four of their All-Ireland final-winning side in their starting XV for Sunday's Dr McKenna Cup opener against Down (Omagh, 2pm).

A MASSIVE 98% of respondents to an internet GAA poll have rejected the idea that the International Rules U17 series should be scrapped if young Irish players continue to be lured down under by Australian Rules clubs.

JUSTIN MCCARTHY has been re-appointed for a fifth season at the helm of Waterford hurling.

Armagh and Tyrone, the 2002 and 2003 All-Ireland champions, go head-to-head for the third time in this year's campaign at Croke Park this afternoon.

THE big question to be asked about the second of the Bank of Ireland football championship semi-finals in Croke Park tomorrow is whether Tyrone will benefit from their game with Dublin last week, or will Armagh be fresher.

Dublin is smothered in cloud today but come 4.30pm the red-hot pairing of Armagh and Tyrone will thunder back into action at Croke Park in a red-hot Ulster SFC final replay that is almost too close to call.

Tyrone legend Peter Canavan returned to the Red Hand squad last night, giving the 2003 All-Ireland champions a timely boost ahead of the Ulster football championship.

The 2005 Allianz National Football League continues today with two matches in Division 1A.

Tyrone football has been rocked by the withdrawal of talismanic forward Peter Canavan from the National League squad.

AM I the only person who finds it incredibly ironic that the issue of media intrusion into the privacy of people’s lives is only this week hitting the front pages of the newspapers?

Tyrone's Enda McGinley suffered another injury setback during last Sunday's Dr McKenna Cup trouncing of Cavan.

DUBLIN football manager Paul Caffrey will meet his hurling counterpart Humphrey Kelleher on Sunday to discuss the dual player issue.

Tyrone county secretary Dominic McCaughey will call for a fixtures review from Croke Park in his speech to the county's convention next week.

Tipperary 1-16 Cork 2-19

ALL players have been handed their worksheets by now and sights have been set for 2004.

Clare manager Cyril Lyons has bemoaned the recent 2003 All-Ireland hurling draw which pitted his county against Tipperary - for the fifth time in a row.