Dublin manager Pat Gilroy highlighted the sheer competitiveness in his squad at present when reflecting on their best performance of this year's Championship.

Colm Bonnar's three-year reign as Wexford hurling manager came to an end last night, following their six-point All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Limerick.

DONAL ÓG CUSACK has dismissed speculation he may shelve the rest of his hurling career to concentrate on a political role with Sinn Féin.

Three players who helped power Tipperary to victory over Galway in the recent All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final have been shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Breaking Through Player of the Year award - they are Seamus Hennessey, Brian O'Meara and Brendan Maher.

Three players from this year's two All-Ireland senior winning sides, Tipperary and Cork, and a fourth from beaten SFC finalists Down have today collected the last of the 2010 GAA Player of the Month awards, sponsored by Vodafone.

John O'Neill has been installed as Fermanagh's new senior football manager, taking over from Malachy O'Rourke who stepped down in July.

JJ Doyle yesterday replicated the achievement of Stellah Sinnott of three years previously, as once again a manager in their first year in charge guided the Wexford team to the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship title.

Seamus McEnaney has issued a statement in the wake of last night's Monaghan County Board meeting at which clubs decided to seek nominations for the position of Monaghan senior football manager.

Seamus McEnaney's future as Monaghan senior football manager is still uncertain, following last night's meeting of the Monaghan GAA County Executive at the Truagh Gaels GAA complex.

GAA Director General Paraic Duffy has expressed his satisfaction with the current football Championship structure, despite calls for a review after none of the provincial finalists qualified for the upcoming All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.

Aidan O'Mahony and Darran O'Sullivan will deputise for the suspended Tomas O Se and Paul Galvin when Kerry meet Down in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final.

Glenn Ryan will remain in charge of the Longford senior footballers next year, following confirmation of the Kildare man's reappointment.

Aidan O'Mahony, who returned to the Kerry panel last week, will be on the substitutes bench for Sunday's Munster SFC final against Limerick in Killarney (throw-in 2pm).

Longford 1-12 Mayo 0-14, Pearse Park

Roscommon wing back Mark O'Carroll's 2010 Championship lasted barely 30 seconds as a serious knee injury will sideline him for the remainder of the campaign.

Cork 3-15 Tipperary 0-14

Ballyroan-Abbey clubman Padraig McMahon has been chosen as the Laois Senior football captain for the 2010 Championship.

Tyrone senior football manager Mickey Harte is set to remain in the role until 2012, following the confirmation of a two-year extension for the Errigal Ciaran clubman.

Reigning All-Ireland champions Kerry will begin the 2010 Championship season with a Munster quarter-final clash with Tipperary, while tonight's draws have also paired this year's finalists Antrim and Tyrone together in the Ulster Championship.

After winning the Connacht FBD League title there recently in Joe Kernan's first match as manager, Galway will return to the Bronx's Gaelic Park for a showdown with New York in the opening round of the All-Ireland Football Championship next summer.

FELIPE MASSA insists he is as good as he ever was after getting back into the driving seat for Ferrari for the first time since his horrific accident.

The GAA has announced that it will hold a special congress on October 10 at Croke Park, with one of the motions on the agenda set to examine the structure of the senior hurling Championship.

The future of Formula One has been secured after the FIA and 12 teams put pen to paper on a new Concorde Agreement last night.