Westmeath’s Boidu Sayeh believes a two-tier championship is a runner in Gaelic football, pointing to the “outrageous” set-up that Dublin have which keeps them “a step above everyone else”.

Ephie Fitzgerald’s Cork squeezed into the Lidl Ladies NFL Division 1 semi-finals as a three-point win over Armagh in Abbottstown yesterday proved good enough to secure a top-four finish.

This morning's draw for rounds 2A and 2B of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifiers has thrown up a juicy all-Ulster clash between Tyrone and the losers of the Monaghan-Armagh replay.

ROSS CARR was last night ousted as Down senior football manager after a vote of club delegates went against him. Carr wished to stay on for a fourth season in charge but was removed after county board delegates opted to vote him out.

TRY telling Jason Ryan that managing a county team is the next best thing to playing and you’ll get the predictable response from someone still active at club level.