NINETEEN people were killed in Cairo yesterday when Christians, some carrying crosses and pictures of Jesus, clashed with military police said medical and security sources, in the latest sectarian flare-up in a country in political turmoil.

Longford rekindled their championship hopes and memories of their February league wins over Kerry and Westmeath as a brace of extra-time goals saw them to their first championship win over Monaghan, 4-15 to 1-17 in an exhaustive qualifier in Clones.