CROSSMAGLEN veteran Oisín McConville has made a thinly-veiled swipe at the club’s management last season, insisting current bosses Tony McEntee and Gareth O’Neill have brought back a more professional ethic into the senior panel.

St Gall’s (Antrim) 3-9 Bellaghy (Derry) 2-5

THE Mayo County Board are set to delay appointing John O’Mahony’s replacement as county senior football boss until after they have undertaken a review that will look into root and branch reform of football in the county.

Derry manager Damien Cassidy last night refused to speculate on his future in the wake of his side's extra-time defeat by Donegal in the third round of the SFC qualifiers in Ballybofey.

DERRY manager Damien Cassidy last night made no apologies for the physicality of their Ulster SFC victory over Monaghan claiming “we are not in the business of entertaining people”.

THE twin successes of Dublin clubs St Vincent’s last year and Kilmacud Crokes on Tuesday also produced two father-and-son winners in the AIB Club football championship.

The draw for the 2008 oneills.com Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Football Sevens was announced today at the launch at Croke Park.

The draw has been made for the 2006 O'Neills Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Football Sevens tournament.

Martin McElkennon has announced his resignation as manager of the Cavan senior and Under-21 footballers.

THE men of St Gall’s go into Friday’s All-Ireland Club Final as everybody’s underdogs but, by now, they would not have it any other way.

Paddy Crozier has named an experienced side for his first competitive outing as Derry senior football manager against Monaghan on Sunday.

Kilmacud beat Rhode of Offaly today 2-06 to 1-07 in their Leinster Senior Club semi-final relay.

X-rays today on Derry midfielder Fergal Doherty's suspected broken ankle, sustained in yesterday's second round qualifier defeat of Down, have failed to show up a fracture.

Jim O’Sullivan

INTERNATIONAL Rules manager John O’Keeffe has confirmed the names of 11 players who will definitely be part of the panel for next month's two-Test series in Australia.

USED to be that when a club would win the All-Ireland title, the town and village would go on the beer for a year, and the next thing we would hear was the defending All-Ireland champions were knocked out by a team from a small parish of 300 houses and a 15-year old as a corner forward in the first round of the championship.

Crossmolina have received a major blow ahead of their All-Ireland Club Championship semi-final clash with Ulster champions Bellaghy this Sunday.