St Brigid’s became the fifth Dublin team in a row to win the Féile Peil Division 1 final after a comprehensive 1-6 to 0-0 victory over Portlaoise in O’Moore Park yesterday.

The most prolific winners of the Galway SFC, Tuam Stars, blasted their way past Killanin and into the third round of the 2012 campaign in Pearse Stadium yesterday.

Galway manager Alan Mulholland has named an unchanged team for Saturday's Connacht SFC semi-final against Sligo in Salthill (throw-in 6pm).

Galway football manager Alan Mulholland received another boost as both Padraic Joyce and Michael Meehan showed great form and kicked their clubs into the third round of the county SFC.

Michael Meehan has revealed he was taking painkillers twice a day last year to combat his chronic ankle problem.

A SECOND-HALF goal from debutant Shane Maughan put Galway on the road to victory in the opening FBD League tie of the season in Ballyhaunis last night to ensure a winning start to Alan Mulholland’s reign in charge of the Tribesmen.

COROFIN, denied a first ever three-in-a-row of Galway SFC titles last year, advanced to the semi-finals of this year’s title race with a replay win over neighbours Claregalway at Tuam Stadium on Saturday evening.

FAVOURITES Salthill/Knocknacarra qualified for the semi-finals after a four-goal blitz of Moycullen at Pearse Stadium yesterday.

GALWAY SFC champions Killererin were dumped out of this year’s competition after being taken apart by an outstanding Salthill/Knocknacarra in Corofin yesterday.

THREE days of intensive training under the blue skies of Portugal paid a handsome dividend for Ballymun Kickhams who saw off the challenge of St Finbarr’s in the Division 1 final of the Bus Eireann Féile Peile final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday.

HOLDERS Claregalway meet first-time finalists St Val’s in today’s Féile Peil na nÓg Girls’ Division 1 final.

MARC SHEEHAN hits you with a blizzard of statistics. There’ll be 4,200 children in action in Cork over the next three days in the 2011 instalment of Féile na nÓg, lining out for 181 teams and going into action in 40 venues.

GLANMIRE and Claregalway will set the scene this evening on a weekend of high octane National Cup basketball when they go head to head in the Women’s U18 decider tonight.

DEFENDING champions, Team Garveys/St Mary’s from Castleisland, are back in the Senior Men’s Division 1 National Cup final after an impressive 80-68 semi-final victory over Titans at Neptune Stadium.

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.

Galway manager Joe Kernan has been boosted with the news that attacker Sean Armstrong has made a return to full fitness, ahead of his side's Connacht SFC semi-final against either Mayo or Sligo next month.

THREE club players in Galway accused of assaulting a referee will have to serve bans of almost a year after GAA bosses in Croke Park threw out a 12-week suspension imposed locally.

Midfielder Barry Cullinane has been drafted in as one of four changes to the Galway team for Sunday's Connacht SFC final against Mayo (Castlebar, throw-in 2pm).

THERE was a major upset in the final of the all-aged Ballyarthur Stakes at Fermoy and Grange yesterday when the Bill Toomey trained Carraignagour took the prize.

KILDARE have been forced to make changes for Sunday’s Leinster SFC clash with Wicklow in Croke Park because of injuries to a number of regular players.