BANDON will be seeking to qualify for the county JFC final for the first time since 1975 while Kanturk are in pursuit of their first ever appearance in that decider when the two sides clash in the Cork JFC semi-final in Páirc Uí Rinn tonight at 7.45pm.

FOOTBALL Player of the Year nominee Darran O’Sullivan believes the GAA should have helped those caught in a club versus country tug-of-war due to the International Rules series.

THE Irish International Rules management team will not “put a gun to any player’s head” if they face the dilemma of whether to stay at home to fulfil club commitments or fly out to Australia next weekend ahead of the upcoming test matches in Melbourne and the Gold Coast.

CORK GAA chiefs are to facilitate Aidan Walsh’s trip to Australia with the Irish International Rules squad by altering the scheduling of the county junior football championship.

CORK defender Michael Shields could face a fixture dilemma if St Finbarr’s qualify for Sunday’s week county SFC final against Nemo Rangers.

OPEL GPA Footballer of the Month for September, Daniel Goulding, believes that Cork's All-Ireland winning manager Conor Counihan will be back patrolling the sidelines for the Rebels in 2011.

CLARE senior football boss Michéal McDermott has secured the services of renowned fitness coach Mike McGurn for the 2011 season.

Kerry GAA chiefs are adopting a ‘wait and see’ policy before commenting on television coverage of incidents involving defender Tomás O Sé in Sunday’s Munster SFC final as the An Ghaeltacht defender looks set to be the second high-profile Kingdom player to be slapped with a retrospective suspension this summer by the CCCC.

KERRY GAA chiefs are adopting a ‘wait and see’ policy before commenting on television coverage of incidents involving defender Tomás O Sé in Sunday’s Munster SFC final as the An Ghaeltacht defender looks set to be the second high-profile Kingdom player to be slapped with a retrospective suspension this summer by the CCCC.

When Footballer of the Year Paul Galvin squares up to Cork, sparks inevitably fly.

WHEN Footballer of the Year Paul Galvin squares up to Cork, sparks inevitably fly.

THE GAA’s Management Committee will discuss the consequences of Nemo Rangers’ decision to open their facilities to the Irish rugby team during the Six Nations championship at their meeting on Saturday.

THE GAA has to address the issue of people being paid to manage club teams, former Clare goalkeeper Seamus Durack warned at the Bord Gais Energy-sponsored Munster GAA awards presentation on Saturday night.

IT seemed like a routine assignment at first. Arrangements had been made, the editor explained, to meet the renowned strength and conditioning coach Mike McGurn at Dublin Airport at 9am the next day.

Brendan Hackett is back in inter-county football management after being appointed as Westmeath's new senior football manager.

Tyrone’s all-conquering heroes were today rewarded for their magnificent third All-Ireland title in six years as seven of their players were named GAA Football All Stars for 2008.

Mickey Moran and John Morrison have become the first managerial appointments for the 2009 campaign, even before the 2008 SFC has concluded, after the Ulster pairing were installed as the new Leitrim Senior Football management on last night.

Week two of the fresh Basketball Super League Season gets under way this weekend with cross conference fixtures being thrown up for the Novae for Men Super League Men.

THE Irish International Rules squad will travel to France to finalise their preparations for their two Test series against Australia.

Former Meath supremo Sean Boylan spoke of the 'huge honour' of being asked to manage the Irish International Rules team at his official appointment this afternoon.

MAYO star Conor Mortimer admits he does not know whether Ciarán McDonald will be returning to the senior football panel in 2006.

The Irish International Rules squad team this morning get their only chance to make amends for last week's hammering at the hands of the Australians.

Kerry stars Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper and Eoin Brosnan are due to touch down in Australia later this evening to join the Irish International Rules squad.

A 27-man Irish International Rules squad has been named this afternoon by manager Peter McGrath for next month’s tour to Australia.

LOUTH senior football manager Val Andrews has resigned his position after just two years in the job.

THERE was a deafening silence at last night’s meeting of the Cork County Board regarding the decision taken at the GAA Congress to amend Rule 42.

Tyrone star defender Philip Jordan has pulled out of the Irish International Rules squad because of injury.

Pádraig Joyce is set to rejoin the Irish International Rules squad later this week.

Aussie Rules star Setanta O'hAilpin and Galway footballer Joe Bergin are due to join the Irish International Rules squad for training tonight.

Irish International Rules manager Pete McGrath is to name a 40-man squad on September 1 to prepare for the series against Australia in October.

THE first International Rules test this autumn will be played at one of the main provincial venues, according to GAA President Sean Kelly.

Irish International Rules team manager, John O’ Keefe, will name the remainder of his panel to tour Australia at Croke Park today.

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.

Irish International Rules boss, John O' Keeffe, will announce his final squad for the up and coming tests with Australia around lunchtime today.

Former Meath football star Graham Geraghty has confirmed that he is to sign for Longford AIL rugby side Buccaneers.