Kilburn Gaels (London) 0-11 Cappataggle (Galway) 0-10: AIB All-Ireland Club IHC semi-final: Kilburn Gaels remain in the hunt to become only the second London team to win the All-Ireland Club IHC crown after beating Cappataggle at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

All-Ireland Club IHC quarter-final: Kilburn Gaels (London) 1-10 Mullinavat (Kilkenny) 1-8

Sarsfields prevailed in a closely-fought Cork Club SHC final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh this afternoon, beating Bishopstown 1-15 to 1-13 to take the title for the third time in five years.

If he’s watching from the great hurling field in the sky, Tom Semple is surely smiling.

London club Kilburn Gaels retained the Tom Semple Cup at the International Hurling Festival in Thurles at the weekend, beating Dunboyne of Meath in the final by 2-7 to 0-9.

London 4-18 Wicklow 1-17

HARD to imagine Lar Corbett or John Mullane coming out with that one and, indeed, neither did. The pithy statement was, rather, the summation of one of the players from a team known as the Wild Geese as they left the field following a game on Saturday.

THE Wild Geese, a team of US marines based in England, are amongst eight sides competing in the inaugural Thurles Sarsfields International Hurling 13s this weekend.

ULSTER GAA chiefs are concerned that another postponement of their provincial football final would spark even more fixture chaos, according to officials.

I HAVE it from a reliable source that the poor Pope in the Vatican was in very bad humour yesterday morning.