Ballinderry gave themselves a chance of becoming the first team to win back-to-back Derry titles in over a decade with a 1-8 to 0-10 win over Banagher on Saturday.

TWO first-half goals from Raymond Wilkinson, the first of them after just 43 seconds, guided Ballinderry to their 12th Derry SFC title yesterday.

THE injury crisis affecting the Dublin hurlers shows no signs of abating with attacker David Treacy looking set to be the latest absentee for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Tipperary in Croke Park.

CHARLIE KIELT isn’t going to spill the beans on everything.

THE Great Taste Awards have brought confirmation for more than 100 Irish farmers that they are up there with the best.

Aussie Rules agent Ricky Nixon hosted the latest AFL recruitment camp at Gormanston College today with players from across the country in attendance.

Dublin 1-11 Derry 0-7

The Ulster Council have fixed the mouth-watering 2010 Ulster SFC preliminary round showdown between Derry and Armagh for May 16, it has been confirmed.

The James Conway saga delivered another twist yesterday with confirmation that the Derry football panellist has been handed a 48-week suspension by a hearings committee in the county.

THE James Conway saga delivered another twist yesterday with confirmation that the Derry football panellist has been handed a 48-week suspension by a hearings committee in the county.

JAMES KIELT has rejected suggestions the fallout from the broken jaw he suffered in a club game was a factor in Derry’s defeat to Tyrone in Sunday’s Ulster semi-final.

Derry midfielder James Conway has been suspended from the county senior football panel while an investigation is held into the incident in a club game last weekend which left inter-county attacker James Kielt with a broken jaw.

DERRY midfielder James Conway has been suspended from the county senior football panel while an investigation is held into the incident in a club game last weekend which left inter-county attacker James Kielt with a broken jaw.

LIMERICK footballer John Galvin has urged his hurling counterparts to make it a Shannonside double act in the Munster championship finals.

IT may not be all that obvious as he patrols the sideline in his tracksuit tomorrow but throw a suit and tie on Ross Carr and the guy bears an uncanny resemblance to Martin O’Neill.

Derry 1-09 Mayo 0-10

A Belfast-based organisation which aims to break down the sectarian divide has received a cash boost from one of Scotland’s Old Firm footballing giants, it emerged today.