Cork City make their return to the Setanta Cup at Turner’s Cross this evening, with Danske Bank Premiership leaders Cliftonville travelling south, and the Leesiders’ new captain Kevin Murray insists the hosts will be not be holding anything back despite it being their first competitive outing of the year.

The Ulster Council’s Competitions Control Committee will meet this evening to appoint a group to investigate allegations of racial abuse in Sunday’s provincial club SFC final.

The Ulster Council will investigate claims made by Crossmaglen Rangers forward Aaron Cunningham that he was racially abused during yesterday’s Ulster SFC Club final in Armagh.

Police investigating the murder of a teenager who went missing from her Portadown home 23 years ago are searching a house in the area.

St Patrick's Athletic will face German Bundesliga side Hanover in the third qualifying round of the Europa League if they can overcome Bosnia-Herzegovinia side NK Siroki Brijeg in their second leg at Richmond Park next week.

Keith Long’s Bray Wanderers’ first foray into the Setanta Sports Cup didn’t stretch beyond the first round.

A second half goal from Joe Gormley earned Cliftonville a surprise 1-0 win over St. Patrick’s Athletic at Richmond Park as the Belfast side knocked out the Dubliners in the first round for the second year running.

A goal on his 23rd birthday from Dinny Corcoran and a wonderful strike from Karl Moore got Aaron Callaghan’s Bohemians reign off to the uplifting start that all at Dalymount Park would have hoped for as they’ll take a deserved 2-1 lead to Portadown for next week's second leg.

Portadown soccer star Shane McCabe has thrown in his lot with his native Fermanagh.

They say that you need to be up early to achieve anything in life, which means that Setanta Cup newcomers Bray Wanderers should have at least some kind of edge on all the rest when they open their competitive season with a home game against Glentoran on February 13.

The draw for the first round of the 2012 Setanta Sports Cup has been made today.

CORK Church of Ireland came up short in their attempts to honour tragic former player/coach Andrew Chambers with an Irish Senior Cup win, going down 4-2 at home to Lisnagarvey.

IT was a profitable trip south for UCD on Saturday, as their men and women came away with big wins from Bandon and Cork Harlequins respectively to advance in the Irish Senior Cup.

Portadown 0 Sligo Rovers 2 (Sligo won 5-0 on aggregate)

Sligo Rovers and Galway United meet in the season’s opening Airtricity League Premier Division Connacht derby at Terryland Park, kick-off 7.45pm.

Portadown 2 Bohemians 0 (Portadown win 4-1 on aggregate)

BANDON’S gut-wrenching loss to Three Rock Ladies was the only bit of bad news on a productive day for Munster women’s hockey in Irish competitions.

The draw for the Setanta Sports Cup quarter-finals has been made today.

PORTADOWN recorded a deserved 2-1 victory over 10-man Bohemians in the Setanta Sports Cup first round, first leg clash at Dalymount Park last night.

Bohemians 1 Portadown 2

AS the competing clubs in the Setanta Sports Cup gathered at FAI headquarters in Abbotstown yesterday for a pre-tournament media day, it was not the news anyone wanted to hear — Pat Fenlon saying that Bohemians might not be able to fulfil their opening fixture against Portadown at Dalymount Park on Monday, February 21. And it has been confirmed that, if the holders are forced to pull out, their place will be taken by UCD.

The First Round fixtures for the Setanta Sports Cup have been confirmed by the competition’s organising committee.

MANAGER Liam Buckley’s pre-match wish of keeping it tight and hoping to score first never materialised as Sporting Fingal bowed out of Europe at Dalymount Park last night.

Shamrock Rovers were handed a potential dream tie against Juventus if they can see off Bnei Yehuda of Tel Aviv in the Europa League.

BRUFF’S fairytale season continued apace as they earned a crack at the AIB All-Ireland League Division Two crown next month with a convincing semi-final win over Terenure College.

THE All-Ireland League round-robin series comes to a conclusion this weekend with Munster representatives Richmond needing a miracle if they are to secure themselves a play-off place.

Ulster Academy prop Paddy McAllister is making a big impression for Ballynahinch as they prepare for their AIB League Division 1B tussle with Dungannon tomorrow.

IRELAND U-20 face a first real test of their Grand Slam credentials when they travel to face their French counterparts at Stade de la Chevaliere in Mazame tonight (RTÉ Two, 7.30pm).

SEAN TREACY, son of Olympic silver medallist John, is included in the Irish Colleges squad for tomorrow night’s tie with their French equivalents at Stade Gilbert Santiago in Barbezieux (7pm, Irish).

EIMEAR CREGAN has revealed that the pressure of combining full-time work and training programmes with a thrice-weekly commute to Cork was behind her decision to sign for Catholic Institute.

CORK CITY will continue their pursuit of a European place as they take on Derry City in a vital League of Ireland Premier Division clash at Turner’s Cross tonight (7.45pm).

AIB league champions Shannon face the toughest of starts to the defence of their crown tonight as they face old rivals Garryowen in Dooradoyle (7.30pm).

AIB CUP FIRST ROUND: Saturday, September 26

The match of the day in the AIB Senior Cup takes place at Donnybrook where the tenents Bective Rangers and Old Wesley will do battle.

The match of the day in tomorrow's AIB Senior Cup takes place at Donnybrook where the tenants Bective Rangers and Old Wesley will do battle.

Holders Ballynahinch have been drawn at home in the second round of the AIB Cup against Cork Constitution in a repeat of last season's final.

A NEW era for club rugby dawns on the first weekend of October with the opening round of games in the restructured AIB League Division 1A and Division 1B.

GAA chiefs admit they are “monitoring” the situation at troubled broadcaster Setanta Sports.

MOST of their players may be small in stature but Fermanagh proved yet again they are capable of big things with a dogged three-point win over Down in the preliminary round of the Ulster Football Championship yesterday.

ROSS CARR last night named his starting line-up for tomorrow’s Ulster SFC clash with Fermanagh in Enniskillen.

A BANK selling – at auction. An event so close to a miracle you could almost hear the angels sing.

GARDAÍ believe vandals were behind the destruction of six valuable sculling boats at the National Rowing Centre in Cork.

GARRYOWEN youngster Conor Murray provided the finishing touch to his side’s crucial AIB League victory over UCD at Belfield on Saturday.