2011 champions Athy booked their place in the Kildare SFC semi-finals thanks to a 0-10 to 0-7 victory against Moorefield on Saturday.

Dublin U21 manager Jim Gavin insists there is nothing wrong with Gaelic football, claiming the evolution of the sport has made it an appealing game to watch.

HIS new position will see him clocking over 1,000 kilometres a week from his Kildare base but Brian Lacey had no hesitation about accepting the offer to coach the Limerick footballers.

CHAMPIONS Moorefield recovered from a shock defeat to Carbury last time out by beating Round Towers in the third round of the Kildare senior football championship.

CHAMPIONS Moorefield were sensationally beaten by Carbury in a dramatic Kildare SFC tie that saw county star Eoghan O’Flaherty kick the winner from a free.

CELBRIDGE were the major casualties after the round-robin series of the Pfizer Kildare senior football championship concluded on Saturday.

Glenn Ryan will remain in charge of the Longford senior footballers next year, following confirmation of the Kildare man's reappointment.

CORK hurling manager Gerald McCarthy and his selectors have named a 24-man panel for Sunday’s Waterford Crystal League clash with WIT.

John Crofton's time as Kildare senior football manager has come to an end, it has been confirmed.

After an injury-ravaged 2006, Colin Moran will captain Paul Caffrey's Dublin side in Saturday's Dublin Bus/Evening Herald Dubs Stars match in Portmarnock (throw-in 2pm).

Today will see Ballyboden clubman Stephen Hiney pull on a Dublin jersey for the first time since July 2005, as the capital side take on the Dubs Stars in the annual end-of-year clash.

A testimonial match is to be held in honour of Kildare's recently-retired centre back Glenn Ryan on New Year's Eve.

KILDARE’S chances in the Leinster SFC received a massive blow at the weekend when veteran centre back Glenn Ryan sustained a depressed fracture of the sternum (breast bone) in a challenge game against Galway at Ballinasloe on Saturday.

2005 Leinster championship-winning captain Paddy Christie has been included in the Dublin panel for a challenge match against Derry on Saturday.

Laois' 2003 All-Star defender Tom Kelly has ended his stint with Dublin club Rounder Towers, Clondalkin, and is returning to his native county to re-join St. Joseph's.

Young wing forward Eoin Moran has been ruled out of Dublin's opening NHL Division 2A clash with Derry on Sunday.

Paul Curran is to manage Round Towers Clondalkin for the 2006 season, in what will be the former Dublin defender's first full-time coaching role.

Tipperary footballer Brian Lacey has denied rumours that he is set to play for Kildare this season.

Former player John Crofton is to succeed the departed Padraig Nolan as manager of the Kildare footballers for next season.

The Leinster football championship gets underway today with a double-header at Croke Park.

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan has to do without defenders defenders Andrew McLoughlin and Karl Ennis in Sunday's Leinster football championship clash with Wicklow at Croke Park.

TWELVE months ago, an injured Chris Conway watched Laois capture their first Leinster title since 1946 from the Hogan Stand.

DENIS CONNERTON has stepped down as Longford football manager in the wake of their All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Dublin.

When Mick O’Dwyer left Kildare, everyone presumed his son went with him. Not so, as Karl O’Dwyer explains to Mark Gallagher.

PADDY CLARKE was in the air, flying to Australia as part of the Irish management for the 2001 International Rules Series, when Brigid’s lost heavily in the Dublin county football final to a Na Fianna side captained by Kieran McGeeney.

Kildare senior football champions Sarsfields have been allowed back into the county championship after being thrown out during the week.

Kildare senior football champions Sarsfields have been sensationally thrown out of their county championship.