It was a busy day of action in the provincial Football Championships in both Munster and Ulster, while new SFC champions were crowned in Donegal, Tipperary and Waterford.

Heavy rain forced the postponements of all four of today's scheduled Ulster Club Senior Football Championship quarter-finals.

Applications for the vacant position of Donegal senior football manager closed last night and there are a total of six men in the running to succeed Brian McIver.

MICK O’RIORDAN and Tom Ryan have been appointed joint caretaker managers of the Dublin senior hurling team pending the appointment of a team manager.

All-Ireland winners Mayo have been rewarded for another awesome year on the football field with 11 nominations for the Ladies All Star awards.