Kerry minor manager Jack O’Connor believes county board bosses must appoint a Director of Football to ensure the Kingdom’s finest underage talents are not lost before transition to senior ranks.

Holders Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne must win against North Clare Schools in Rathkeale this afternoon to be assured a place in the last eight of Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster Colleges SAFC).

St. Vincent’s 0-12 St. Michael’s 0-11

Cork or Donegal are reporting no fresh injury concerns ahead of their All-Ireland SFC semi-final meeting at Croke Park this Sunday.

KENNY EGAN kept his Olympic dream alive with an emphatic victory over fellow Dubliner Michael Frayne (St. Mary’s) in the Elite Boxing Championship quarter-finals at the National Stadium on Saturday night.

THE Elite national senior boxing championships got under way at the National Stadium last night when an action-packed programme featured eight welterweight contests involving some of the best boxers in the world.

THE Boxing Council of the IABA selected Michael O’Reilly (Portlaoise) on the Irish team for the European Youth Championships which commence in the City West Convention Centre today.

KENNY EGAN took a major step towards the world championships and, ultimately, next year’s London Olympics when he outpointed Tommy McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett BC) in a heavyweight semi-final that had its share of controversy at last night’s box-offs at the National Stadium.

THIS opening round of the Garveys Kerry senior football championship at Caherciveen yesterday proved to be much closer than generally anticipated, despite the underdogs being limited by the loss of eight players.

KENNETH EGAN began his quest for an unprecedented 11th successive national senior title at the National Stadium last night with a second-round stoppage of Thomas Roohan (Ballincarrow, Sligo) and a claim that the only man who can beat him is himself.

SHANE QUINN (De La Salle, Waterford) was an impressive winner of the senior boys’ title at the AVIVA Munster Schools cross-country championships at the CIT Campus, Bishopstown, yesterday.

GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX will complete his preparations for his world title defence against Willie “Big Bang” Casey at a special training camp in Cork.

THE draw for the 2011 Cork senior football championship, which pairs champions Nemo Rangers with Ballincollig, threw up two interesting west Cork derbies, featuring Ilen Rovers and Carbery Rangers, and O’Donovan Rossa against Clonakilty.

St. Gall's, St. John's and St Mochta's all claimed All-Ireland Sevens Football titles yesterday, while Westport also picked up a prestigious Sevens gong.

MARC O SÉ is a fresh injury concern for Kerry coach Jack O’Connor as the Kingdom finalise preparations for Sunday’s Munster SFC clash with Tipperary in Thurles.

ALMOST from day one of this season’s Leinster Schools Senior Cup campaign, Clongowes Wood and St. Michael’s were lined up as two of the big favourites to make this afternoon’s St. Patrick’s Day decider at the RDS (3.30).

KENNETH EGAN kept on course for an historic 10th successive Irish senior title with a one-sided 21-2 victory over Denis Hogan (Grangecon) in last night’s light heavyweight semi-final at the National Stadium.

CORK COUNTY BOARD decided at last night’s reconvened meeting to back the interim arrangement agreed between the GAA and the GPA. On a show of hands 92 delegates voted in favour while 12 were against.

THE battle for Irish boxing’s light welterweight division takes place at the National Stadium tonight when Philip Sutcliffe (Crumlin) bids to cement his position at the top and a place in the team for the world boxing championships in Milan next September.

KENNETH EGAN is within one victory of a spectacular ninth successive national senior title following last night’s comprehensive defeat of Denis Hogan (Grangecon) in the first light heavyweight semi-final at the National Stadium.

KENNY EGAN will make his first public appearance in the ring since Beijing in the semi-finals of the national senior championships tonight at the National Stadium.

CHAMPIONS Sarsfields have been drawn against Castlelyons in next year’s Cork SHC, while four-in-a-row football winners Nemo Rangers renew rivalry with Ballincollig.

AFTER years of near-misses Valley Rovers, finally landed football silverware at Páirc Uí Rinn by winning the Cork IFC final with a 1-12 to 3-4 win over Kildorrery.

JOHN JOE JOYCE (St Michael’s, Athy) stamped his name on the list for next month’s European championships with an emphatic 20-4 victory over the plucky Ballymena light welterweight, Stephen Donnelly (All Saints), in the finals of the open tournament held to help select the team for Liverpool.

KENNETH EGAN took just 22 seconds to claim his seventh successive national senior title — his fifth at light heavyweight — and he immediately turned his attentions to qualification for next year’s Olympic Games after overwhelming Willie Mitchell in what was the mismatch of the night at the national senior championship finals at the National Stadium last night.

DARREN O’NEILL, a student teacher from Kilkenny, will fill the middleweight berth on the Irish team when the European Boxing Championships get under way in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, later today.

DARREN SUTHERLAND (St. Saviours OBA) added the national senior title to his CV with a power-packed performance that overwhelmed Edward Healy (Portlaoise) in the third round of their middleweight final at the finals of the National senior championships last night.

DAVID BARRETT (Rylane) bids to emulate older brother Seanie by winning the light welterweight title at the Irish intermediate boxing championship finals at the National Stadium tonight.

St. Sylvester’s (Dublin) 2-6 Corofin (Galway) 1-6

THE decision to relegate Cork champions St. Michael’s to Division Two of Féile Peil na nÓg in Limerick yesterday, provoked an angry reaction from the Blackrock club.

BRENDAN O’NEILL (St. Michael’s, Dublin), Mairead Murphy (Mercy, Waterford) and Laura Reynolds (Marian, Mohill) all set new records at the KitKat Tailteann Irish Schools interpros at Tullamore on Saturday when a number of athletes bound for the European Youth Olympic Festival got the perfect send-off.

CHAMPIONS Nemo Rangers and pretenders Douglas clash in a mouth-watering Cork City U-21 FC semi-final at Ballinlough today (5 pm), part of a double header which also features Bishopstown and St. Michael’s at 6.30 pm.

THE 11 newly-crowned national senior boxing champions compete at the Four Nations Championships in Liverpool this week.

ANDY LEE will be the star attraction again when he defends his middleweight title at the finals of the national championships in the National Stadium tonight.

Irish Schools 20 Irish U19’s 5

Leinster 35 Munster 12

Kildare man, Dominic O’Rourke of the St. Michael’s club was reinstalled as president of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association at the annual convention in Dublin yesterday.

South Kerry 2-20 Rathmore 1-6

DECLAN O’SULLIVAN is a notable absentee from the Kerry team to face Waterford in tonight’s Erin Munster U21 FC semi-final in Killarney (7.30pm).

Ilen Rovers, Cork 1-11 St Michael’s, Donegal 1-4

THE three national champions dropped from the High Performance Squad after failing to turn up for the first training session after Christmas will rejoin the squad in the middle of the month, but won’t be going to the European Championships - the first of the Olympic Qualifiers.

The Leinster Schools Squad to tour the UK this weekend to face Leicester and Yorkshire on October 31 and November 1 has been named.