ONE way in which sport mirrors society is that the rich keep getting richer while the poor keep getting kicked and trampled upon.

Tyrone senior football manager Mickey Harte is set to remain in the role until 2012, following the confirmation of a two-year extension for the Errigal Ciaran clubman.

JOE BROLLY believes Cork’s Munster SFC semi-final win over Kerry is as much an indication of the Kingdom’s “terminal decline” as anything else.

Ulster joined Leinster at the top of the roll of honour with a committed display of football seeing them to a 1-12 to 1-8 win over Munster in tonight's M Donnelly Interprovincial football decider.

Tyrone's Conor Gormley is eagerly anticipating the start of the Martin Donnelly Interprovincial football championship and a chance to get stuck into major action once again in the 'off-season.'

Mickey Harte has been given a three-year extension to his tenure as manager of the Tyrone senior footballers.

AT 6’4” he lords it over Mickey Harte’s Tyrone panel. One look at Pascal McConnell and you sense there was never any doubt that he would be a goalkeeper.

Tyrone’s disappointment ran deep last year but has long been replaced by a focus on making amends, reports Brendan O’Brien.

AFTER 119 years, there were still some who couldn’t catch a glimpse of Sam. So Peter Canavan, who acted like a big, smiling child all evening, did the proper thing.

ARMAGH were praised yesterday for accepting their defeat in Sunday's All-Ireland final with dignity.

MICKEY HARTE, red-eyed with emotion, is talking about the real world. He will wake up this morning in a different world.

THIS could have all been so different. This September evening, he might have been sifting through another year of unfulfilled Tyrone promise, rather than holding court in Carrickmore as the pitch quakes under the weight of a ravenous tribe.

WHEN Kerry and Tyrone last met in a championship game, the world was a different place.

The pressure is mounting on Tyrone to deliver the elusive All-Ireland title, with many pundits believing this may be the breakthrough year. But Cormac McAnallen has endured the expectation before and now he is taking things one game at a time. Mark Gallagher reports.

THERE is no prize for guessing which manager has most reason to be optimistic about the season ahead facing into tomorrow’s opening Allianz NFL encounter in Hyde Park.

Tyrone chiefs took the opportunity of the county convention to praise managerial duo Art McRory and Eugene McKenna for their sterling service.

Newly-installed Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has named Paddy Tally as his assistant.

THE chairman of Tyrone County Board has issued an impassioned public apology to Eugene McKenna and his family for the hurt and anxiety they have suffered as a result of the controversy over the county management saga.

Mickey Harte has been appointed manager of the Tyrone senior football team.

Eugene McKenna has hit out at the handling of Art McRory's departure from his role as joint Tyrone football manager this week.

Underage sensation Mickey Harte has revealed he'd be interested in stepping up to the senior Tyrone manager's position.

Art McRory has stepped down as joint Tyrone football manager for "personal reasons".

It has been confirmed that Tyrone's joint managers Art McRory and Eugene McKenna will continue in the job for another year.

Joint Tyrone managers Eugene McKenna and Art McRory will stay on for at least another year at the helm.

EVERYTHING in a losing dressing-room resonates with defeat, especially at this stage of summer. The half-empty Lucozade bottles, the banana skins lying around are just reminders that this was a place where dreams were shattered.

Sligo 1-14 Tyrone 0-12

Tyrone manager Art McRory is sweating over the fitness of three players

Tyrone manager Art McRory has kept faith with the same fifteen that dispatched Monaghan in the provincial semi-finals, for Sunday's Ulster Football Final against Cavan.