Amateur James Cahill has beaten five-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-8 in the first round of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

Eoghan Cormican reviews an exciting weekend in the Cork SHC

Austin Stacks and Dr Crokes will meet in the Kerry Club SFC final on Sunday next after topping their groups.

Galway hurlers have received a timely boost with Joseph Cooney marking his return from Australia by turning in a superb performance for his club Sarsfields at the weekend.

Killyclogher came back from the dead to deny Ardboe in an extra-time thriller at Carrickmore yesterday and book their place in the Tyrone SFC final.

Damien Comer’s Annaghdown will aim to halt Corofin’s bid for six successive Galway SFC titles when they face off in the semi-finals again.

The news filtered through in dribs and drabs last week, but the bottom line was consistent in all versions of the story. Redmonds GAA club is to close down.

Newcestown 1-13 St. Finbarr’s 0-14: It was 14 scores each yesterday in Ballygarvan, but in the end, it was Trevor Horgan’s first-half goal for Newcestown that was the difference in the first round of the Cork SHC.

Bill Beckett’s memories of St Finbarrs’ opening round game of the 2017 Cork senior hurling championship are stamped in his memory.

Kevin McTernan, former St Finbarr’s goalkeeper and club stalwart.

Nemo Rangers and St Finbarr’s will have to do it all again after the latter hauled back a seven-point second-half deficit in the Cork SFC decider.

Two memories from the night of the 2005 All Stars. The Fat Frogs and my hot date.

St Finbarr’s 3-18 Glanmire 4-11 (After extra-time): A superb extra-time performance from St Finbarr’s ensured them a thrilling second round win over Glanmire in a highly entertaining Cork IFC game at Pairc Na Brian Diolunaigh last night.

St Finbarr’s 2-11 Dripsey 0-16: Michael Ryan’s injury time goal proved to be the difference in this opening round Cork IHC, giving St Finbarr’s a narrow victory at Ballincollig last night.

Tonight’s SHC fourth round clash between Midleton and St Finbarr’s in Páirc Uí Rinn (7.45pm) is just the clubs’ second meeting since 2005, but for older spectators it is sure to recall memories of an epic rivalry in the 1980s.

The third annual Reardens Club All Star awards take place next Monday at 7.30pm, with 45 hurlers and 45 footballers in contention to be recognised for their excellence in the senior championships this season.

Ballymartle 4-19 St. Finbarr’s 1-20 (aet)

Glen Rovers 3-18 St. Finbarr’s 2-15

Hurling with the Barrs.

Most of the headlines regarding last Sunday’s St Finbarr’s-Castlehaven SFC quarter-final centred around events in the aftermath of Jason Sexton’s late equaliser for the Barrs, when a brawl broke out.

St Finbarr’s 0-10 Castlehaven 1-7

With 26 county senior championships wins between them, you can count on near city neighbours Nemo Rangers and St Finbarr’s producing pretty fierce rivalry.

A COMMUNAL green area in a Cork suburb doesn’t look like an obvious theatre of dreams.

THREE points without reply in the last five minutes was enough for St Finbarr’s to snatch a draw against Douglas in this City JAFC final played in atrocious conditions in Ballinlough on Saturday.

NOTHING spectacular about this St Finbarr’s victory at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday, simply a case of taking care of business.

THREE days of intensive training under the blue skies of Portugal paid a handsome dividend for Ballymun Kickhams who saw off the challenge of St Finbarr’s in the Division 1 final of the Bus Eireann Féile Peile final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday.

St. Finbarr’s 0-13 Newcestown0-11

Cork county champions Nemo Rangers must plan without James Masters for the coming campaign as the star forward has opted out to concentrate on competing in iron-man triathlons.

A GOAL by Alan Cronin deep in injury time gave county champions Nemo Rangers a dramatic victory over St Finbarr’s in the Red FM Division One league final at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

GLEN ROVERS will meet Na Piarsaigh in the final of the city division U21 hurling final after they beat St Finbarr’s in extra time at Ballinlough yesterday.

HE’S firmly established himself now as the pre-eminent netminder out Trabeg way, but Briain Morgan’s introduction to life between the sticks for Nemo Rangers was more an accident than an act of grand design.

ST FINBARR’S proved too good for Ballincollig in last night’s Cork SFC quarter-final at Páirc Ui Rinn, winning 1-13 to 2-4, a run of late points working the oracle.

MICK ‘HAULIE’ O’NEILL has a simple approach to coaching the Cork SFC champions, Clonakilty.

ST FINBARR’S football manager Tony Leahy is disarmingly frank about how he originally saw 2009 unfolding.

ST FINBARR’S are back in a senior final for the first time since 1993 following a deserved victory over favourites Carbery in an entertaining Evening Echo Cork county SFC semi-final at a Pairc Ui Rinn last night.