Mayo’s injury crisis is close to crippling point going into Sunday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final derby with Galway.

Galway captain Finian Hanley has been ruled out of the team to face Mayo in Sunday's Connacht SFC quarter-final clash at Pearse Stadium (throw-in 4pm).

Galway 1-16 Wexford 0-11

There was a disappointing start to the opening round of the Munster Junior Clubs Challenge Cup with only three of the scheduled seven games going ahead.

Michael Meehan will make his first start of this year's Championship when he lines out for Galway against Antrim in the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers tomorrow.

It was remarked upon several times on Friday afternoon, when over 300 people packed into a hotel at €85 a head for a fundraising lunch for the Galway footballers, that these times were reminiscent of 1998 when the Tribesmen came from nowhere to win the All-Ireland title.

Galway manager Alan Mulholland has announced a 31-man squad for the 2012 Football Championship, but insisted he is 'not closing the door' on any players who have not made the initial cut.

Corkman Peter Creedon is expected to be ratified as the new Tipperary senior football manager next week, replacing John Evans.

New Galway manager Alan Mulholland has selected his team for Sunday's Allianz Football League Division 2 encounter with Derry at Celtic Park (throw-in 2.30pm).

GALWAY SFC champions Killererin were dumped out of this year’s competition after being taken apart by an outstanding Salthill/Knocknacarra in Corofin yesterday.

Galway boss Tomas O'Flatharta has made a host of changes for their All-Ireland Football Qualifier with Meath tomorrow.

THIS GAME, either with boot or pen, has led me to many wonderful, exhilarating and uplifting games of Gaelic football.

IT was with more than a sceptical eye that Joe Bergin saw Galway’s relegation from Allianz Division One almost swept under the carpet after the U21s’ All-Ireland win last month.

JOE McMAHON will make his first appearance for the Tyrone senior footballers since suffering a broken jaw in a club game two months ago in Sunday’s Ulster SFC semi-final against Donegal at Clones.

Galway manager Tomás Ó Flatharta has finalised his team for Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final against Mayo in Castlebar (throw-in 2pm).

1. Condense the inter-county season

AS ALL-IRELAND U21-winning celebrations go, Colin Forde’s can be ranked as mild.

CAVAN captain Gearóid McKiernan says he will gladly fail his college exams next month if it means getting his hands on the Clarke Cup on Sunday.

THE strange and unpredictable nature of U-21 football was manifestly evident again in Ennis on Saturday night.

IT was not until the aftermath of last week’s Munster U21 football final in Páirc Uí Rinn that Cork boss John Cleary was able to properly gauge the level of performance his players had produced.

THIS was an outcome which didlittle to appease either side asDublin surrendered their 100% record and Galway suffered relegation from the top flight for the first time in a decade and a half.

SINCE a redeveloped Pearse Stadium was opened in 2003, it has proven to be an unhappy hunting ground for Roscommon football. No team from the county has managed to win in the Salthill venue since then — a wretched sequence the current crop of U21 footballers aim to end this afternoon against Galway.

TOM O’SULLIVAN will make his first start for the Kerry senior footballers since last August’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat against Down in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 tie against Armagh in the Athletic Grounds.

GALWAY defender Finian Hanley is confident the future is bright for the Tribesmen despite the troubles encountered in the opening weeks of the football league.

Down 2-11 Galway 1-09

The First Round of the 2007 eircom League of Ireland Cup was drawn today, as clubs prepare to battle it out for a possible place in next season’s Setanta Sports Cup.

Clare 1-16 Laois 2-11

SATURDAY was a day of many surprises in Division Two of the AIL, when many of the top teams were surprisingly turned over by supposed ‘lesser’ opposition.