Donegal confirmed their place in the Allianz Hurling League Division 3A final, while their were wins also for Tyrone and Fingal over a busy weekend.

Table toppers Donegal recorded their second win in Allianz Hurling League Division 3A today, while their were also victories for Louth and Fingal.

The Nicky Rackard Cup decider will be a neighbourly encounter at Croke Park, on Saturday, June 9 after semi-final wins for Armagh and Louth.

Donegal 2-12 Sligo 0-16

The story of the day in the lower reaches of the Allianz Hurling League was Longford’s inability to field against Fermanagh.

Monaghan and Fingal will contest the Allianz Hurling League Division 3A final after securing final round wins this afternoon, while Louth finished in third place after beating Tyrone.

Donegal, who finished second from bottom in Division 3B of the National Hurling League earlier in the season recorded a 3-13 to 1-15 win over Longford in Letterkenny in Round One of the this afternoon.

Armagh 3-23 Donegal 1-13, Letterkenny

Tyrone have won the inaugural Lory Meagher Cup, and promotion to the Nicky Rachard series for next season, with a one-point win over Donegal at Croke Park.

There are seven players from Antrim in the selected Ulster team for tomorrow's M Donnelly Interprovincial hurling semi-final against Connacht at Ballybofey, throw-in 6pm.

Dominic McKinley, Ulster's hurling manager for the 2006 M Donnelly Interprovincial Championship, has named a 40-man provisional squad for the October competition.

Derry 5-15 Donegal 1-11

Eugene Organ has earned a recall to the Donegal starting line-up for Saturday's Nicky Rackard Cup final against their Ulster rivals Derry at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

Donegal 1-19 Longford 0-10

The hurlers of Donegal, Armagh and Derry topped their respective groups in the Nicky Rackard Cup yesterday, gaining automatic qualification through to the July 29 semi-finals.

THE GAA will honour 15 of the best players from the teams who participated in the inaugural Christy Ring and Nicky Rackard Cup competitions at a function in Croke Park on Saturday, November 26.

Thirty hurlers who excelled in the summer's inaugural Christy Ring and Nicky Rackard Cup competitions are to be honoured at a function in Croke Park on Saturday, November 26.

The panels to represent Ireland in Saturday week's Hurling/Shinty International games at senior and Under-21 level against Scotland were announced today.

DONEGAL County Board have threatened to suspend their second largest hurling club for six months. The threatened suspension of Setanta hurling club is the culmination of a two-year row between the club and the county board.