DCU 6-14 Athlone IT 1-7: Monaghan’s Shane Carey fired a brilliant 3-6 as holders Dublin City University made a strong statement of their intention to capture back-to-back Sigerson Cup titles for the first time.

St Francis Coll, Rochestown 1-6 Clonakilty CC 0-7: Conor Russell’s goal was the key score as last year’s defeated finalists St Francis College, Rochestown advanced to the Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-finals with victory over Clonakilty CC at Newcestown yesterday.

The partner of a missing man has issued an emotional appeal for him to come home to their two young children for Christmas.

Austin Stacks 2-10 Laune Rangers 1-6: Austin Stacks retained their place in the Kerry senior football championship for 2016 and consigned Laune Rangers to the intermediate grade for the first time since 1969.

Dr Crokes will face Austin Stacks in the 2015 Kerry Division 1 SFL final following Stacks’ 1-12 to 0-7 victory over Legion in the Division 1 play-off at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.

Austin Stacks 1-13 St Michael’s/Foilmore 2-6: Champions Austin Stacks opened their Kerry SFC title defence with a laboured victory over St Michael’s/Foilmore at Austin Stack Park Tralee on Saturday night.

Austin Stacks 2-9 Dr Crokes 0-13: Goals win matches, they say, and this was well and truly borne out at Connolly Park yesterday evening where Austin Stacks overcame Dr Crokes in the Credit Union Senior Football League Division 1 Final (2014) after a game that went to extra-time.

A crunching Kieran Donaghy in the penultimate minute of normal time appeared to have provided Austin Stacks with the platform to secure extra-time only for Shane Carroll to kick the free wide.

IT’S odd because yesterday morning in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Douglas, we spoke theoretically to the players about the type of game this Munster final might be.

Austin Stacks (Kerry) 3-5 The Nire (Waterford) 2-4

For a man reared on the winter wonders of the North Kerry Championship in his native Listowel, Stephen Stack knows the value of ‘winning football’ better than most.

AIB MUNSTER CLUB SFC SEMI-FINAL:

Extra-time was the order of the day, before Austin Stacks and The Nire advanced to the AIB Munster Club Senior Football Final in two weeks, after semi-final wins this afternoon.

Austin Stacks 1-13 Mid Kerry 2-10

Austin Stacks 2-13 Dingle 1-9

Austin Stacks 2-16 St Michael’s/Foilmore 1-05

Kerins O’Rahillys maintained their rich vein of form in Division 1 of the County League, defeating in-form Dr Crokes by two points, 1-12 to 1-10 on Saturday evening.

Favourites South Kerry were shocked in Saturday’s Kerry U21 football championship semi-final by the impressive Kilcummin/Rathmore amalgamation (1-10 to 0-12).

Rathmore are benefiting from retired inter-county star Tom O’Sullivan’s presence as they sit proudly on top of Division 1 after a tough 0-7 to 0-6 local derby win over Gneeveguilla.

Austin Stacks, without Kieran Donaghy, overpowered Spa in a Kerry SFL Division One mismatch (5-9 to 0-7) at windswept Connolly Park yesterday.

All-Ireland intermediate football champions Milltown/Castlemaine had plenty of reasons to celebrate after their latest Kerry SFL victory.

SERIOUS concerns have been expressed that a Football League match was fixed after four players were banned for between five months and a year for betting on the outcome.

Disciplinary chiefs have expressed “serious concerns” that a Football League match may have been fixed after four players were banned for between five months and a year for betting on the outcome.

SOUTHAMPTON remain confident of avoiding a 10-point penalty after the Football League called for an independent report into the club’s financial position.

Five players have been charged with breaching the Football Association’s betting rules with some accused of gambling thousands of pounds on their team to lose.

Liverpool have rewarded teenage midfielder David Mannix with a new two-and-a-half-year contract after he returned to full fitness following five knee operations.