Once again, the severe weather claimed a number of Cork County League games as victims, with just two matches played today.

It may have taken a well-worked 53rd-minute goal from full-forward Conor Russell to seal the deal but Douglas were full value for their six-point victory over fancied but wasteful Ballincollig at Páirc Ui Rinn yesterday.

Players from 16 counties are included on the Underdogs panel.

The Irish Examiner, RedFM, The Echo and 96FM are taking on the challenge of the King of The Hill Sprint Triathlon taking place at Dock Beach in Kinsale on Saturday, July 27.

This Cork senior hurling championship round 1 game didn’t survive to half-time as a contest, with a vastly experienced Sarsfields side putting away Kanturk with a devastating first-half scoring burst.

C & S Neptune are staring Division 1 basketball in the face after their 96-81 home defeat to Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin left them in deep relegation trouble. In a game where the Kerry side dominated from start to finish a 25-point game high contribution from Daniel Jokubaitis paved the way for Killorglin’s impressive display.

It will take at least another three years before the number of people becoming homeless starts to decrease.

Was every citizen of Tournafulla in Dromcollogher on Saturday to witness the club’s first-ever Limerick Junior A hurling title?

The high-altitude French ski resort of La Plagne has a bit of something for everyone, writes Eoin O’Sullivan

This month saw the latest move to enhance the offering of a business now run by a fourth generation of leaders — frozen storage.

A fired-up Templeogue employed the old-fashioned virtues of good hustle and aggressive rebounding to bounce fancied Killorglin out of contention for the Men’s U18 National Cup.

A man storing €11,000 worth of cocaine substitute pentedrone has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

“It is a little unusual for a rugby school to put its head above the parapet with soccer.”

Prison officers escorting a man from Cork District Court observed another man slipping drugs to the prisoner in the courthouse.

Cork City Council is to seek a judicial review of the administrative actions of the review group which has recommended a merger of the city and county councils.

Sarsfields 0-20, Imokilly 0-16

Douglas 1-10 Nemo Rangers 0-13 (Cork SFC): Four unanswered points from Nemo Rangers in the final 10 minutes at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday prevented Douglas from claiming a first championship victory over their city neighbours.

Sarsfields 0-15 Bishopstown 1-7: An excellent exhibition of point-scoring by Cian McCarthy powered defending champions Sarsfields to a comfortable victory over Bishopstown in a substandard second-round tie in the county senior hurling championship at Pairc Uí Rinn last night.

Watergrasshill 1-16 Cloyne 2-11: “We won with pure heart and determination,” was the verdict of Watergrasshill manager John O’Regan after his side battled back from eight points down to snatch victory at the death over a fancied Cloyne in the Cork Premier IHC on Saturday.

Douglas 2-9 St Nicholas 1-7:  Douglas managed to put a below-par first-half performance behind them to overcome St Nicholas at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday and advance to the fourth round of the Cork SFC.

Cork League roundup

A 13-year-old buying chips for himself was grabbed and threatened that his throat would be cut with a Stanley blade by a raider demanding money from the employee behind the fast food restaurant’s counter.

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.

Sarsfields 2-18 Glen Rovers 0-8

Last week, as this final drew near, questions exercised the minds of both sets of supporters. Sarsfields’ fans wondered if they could continue the winning pattern established since 2008 of a championship victory every second year, writes Donal O'Grady.

Considering it is a hurling-only club, it’s interesting that oval balls have an influence at Sarsfields.

Sarsfields 1-18 Na Piarsaigh 0-14

Cork SHC quarter-final: Sarsfields 3-20 St Finbarr’s 1-16

Sarsfields 0-14 Carrigdhoun 0-11

Claims that homelessness is at crisis point have been rejected by an expert in the field.

The Queen didn’t do a parachute jump, but Limerick yesterday exuded a spectacular summer glow for the opening of the Special Olympic Ireland Games.

It may well happen that we will hearing a lot more about Boris De Blae and Rabunda, a pair of newcomers, that finished first and second in that order in the four-year-old maiden at yesterday’s Duhallow Foxhounds point-to-point.

The Hollinwell is developing into one of the very best point-to-pointers on the circuit and the British-bred recorded his fourth success of the season by destroying the opposition with his owner/trainer Eugene O’Sullivan’s 17-year-old son Eoin in the open lightweight at yesterday’s Duhallow Foxhounds Kildorrery fixture at Rockmills Stud.

Eoin O’Sullivan (17) will treasure fond memories of yesterday’s Kilkenny Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Grennan Castle outside Thomastown as he partnered his initial career winner aboard his father Eugene’s The Hollinwell in the open lightweight.

Sarsfields 0-25 Ballymartle 1-12

Glenbower Rovers 1-06 Lisgoold 1-06 (aet)

Sarsfields 2-14 UCC 0-9

Cloyne 3-15 Carrigaline 3-11