TWO predatory first-half goals from corner-forward Danny Cummins set up IT Sligo for a hard fought one-point defeat of NUIG at Ballinode on Saturday night.

WING-BACK Johnny Davey's goal midway through the second-half and three perfect frees from substitute Colm McGee set up Sligo for a second successive FBD Connacht League win when they deservedly overcame IT Sligo by six points, 1-9 to 0-6, at a windy Quigabar.

A CRACKING 26th-minute goal from Danny Cummins set up IT Sligo for a deserved six-point defeat of London at a floodlit Ballinode on Saturday evening.

A SECOND-HALF goal from debutant Shane Maughan put Galway on the road to victory in the opening FBD League tie of the season in Ballyhaunis last night to ensure a winning start to Alan Mulholland’s reign in charge of the Tribesmen.

DESPITE being given a first-half scare, defending champions St Brigid’s cruised into the Connacht Club SFC final with a merited six-point defeat of plucky Tourlestrane at Markievicz Park yesterday.

ALL six forwards and two half-backs found the range for Sligo champions Tourlestrane as they booked a Connacht club semi-final against St Brigid’s of Roscommon next month.

CORK showed their style first, then their substance to dethrone All-Ireland JFC holders Sligo at Croke Park and march through themselves to this year’s final.

CORK bid to reach their fourth All-Ireland junior football final in seven years when they face Sligo in Croke Park today (5pm).

WEXFORD made it a dismal week for Laois hurling as they handed the visitors a real mauling in this one-sided Leinster Under-21 hurling championship semi-final at Wexford Park last night.

FOUR days after one of the county’s darkest hurling performances, the Laois U21’s bid to restore some faith in the county when they face Wexford in tonight’s Bord Gáis Energy Leinster hurling championship semi-final.

DEFENDING All-Ireland junior football champions Sligo retained their provincial title in dramatic fashion in Charlestown.

LIAM SHEEDY has made four changes to his Tipperary starting line-up as they attempt to revive their All-Ireland SHC challenge in tomorrow’s qualifier tie against Wexford in Semple Stadium after the defeat against Cork in the Munster quarter-final in May.

TOMÁS Ó SÉ and Paul Galvin both return to the Kerry lineup for tomorrow’s NFL Division One relegation clash against Monaghan in Fitzgerald Stadium.

Kerry 0-14 Sligo 1-10

JOHN EVANS relived May 24 as his Tipperary team bowed out of the All-Ireland senior football championship at Semple Stadium on Saturday.

Sligo 1-12 Antrim 1-10

TEAK-TOUGH Bishopstown back Noel O’Donovan and stylish Ballincollig winger Patrick Kelly have been drafted into the Cork team to play Meath in the opening round of the Allianz National Football League at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday.

Mayo 3-11 Sligo 0-07

Sligo captain Noel McGuire has failed to recover from a dislocated elbow in time for Sunday's crunch Connacht SFC semi-final encounter with Mayo.

The Sligo team chosen for Sunday's Connacht SFC opener against London (Ruislip, throw-in 2.30pm) shows only two changes to the side that started last summer's historic Connacht final win.

WEXFORD clinched promotion — and a place in the NFL Division Three final — after a facile 2-16 to 0-15 victory over Louth at Wexford Park yesterday.