DEFEATED after a replay in the final of last year’s competition, Ballygarvan’s quest to go one better and claim the Cork IHC got off to a winning start as they swept past Aghada at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

Kerry 1-13 Cork 0-17

GREATER composure in front of goal ensured Cork set up a first meeting of the season with Kerry as they accounted for their hosts in the McGrath Cup at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

KERRY’s Paul Galvin could be ready for a return to Sigerson Cup action — at the ripe old age of 30!

PAUL KERRIGAN scored 2-2 against his club as Cork beat Nemo Rangers by five goals in the GOAL Challenge at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

AN ENTHRALLING game at Brinny last night as Ballygarvan booked a Cork County IHC semi-final berth after a gutsy performance against pre-tournament favourites Bandon.

PEARSE O’NEILL is on course for Cork’s Munster SFC semi-final against Kerry on June 6 after returning to county colours on Saturday.

Cork 1-17 Mayo 0-12

AFTER prolonged absences, Alan Quirke, Anthony Lynch, Graham Canty, Donnacha O’Connor, Kevin McMahon and Colm O’Neill return to the Cork team for Sunday’s final game in the preliminary rounds of the Allianz NFL against Mayo at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Cork manager Conor Counihan and his Dublin counterpart Pat Gilroy have named their sides for tomorrow night's Allianz National Football League Division 1 encounter at Pairc Ui Rinn (7.30pm).

All-Star Nicholas Murphy returns to the Cork line-up for their Allianz National Football League Division 1 tie with bottom of the table Tyrone at Healy Park in Omagh tomorrow night.

A ONE-HORSE race at Páirc Uí Rinn last night as a vastly superior Aghada inflicted a crushing 12-points defeat on Ballygarvan in the Evening Echo Cork IHC second round.

Cork 2-6 Limerick 0-11

Kerry 0-13 Cork 1-10

Cork 2-18 Waterford 1-07

Cork 0-18 Laois 0-9

KILDARE 0-14 CORK 0-14

WITH a second-string side partaking in the McGrath Cup, Cork manager Conor Counihan wheeled out his big guns for the first time this season in a senior football challenge at Mallow on Saturday.

Influential Cork half-forward Donncha O'Connor has been cleared to play for the Rebels in this Sunday's GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final replay against Kerry, after having his four-week suspension overturned by the GAA's Central Hearings Committee (CHC) at Croke Park last night.

Cork manager Conor Counihan has named an unchanged team for Sunday's GAA Football All-Ireland senior championship semi-final showdown with Kerry.

Cork 2-11 Kildare 1-11

Michael Cussen, who scored a vital 1-01 in last month's Munster final win over Kerry, has failed to force his way in the Cork team for Sunday's GAA Football All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Kildare (throw-in 2pm).

Cork 1-16 Kerry 1-11

Cork manager Conor Counihan has made three changes to his team for Sunday's Munster SFC final against Kerry (Pairc Ui Chaoimh, throw-in 2pm), but full-back Graham Canty could be a late withdrawal for the game.

Ulster joined Leinster at the top of the roll of honour with a committed display of football seeing them to a 1-12 to 1-8 win over Munster in tonight's M Donnelly Interprovincial football decider.

KERRY teenage sensation Tommy Walsh was the name on everyone’s lips following Munster’s victory Leinster in a low-intensity M Donnelly Interprovincial Football semi-final at Fermoy on Saturday.

Kerry 3-13 Cork 1-9

Having recovered from a broken jaw, championship top scorer James Masters has been named in the Cork team for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final against Kerry, Croke Park, throw-in 3.30pm.

Cork 1-16 Meath 0-9

James Masters' place in the Cork team to play Meath in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC semi-final (Croke Park, throw-in 3.30pm) has gone to All-Ireland Under-21 winner Daniel Goulding.

Cork 1-11 Sligo 0-8

Cork manager Billy Morgan has made two changes to his side for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clash with Sligo (Croke Park, throw-in 2pm).

Cork 0-16 Louth 0-14

Cork manager Billy Morgan has made two changes to his side for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Louth (O'Moore Park, throw-in 2pm).

Fintan Goold, the recently-crowned Cadbury's Hero of the Future, has been drafted into the Cork team for Sunday's Munster SFC final clash with Kerry (Killarney, throw-in 2pm).

Paddy O'Shea is set to make his first championship start for Cork in Sunday's Munster SFC semi-final against Tipperary at Limerick's Gaelic Grounds, throw-in at 3.30pm.

Graham Canty will make his long-awaited championship return for Cork this weekend when the Rebels take on Limerick in their Munster SFC quarter-final (Pairc Ui Chaoimh, throw-in 3.30pm).

Noel O'Leary and Nicholas Murphy are expected to be fit to play for Cork in Sunday's NFL Division 1A match against Fermanagh (Clones, throw-in 3.30pm), having both been named in the starting side.

The Cork team to take on Mayo in Saturday's must-win NFL Division 1A clash at Pairc Ui Rinn, throw-in 7.30pm, shows three changes to the side that lost to Dublin last time out.

All-Star midfielder Nicholas Murphy as recovered from a flu bug to be named in the Cork team for Saturday's NFL Division 1A showdown with Dublin (Parnell Park, throw-in 7.30pm).

The return of Kevin McMahon to the Cork football team for Saturday night’s crunch league encounter with Tyrone is a considerable boost, according to selector John Corcoran.

CORK 2-7 DONEGAL 1-12