Sometimes a sportsman escapes the ghetto at the back of the newspaper and makes it to the front, though it isn’t always for the right reasons.

Clare 1-13 Limerick 0-15

Peter Canavan’s Fermanagh side came from behind to secure a win over Clare at Brewster Park.

UL are sweating on the fitness of Kerry midfielder Anthony Maher for the Sigerson Cup after he was forced off in the first quarter of this McGrath Cup tie at Doonbeg yesterday.

LAST year’s defeated All-Ireland finalists Down may have been the hottest of favourites coming into Ennis on Saturday against a Clare team hammered by Cork in the Munster championship.

Down 1-13 Clare 1-12

THE usual cliché after a game like yesterday’s Munster SFC tie in Páirc Uí Chaoimh is tougher tests ahead, so we’ll take it off the leash here for a run around.

MUNSTER SFC (Quarter-Final): Waterford v Clare (tomorrow, Dungarvan, 3pm)

CLARE boss Micheal McDermott has injury worries over defender Laurence Healy and attacker Barry Toner ahead of next Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final against Waterford in Fraher Field in Dungarvan. Healy is suffering from a shoulder injury while Toner has been battling a hamstring strain.

IT is 56 years since Mick O’Dwyer had his first involvement with inter-county football, lining out for the Kerry minors against Cork in the Munster championship.

The Munster Football Team to play Connacht in the Martin Donnelly Interprovincial Championship has been announced.

Limerick 1-13 Clare 1-09

Waterford 0-07 Clare 0-9

Clare team captain Michael O'Shea has lost his race to be fit for the Banner's Munster SFC quarter-final clash with Waterford on Sunday at Cusack Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

ALLIANZ NFL DIVISION 4: Kilkenny 1-4 Clare 4-19

Clare 0-10 Fermanagh 0-15

Denis Russell helped Clare through to the second round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers at Casement Park.

Limerick 2-05 Clare 0-08

DUBLIN introduce five newcomers for Sunday’s opening Allianz NFL tie against All-Ireland champions Tyrone at Omagh.

IN the second round of group games in the Clare SFC, St Breckan’s had an easy 0-12 to 0-4 win over last year’s IFC winners Cratloe at Cusack Park on Saturday, having lead 0-8 to 0-1 at the break.

Sligo 1-13 Clare 0-11

Sligo manager Dominic Corrigan has largely kept faith with his side for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC qualifier shootout with almost regular opponents Clare.

FOOTBALLER of the year Tomás Ó Sé has been presented with a fresh challenge ahead of Kerry's televised Allianz NFL clash with Dublin in Tralee tomorrow night.

Michael Ellard and Brendan Larkin

WATERFORD star Dan Shanahan is an injury doubt for Lismore ahead of their SHC tie against Roanmore tomorrow evening at Dungarvan’s Fraher Field, (3.30pm).

Cork 0-15 Clare 0-11

IT'S a long way from Clare to Tullamore, and an even longer road home yesterday for senior football manager John Kennedy and his charges following another inconsistent National Football League display.

BRILLIANT wing-forward Stephen Kelly is a surprise omission from the Limerick team to play Galway in Division 1B of the Allianz NFL at Ballinasloe on Sunday.

Clare 1-14 Tipperary 1-10

Limerick 2-14

Cork 1-13, Clare 0-15

DENIS BYRNE may be prepared to declare for Tipperary hurlers following the official sanction by Croke Park of his transfer to Mullinahone — but it’s not an immediate concern of manager Michael Doyle.

DONEGAL manager Brian McEniff is expected to name Finn Harps star Brendan Devenny when he selects his side later in the week for next Sunday’s Allianz NFL clash with Dublin at Ballyshannon.