Paddy Bradley has taken aim at the Derry County Board in the wake of the county's All-Ireland SFC exit at the hands of Longford.

Derry's John McCamley and Eugene Scullion will have their first taste of SFC action in Saturday's Ulster SFC quarter-final against Donegal.

The Derry football panel's walking wounded are set to make a return to action in the coming weeks, with seven players expected to be back for the Ulster Championship tie against Cavan or Donegal on June 16.

The Reigning Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup final will be fought out by Derry and Tyrone after both sides pulled through from today's semi-finals.

Tyrone and Fermanagh will meet again in Sunday's Reigning Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup semi-finals, following the completion of the group stages tonight.

Reigning Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup champions Derry claimed their second win in the competition, beating UUJ 1-16 to 0-14, as substitute Paddy Bradley marked his return from injury with the only goal of the Celtic Park encounter.

Derry's attacking ace Eoin Bradley will miss the rest of the season after suffering a cruciate knee ligament injury in training.

There will be a number of players enjoying their first taste of the Ulster SFC when Derry and Fermanagh lock horns tomorrow.

Derry manager John Brennan reckons that Joe Diver (knee) and Niall Holly (ankle) could be fit to play in Sunday week's Ulster SFC quarter-final against Fermanagh.

ANTRIM 0-13 DERRY 1-18

Derry 1-18 Meath 3-08, Celtic Park, Allianz Football League

Westmeath manager Pat Flanagan and his Derry counterpart Damien Cassidy have announced their teams for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier in Mullingar (throw-in 5pm).

Derry manager Damian Cassidy has handed debuts to Michael Bateson and Declan Mullan, after naming his side for Sunday's Ulster Preliminary round clash with Armagh at Celtic Park (2pm).

Derry 1-12 Mayo 2-12

The Bradley brothers, Paddy and Eoin, will feature for Derry in Sunday afternoon's Allianz NFL Division 1 encounter with defending champions Kerry in Tralee (throw-in 2.30pm).

The Gaelic Players Association has announced the nominees for its 2009 Football Team of the Year.

Donegal 2-13 Derry 0-18

Derry 0-10 Kerry 0-12

After a marathon 82-game competition, St Gall's of Antrim made amends for last year's final defeat as they were crowned Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Senior Football Sevens champions at sunny Pairc de Burca in Stillorgan today.

Derry manager Paddy Crozier has a number of players back in contention for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Longford (Pearse Park, throw-in 5pm).

Derry's chances of upsetting All-Ireland champions Tyrone in Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final (Omagh, throw-in 2.15pm) have been hit with key defender Sean Marty Lockhart ruled out injured.

The physical powers of young Liam Hinphey will be stretched to the hilt this weekend as he has been named in both the Derry hurling and football teams for their respective league matches.

Some quick recoveries from injury have afforded Derry manager Paddy Crozier the chance to name an unchanged side for the visit of Kildare to Celtic Park on Sunday (throw-in 2.30pm).

DUBLIN City University, hosts to this year's Datapac Sigerson Cup for the first time, must beat UCC to reach Saturday's final.

New Derry football manager Paddy Crozier has confirmed his selectors for the 2006 season.

New Derry senior football manager Paddy Crozier has confirmed his panel for the opening months of the 2006 season.

Enda Muldoon and Fergal Doherty have both returned from injury to boost Derry ranks for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier against Laois.

Derry have made three changes for Sunday's all-Ulster second round qualifier derby against Down in Newry.

DYNAMIC wing-back Francis McEldowney has been passed fit, so Derry have named the same team that started in the quarter-final against Westmeath for Sunday's Bank of Ireland All-Ireland SFC semi-final clash with Kerry at Croke Park.

Derry manager Mickey Moran has an injury concern with ace forward Paddy Bradley ahead of Saturday's All-Ireland football quarter-final against Westmeath at Croke Park.

Derry 1-12 Meath 0-8

Derry 3-13 Longford 1-3