Thomas Mackle won his first All-Ireland senior bowling final with a solid performance against Killian Kingston at Lyre yesterday.

Tyrone 0-13 Armagh 1-10: A precious point plundered in the dying embers of a dramatic Ulster derby could prove the salvation of struggling Armagh.

Cavan 2-8 Armagh 0-11: Any lingering notion that the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup is nothing more than a gentle preamble into the more serious business of the GAA season was emphatically kicked into touch in this turbulent, fractious encounter at Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen yesterday.

Gary Daly reversed his Munster senior final defeat by beating David Murphy in the last shot of a thrilling Denis McGarry Cup final at Whitechurch .

Aidan Desmond was a comprehensive winner over Michael Barry in the Munster Junior C final at Whitechurch on Saturday.

Several thousand spectators thronged the Portmore-Blackwatertown Road on the Armagh–Tyrone border to witness the clash of Ulster senior champion Thomas Mackle against his Munster counterpart David Murphy for the All-Ireland senior title.

David Murphy and Thomas Mackle meet in what promises to be a thrilling All-Ireland senior bowling final at Port Mór- Blackwatertown in County Armagh on Sunday.

James O’Donovan finished with five brilliant bowls at Templemartin to dethrone All-Ireland senior champion Aidan Murphy in the Munster quarter-final on Sunday.

Kieran McGeeney is expected to be announced as Armagh manager after Paul Grimley stepped aside following Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final defeat to Donegal.

We’ll start with the football rather than all that palaver between Armagh and the media and acknowledge what seems to be the county side’s burgeoning renaissance first.

Armagh 1-11 Donegal 1-12

"Retrace your steps very accurately. Respect and good manners are not difficult qualities to carry... We strongly feel we have been disrespected and dismissed..."

In October 1983, as she sat down to write her 301st column for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Diane Shah had a dream.

Congratulations to Armagh on making absolute fools of themselves. At this rate, you’d swear they were facing more than Donegal this Saturday.

Armagh will return to Croke Park for the first time in five years this weekend with their siege mentality intact and assistant manager Peter McDonnell having spoke out about how the team has been "disrespected and dismissed".

GAA president Liam O’Neill has rejected Paul Grimley’s assertion that he, along with Director General Páraic Duffy and the media, influenced the decision to ban three Armagh players earlier this summer.

GAA fans have been asked to think twice before making hard hitting personal criticisms of players as the football and hurling championships gravitate towards Croke Park and the levels of expectation increase.

Donegal 2-12 Armagh 0-10

Monaghan have gone with the same 15 that beat Armagh in their semi-final replay for Sunday’s Ulster final showdown against Donegal in Clones.

While the stands emptied and Tyrone players disjointedly made their way to the dressing room, in the middle of the pitch, an Armagh squad stood with their arms wrapped around each other huddled tightly together listening to the man in the middle.

Paul Grimley, pictured, has claimed the media influenced the GAA into doling out suspensions to Armagh after last month’s pre-match altercation against Cavan.

Armagh 0-14 Monaghan 0-14

Armagh 1-8 Donegal 2-10

Donegal and Monaghan retain their position of strength at the top of Division 2 of the Allianz Football League after their wins over Louth and Laois.

Armagh 2-18 Laois 1-12

Manager Paul Grimley has hit out at “so-called fans” who want to criticise rather than support his Armagh side.

Donegal 1-10 Armagh 0-11

Paul Grimley has confirmed Armagh will allow their third-level players play with their respective universities in next month’s Dr McKenna Cup.

Two titles for the USA and one for Connacht was the surprise outcome of the third All-Ireland series in Newtownhamilton and no Munster champion from the series for the second year running.

Paul Grimley has been re-appointed for a second year in charge of the Armagh senior footballers, while one of the county's greatest forwards, Steven McDonnell, was last night ratified as their new Under-21 football manager.

It’s a growing list of the irritated that Kieran McGeeney added himself to this past weekend.

Galway 1-11 Armagh 0-09

Galway 1-11 Armagh 0-9

Armagh will field an unchanged team for the third match running when they travel to Salthill to take on Galway in the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers on Saturday.

Armagh 8-13 Leitrim 0-10

Armagh manager Paul Grimley is confident that the team that throttled Wicklow can get the required result against Leitrim in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier in Carrick-on-Shannon (throw-in 5pm).

Armagh boss Paul Grimley says he has not forgiven Joe Brolly for mocking his brothers on ‘The Sunday Game’ and promised he will not forget it.

Armagh 2-21 Wicklow 0-02