Mayo 0-12 Galway 1-8

IF Eamon Fitzmaurice had a crystal ball he might not necessarily like what the summer season holds in store for him.

Mayo got the National League off to a stunning start on Saturday, beating Kerry for the first time in over a decade - but manager Mickey Moran has warned his players that they have a "long way to go yet".

FORMER footballer of the year, Steven McDonnell wants to use Sunday's Croke Park National League semi final to exorcise the memories of his last visit to headquarters.

Mayo failed to gain revenge for last September’s All-Ireland final defeat to Kerry as the two sides locked horns in the National Football League today.

Tyrone 1-11 Mayo 0-16

Connacht and Ulster face off in the first of the M Donnelly inter-provincial football semi-finals at Castlebar (2.15pm) today.

LEINSTER'S footballers take on Munster in Portlaoise tomorrow (3pm) looking to debunk the myth that the eastern province has fallen off the pace in the modern era of the Railway Cup.

Connacht have announced their football squad for their M Donnelly inter-provincial semi-final against Ulster on Sunday in Castlebar.

SO, the Aussies go back to Australia “with their pride restored”, according to Colm O’Rourke, following Sunday’s improved performance in the second leg of the International Series? I don’t think so.

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All-Ireland champions Kerry dominate the 2004 Vodafone football All Star shortlist, with 12 nominations.

Ireland take on Australia in the first of this year's Coca Cola International Rules tests at Croke Park today.

OPINION polls, like the Late Late Show, tend to have one for everyone in the audience.

Mayo star centre-forward Kieran McDonald has pledged that he will return to the side next year and try to go one better.

KERRY’S Eamon Fitzmaurice, who had the unenviable task of marking Kieran McDonald in Sunday’s Bank of Ireland football final, believes the Mayo star was a victim of his own success.

Kerry 1-20 Mayo 2-09

Kerry 1-20 Mayo 2-9

Kerry 1-12 Mayo 1-4

Almost four months and 64 games after the first match this summer, Munster champions Kerry take on Connacht kingpins Mayo in today's Bank of Ireland All-Ireland senior football final.

It’s easy. Stop Colm Cooper and Kieran McDonald and you’re halfway to an All-Ireland. Michael Moynihan spoke to opponents who have tried and failed.

FIRST things first. In the absence of Darragh Ó Sé and with Seamus Moynihan not being fit enough to start, Kerry's task against Mayo in tomorrow's All-Ireland football decider will be considerably more difficult.

Séamus Moynihan's recovery from injury has been such that he is now a crucial option for Kerry in Sunday's All-Ireland final. Jim O'Sullivan spoke to him about the darkest hours before the dawn.

KERRY'S depth of resources can help them to overcome the absence of Darragh Ó Sé and Seamus Moynihan for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final.

Manager Pete McGrath has announced his provisional panel of players ahead of next month's Coca Cola International Rules Series against Australia.

FERMANAGH won’t fear Mayo in Saturday’s Bank of Ireland SFC semi-final replay, according to Brian Canavan, the former joint-manager of the Armagh team.

Mayo 0-9 Fermanagh 0-9

Fermanagh 0-9 Mayo 0-9

THERE'S a discernible freshness about the Mayo footballers this year. And a new-found confidence.

THE thought of Fermanagh contesting the Bank of Ireland football championship final is now a real possibility. Tomorrow they take on Mayo; the Ernesiders first All-Ireland semi-final.

FORMER Mayo star turned television pundit, Kevin McStay, had reason to take particular pride in the victory over Tyrone in Saturday’s Bank of Ireland All-Ireland SFC quarter-final in Croke Park.

Mayo 0-16 Tyrone 1-9

Mayo 0-16 Tyrone 1-9

IT’S been a strange, strange few weeks out west. Mayo crowned champions of Connacht, Roscommon showing potential for the future and John O’Mahony retiring from the management game.

Colm O’Connor and Mark Gallagher examine the media policies and structures of the remaining counties in this year’s football and hurling championships.

The creative brilliance of Kieran McDonald, fused with Conor Mortimer's sublime finishing, provided the potent mix which inspired Mayo to a first Connacht Football Championship title since 1999.

IT was all smiles and hand-shakes in Bank of Ireland centre yesterday. John Maughan and Tommy Carr have a friendship stretching back over two decades, and it shows.

Mayo's enigmatic football star Kieran McDonald is back in the county first team for Sunday's clash with Galway after a two-year absence.

Former All Star Ollie Murphy is back in the Meath county team after a groin injury forced him to miss the season to date.

Mayo selector George Golden has admitted he'd love to see Kieran McDonald return to inter-county football this summer.

Mayo midfielder James Gill is set to return to the county fold this Sunday having spent the last few months travelling around Europe.

MAYO, in the spotlight after last Sunday’s crushing victory over Dublin, are a little concerned by a glare of another kind this weekend.