Galway football manager Alan Mulholland received another boost as both Padraic Joyce and Michael Meehan showed great form and kicked their clubs into the third round of the county SFC.

Galway’s All-Ireland U21-winning midfielder Fiontain Ó Curraoin has been named in the side for the opening defence of their crown in tomorrow night’s Cadbury’s Connacht U21FC quarter-final against Mayo in McHale Park but remains a major doubt due to an ankle injury.

FORMER Galway inter-county sharpshooter, Derek Savage, rolled back the years and fired Cortoon Shamrocks into the second round of the Galway SFC.

In the light of current difficulties in Afghanistan, it is ironic that the country was very much in the news in 1980, because forces from the Soviet Union were occupying the country.

Kevin Walsh is staying on as manager of the Sligo senior football panel, ending speculation about a possible return to his native Galway.

CHAMPIONS Corofin laid down a firm marker at the weekend that they are driven in their quest to become the first Galway club in 50 years to complete three county senior football titles in a row.

HE retired in 2004, but Kevin Walsh will be remembered as a giant among midfielders, a player with a commanding presence who made a major contribution to Galway’s last two All-Ireland successes in 1998 and 2001. Now, he has taken the bold step of going into inter-county management with Sligo, after a short stint with his club and a brief involvement with the Galway ladies team.

A CHINESE academic credits an Irishman with China’s return to the Olympic fold thirty years ago.

THE Olympic dreams of several Irish athletes may be jeopardised by a proposed change in the British Olympic Association charter to include Northern Ireland as part of Team Great Britain for Athens this summer.

Galway's influential full-back Richie Fahey is set for an operation on a cruciate knee problem that will rule him out of the upcoming National League campaign.

KEVIN WALSH will captain the Galway senior footballers this season.

HURLING legend D.J. Carey is calling on the GAA leadership to give official representation to the GPA on the Central Council.