Clare have won their first ever Bank of Ireland SFC qualifier as, helped by the sharp shooting of corner forwards Denis Russell (1-06) and Michael O’Dwyer (0-05), they brushed aside Sligo 1-15 to 1-07 at Cusack Park, Ennis to progress to round two.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN disappointed in the IAAF grand prix meeting in Madrid on Saturday night, coming home fifteenth of sixteen finishers in a bruising 1500m.