Seandún 0-10 Imokilly 0-6

UCC capped a superb week by claiming their third successive All-Ireland Freshers (1) hurling crown, to complement Saturday’s Fitzgibbon Cup triumph, in an absorbing decider against UL in Mallow yesterday.

FOUR riders participating in the FBD Insurance Rás spent last night in hospital in Enniskillen after an horrific crash on the descent from Bellavalley Gap that caused the second stage from Dundalk to Carrick-on-Shannon to be declared null and void.

Rangers 3 St Mirren 0

A resolute Offaly secured a spot in the All-Ireland Vocational Schools Senior A Hurling final following a 0-12 to 1-04 win against Galway at Banagher today.

ST MIRREN manager Gus MacPherson accused referee Eddie Smith of winking at him after the official had awarded Celtic the winning penalty in their Clydesdale Bank Premier League opener at Parkhead yesterday.

Celtic 1 St Mirren 0

St Mirren 0 Rangers3

St Mirren 0 Rangers 3

St Mirren 0 Celtic 1

John O’Shea’s comeback from injury saw him play 63 minutes of Manchester United reserves’ 4-1 defeat of Everton last night.

ROY KEANE will lead a youthful Manchester United XI in the Midsummer Challenge game against Cobh Ramblers at Turners Cross in Cork on Saturday night (k.o. 7.30pm).

SINCE her sensational victory as a 17 year old back in 1987, when she beat a star-studded field in the women’s 3,000m, Sonia O’Sullivan has been a star attraction at The Mardyke.

Athletics Ireland has announced its largest ever team for the World Indoor Championships in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham later this month.

GARY RYAN has hit form at precisely the right moment — and the Nenagh Olympic sprinter highlighted this fact once again at the weekend in Birmingham where he became the first Irishman in history to break 21 seconds for 200m indoors with a 20.99 victory in the final.

IT WAS to be a day of celebration for Kerry’s Gillian O’Sullivan (Farranfore/Maine Valley) at the opening session of the indoor championships of Ireland.

Darren Campbell edged out Mark Lewis-Francis by one hundredth of a second in the 60m final at the Irish Indoor Athletics Championships in Belfast.

SONIA O'SULLIVAN is all set to compete in the short course trial which will be run at Dunleer on March 16 in conjunction with Rás na hÉireann.

SEAMUS POWER will fulfil a lifetime's ambition when he lines up for the final of the men's 10,000m at the European championships in Munich next Wednesday night, but it will be the first and last major track championship appearance by the Clareman.

JOANNE CUDDIHY (Kilkenny) finished 6th in her 400m final at the World Junior Athletics Championships in Kingston, Jamaica but with a personal best 53.36s on the clock. Monique Henderson (USA) won in 51.10s.

WITH national champion and record-holder Paul McKee and runner-up Rob Daly opting for the 200m, bronze medallist Antoine Burke will carry Irish hopes in a star-studded 400m at the Dublin International Games tonight.