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ANTRIM 0-13 DERRY 1-18

The Bradley brothers, Paddy and Eoin, will feature for Derry in Sunday afternoon's Allianz NFL Division 1 encounter with defending champions Kerry in Tralee (throw-in 2.30pm).

THE GAA has revealed plans to spend €100 million on infrastructure projects nationwide in the coming years.

A SENIOR Croke Park official last night admitted that “health and safety is not taken as seriously in GAA as it should be”.

JAMES KIELT has rejected suggestions the fallout from the broken jaw he suffered in a club game was a factor in Derry’s defeat to Tyrone in Sunday’s Ulster semi-final.

DERRY chairman Seamus McCloy has played down suggestions the Ballinderry club is threatening to pull its players from the county squad.

UNUSUALLY for the GAA Congress which can often turn into a boring, long drawn-out affairs, the weekend gathering of delegates delivered the full gamut of emotions. They ranged from the frustration of opponents of the government grant scheme in losing the final battle, to the exultation of president-elect Christy Cooney on succeeding second time round with 60 votes to spare.

Irish Close champion Shane Lowry beat the Castle's Ryan Boal at the 20th to clinch his place in Wednesday's West of Ireland Championship semi-finals at Rosses Point.

Five Irish internationals have made an early exit from the West of Ireland championship at Rosses Point.

Newlands’ Andrew Hogan defied 40 mph gusts to card a four-under par 67 and grab the silver medal for the leading qualifier in the West of Ireland Championship at Rosses Point.

Ulster joined Leinster at the top of the roll of honour with a committed display of football seeing them to a 1-12 to 1-8 win over Munster in tonight's M Donnelly Interprovincial football decider.

All-Ireland football champions Kerry have matched their hurling counterparts Kilkenny by having six players included in the 2007 Vodafone GAA All-Stars team, with all three O Sé brothers making the line-up.

THE Ulster Council is to meet later this week to discuss Derry’s appeal against the result of Sunday’s Ulster MFC Final against Tyrone.

Banbridge's Richard Kilpatrick fired a sensational six-under par 66 to scorch into an impressive six-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Co Louth.

DERRY GAA chiefs last night launched an astonishing attack on Croke Park bosses.

A revitalised Rory McIlroy is licking his lips at the prospect of a head-to-head battle with Mark Campbell for the Mullingar Scratch Cup.

It's now down to the last four in the Magners' North of Ireland Championship at Royal Portrush with the line-up being Rory Leonard (Banbridge) v Darren Crowe (Dunmurry) and Connor Doran (Banbridge) v Andrew Pitcher (The Island) with the possibiloity of tomorrow afternoon's final being an all-Banbridge affair.

Warrenpoint senior international and former professional Jim Carvill was put out of the North of Ireland Championship in the second round by Ballymena scratch handicapper Alex McCoy at Royal Portrush today.

Defending champion Rory McIlroy cruised into the last 16 of the Golfsure Irish Amateur Close at The European Club.

Derry 1-8 Tyrone 0-5

Trapped deep below ground by poisonous gases, the Sago miners realised at least four of their air packs did not work and were forced to share the devices as they desperately pounded away with a sledgehammer in hopes of letting rescuers know where to find them.

It wasn’t a fancy US homecoming, just some red balloons, handmade signs, a lot of hugs and his wife’s home-made lasagne - but it was everything the only survivor of the Sago Mine disaster wanted after a three-month recovery that continues to amaze doctors.

Footprints inside the Sago Mine in West Virginia indicate the trapped miners tried to use a mechanised mine car to force their way out after the explosion, family members of the sole survivor said.

West Virginia mining disaster survivor Randal McCloy has been responding to stimuli, but has developed a slight fever and remains in critical condition, doctors said today.

A LARGE photograph of Jerry Lee Groves in a mine sat next to his closed casket, along with dozens of flowers carrying notes of sympathy.

A large photograph of Jerry Lee Groves in a mine sat next to his closed casket today, along with dozens of flowers carrying notes of sympathy.

Families and friends of 12 men killed in a coal mine explosion in the United States prepared to say goodbye to their loved ones today as mine employees met company officials for the first time since the blast.

The lone survivor of a US coal mine explosion that killed a dozen other miners began a series of oxygen treatments at a Pittsburgh hospital expected to last at least three days.

SOME of the 12 coal miners who died following an explosion in West Virginia left notes behind assuring family members their final hours trapped underground were not spent in agony, a relative said yesterday.

The lone survivor of a US coal mine explosion that killed 12 showed some encouraging signs overnight, but had not woken and was in a coma, doctors said today.

With their escape routes blocked by heavy smoke, most of the 13 miners caught in an explosion did what they were trained to do.

JOY gave way to grief and anger yesterday when a West Virginia coal town learned that 12 of 13 miners trapped in a mine explosion had died.

A TOP coal company official expressed regret last night that the families of the 12 dead miners were mistakenly led to believe for three hours that their loved ones were alive.

Leinster 0-20 Ulster 0-18 (after extra time)

The first and second round of matchplay took place in the Magners North of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

Magner's North of Ireland Championship at Royal Portrush

DERRY may be without centre back Kevin McCloy for their Bank of Ireland SFC qualifier against Dublin on Saturday afternoon.

Derry 1-15

Antrim 0-6 Derry 0-16

Carlsberg North of Ireland amateur open golf championship at Royal Portrush.

Ballymena rugby player Alex McCloy set the pace with a course record of 65 on the Valley Course in the opening round of the Carlsberg North of Ireland Championship at Portrush today.