Padraig Clancy will make his first inter-county start since June 25 when Laois clash with Mayo in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

Team captain Gary Kavanagh has been omitted from the Laois starting line-up for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Offaly (Portlaoise, throw-in 4pm).

Meath 0-13 Laois 2-13

Laois manager Mick O'Dwyer has made no alterations to the side that ended Tyrone's All-Ireland SFC fight for Saturday's third round qualifier against Meath (Pairc Tailteann, throw-in 6pm).

Laois manager Mick O'Dwyer has made four changes to his side for Saturday's All-Ireland second round qualifier against Tyrone in Portlaoise (throw-in 5.30pm).

DUBLIN 3-17 LAOIS 0-12

Billy Sheehan will deputise for crocked Laois captain Gary Kavanagh in Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final against reigning champions Dublin (Croke Park, throw-in 2.00pm).

Brave Carlow's Leinster SFC run came to an end at O'Moore Park today as Laois set up a repeat of last year's final against Dublin with a 1-17 to 1-09 defeat of their neighbours.

Laois 0-10 Kildare 0-10

UCC have named the same team that defeated Clare in the quarter-final for Sunday’s McGrath Cup semi-final against Kerry in Killarney.

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

Mattie Forde, one of the players at the centre of Chris Johnson's controversial sending-off in the recent International Rules Series, has been named on the bench for Leinster's M Donnelly Interprovincial football final clash with Ulster.

The Leinster side for Saturday night's M Donnelly Interprovincial semi-final clash with Connacht is backboned by five Dublin players.

Leinster manager Val Andrews has a panel of 24 players available to him for Saturday night's floodlit Interprovincial semi-final against Connacht.

Mick O'Dwyer's young Laois side have waited two years for revenge on Armagh, and it could finally come today when the sides clash in an intruiging All-Ireland SFC quarter-final at Croke Park (3.30pm).

Laois 1-11 Derry 0-11

Laois 1-11 Derry 0-11

The temperatures may have gone down a few degrees in the past week but the heat will certainly be on for Derry, Laois, Monaghan and Tyrone today as they bid to make the last eight of this year's All-Ireland football championship.

BY Wednesday morning Mick O’Dwyer’s Laois selection of the night before had more holes picked in it than the plot of a Jeffrey Archer novel.

LAOIS selector Declan O’Loughlin is adamant that his team will secure an All-Ireland quarter-final spot if they can avoid a repeat of the slow starts that handicapped them so badly against Offaly and Dublin.

Laois manager Mick O'Dwyer has kept Brian 'Beano' McDonald in reserve for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier against Derry at Croke Park.

Dublin 0-14 Laois 0-13

Dublin and Laois - the two sides that have shown the most promise, albeit lacking a dollop of consistency, in Leinster this summer - go head-to-head in a mouth-watering provincial decider today at Croke Park (throw-in 3.45pm).

Laois manager Mick O'Dwyer has kept faith with the same players who thumped Kildare for Sunday's Leinster SFC final against Dublin at Croke Park.

Offaly go from favourites to underdogs today as they take on last year's Leinster runners-up, Laois, in the provincial quarter-final at Croke Park today.

Laois boss Mick O'Dwyer has handed All-Ireland minor medallist Colm Begley his debut for Sunday's Leinster quarter-final clash against Offaly at Croke Park.

Kildare host lowly Sligo in Division 1B in Newbridge today, and the home side are in with a long shot of making the National Football League semi-final line-up.

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan has decided to keep faith with the same side that defeated Laois last weekend for today's National Football League Division 1B clash with Limerick in Newbridge.

Laois boss Mick O'Dwyer has made four changes in personnel from the side that went down to Kildare last time out for Sunday's National Football League clash against Galway.

Kildare 0-13 Laois 0-8

Armagh manager Joe McKernan has selected Oisin McConville for today's National Football League Division 1B clash against Down in Crossmaglen after he impressed in last week's thriller victory over Laois.

Leinster finalists Laois have made one change from the side that went down to Armagh last time out for Sunday's National Football League tie against rivals Kildare.

Table-toppers Down host Kildare today in Division 1B of the National Football League, and the Northerners expect to welcome back ace attacker Benny Coulter for the clash.

There are four games down for decision in Division 1B of the National Football League and Laois travel to Sligo looking for a more convincing win than last week's against Limerick.

Laois manager Mick O'Dwyer has decided to ring the changes following last week's narrow win over Limerick for Sunday's game against Sligo.

There are four matches down for decision in Division 1B of the National Football League today.

Laois boss Mick O'Dwyer has made three changes to his O'Byrne Cup-winning side as the O'Moore men travel to Limerick for their league opener on Sunday.

Michael Ellard and Brendan Larkin

Laois 0-17, Westmeath 0-12

Laois 2-10 Kildare 2-9

Ulster 1-13 Leinster 1-8