Tyrone and Derry will meet in the Dr McKenna Cup final next weekend, after two close and exciting semi-finals, writes Francis Mooney.

Cavan 1-10 Derry 1-17: Damian Barton’s promise to get Derry taking a more attacking approach looks to be bearing some early season fruit - his newlook side producing the goods in the Athletic Grounds yesterday to reach the McKenna Cup final.

Tyrone 1-13 Cavan 0-10: Dr McKenna Cup final: Mickey Harte admitted Tyrone needed to "change the script" in order to secure another four-in-a-row of McKenna Cup titles after Saturday night’s win in the Athletic Grounds.

Tyrone turned on the power in the second half to shatter Breffni dreams and win a fourth successive Dr McKenna Cup title.

Donegal 0-12 Fermanagh 2-5

Ciarán McGinley will not play for Tyrone in 2015.

Down 0-12 Tyrone 3-11

Down 0-12 Tyrone 3-11

Limerick 3-26 Antrim 0-12

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Tyrone 2-13 Derry 0-13

Cavan and Tyrone will face off in next Saturday's Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup Final at Brewster Park, Enniskillen after semi-final wins over Monaghan and Derry today.

Leinster and Ireland flanker Seán O’Brien has joined Anthony Rainbow’s Carlow backroom team.

Clare and Kerry claimed Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling titles at Semple Stadium this afternoon.

Antrim manager Kevin Ryan has named an unchanged team for the county's historic first All-Ireland U-21 Hurling Championship final appearance against Clare tomorrow evening.

Antrim 2-15 Wexford 1-16

If you asked 100 Tyrone supporters to name their first choice team for this year’s championship match against Donegal, you’re likely to get 100 very different answers back.

Mickey Harte last night heralded a new era for Tyrone football, confirming a major overhaul of his squad and the departure of 11 established players.

MICKEY Harte is set to carry out a major overhaul of his Tyrone squad.

Roscommon 0-8 Tyrone 1-16

Cork boss Conor Counihan has kept faith with the side that claimed the honours in last month’s league final against Mayo for their 2012 championship opener against Kerry in Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final.

Kildare 0-16 Tyrone 0-11

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has made five changes to his team for Sunday's Allianz League Division 2 final against Kildare at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

Graham Canty comes back into the Cork side for Sunday’s Allianz Division 1 football league decider against Mayo in Croke Park having missed last Sunday week’s semi-final victory over Down.

Conor Gormley says he and his Tyrone team-mates haven’t forgotten they were written off at the start of the season.

Corkman Peter Creedon is expected to be ratified as the new Tipperary senior football manager next week, replacing John Evans.

Aidan O’Mahony has been drafted into the Kerry team at full-back for Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 tie trip to Páirc Uí Chaoimh to face Cork after Daniel Bohan underwent knee surgery this week which is set to see him sidelined for the next month.

Louth 0-13 Tyrone 2-13

NUI, Maynooth travelled north to Belfast and came away with a deserved win with a last minute point in this Sigerson Cup clash at the Dub.

Cork boss Conor Counihan has made six changes for next Sunday’s McGrath Cup final against Tipperary in Clonmel from the side that overturned CIT in last weekend’s semi-final.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has made four changes to his side for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Armagh in Omagh (throw-in 7pm).

PHILIP JORDAN’S u-turn on his decision to quit could transform Tyrone’s season, according to his half-back partner Conor Gormley.

Cavan 1-10 Tyrone 0-10, Brewster Park

TYRONE and Down will meet for a third time on Saturday after their Ulster U21FC quarter-final replay finished level after extra-time at Healy Park last night.

Sligo 0-15 Tyrone 2-15

Tyrone 0-6 Donegal 1-10

EOIN BROSNAN will line out for Kerry for the first time since the 2009 Munster semi-final replay defeat to Cork, when the Kingdom travel to face Mayo in Sunday’s Allianz Division 1 Football League clash in Castlebar.

Derry 1-11 Tyrone 0-13

THE NEW 3G Astroturf pitch at Kingspan Breffni Park alleviated some of the congestion in the Dr McKenna Cup over the weekend after a spate of postponements in earlier weeks left the fixtures’ department of the Ulster Council scratching their heads.

The Cavan and Dublin footballers, along with Clare hurlers, claimed victories in what was a depleted GAA programme of fixtures today.

The College sides were most impressive in this afternoon's GAA action as Queen's University beat Monaghan in the McKenna Cup, and there were hurling wins for NUI Galway, Cork IT and Roscommon.