Wexford 2-15 Carlow 0-16

Wexford 2-15 Carlow 0-15

James Kavanagh could be on the verge of a dramatic switch from Kildare to Galway.

Wilf McGuinness never stood a chance.

ALL-IRELAND champions Kerry have named just five of the team that started in last September’s victory over Cork for tomorrow’s NFL Division 1 opener against Dublin in Killarney.

Not for the first time Mick O’Dwyer is working the oracle in an adopted land. Brendan O’Brien, Daragh O Conchúir and Colm O’Connor spoke to four men who have first-hand experience of the Kerryman’s managerial brilliance.

THE double transfer of Larry Tompkins and Shea Fahy still grates with Kildare folk, who wonder what might have been had the future All Stars stayed at home instead of inspiring Cork to the greatest era of their football history.

John Crofton's time as Kildare senior football manager has come to an end, it has been confirmed.

A quiver of quality points from the stick of Kevin O'Reilly and an opportunist 54th-minute goal from Kilkenny inter-county panelist Willie O'Dwyer powered DIT to a deserved 1-10 to 1-7 victory over Carlow in today's Kehoe Cup final.

IT never rains but it pours and this weekend the fixture list is saturated with football games up and down the country as the GAA shakes itself from its all too brief winter hibernation.

Eamon McEneaney's appointment as Louth manager yesterday completed the sideline shuffles and reshuffles for next year's Football Championship. Only two hurling posts are yet to be filled. Brendan O'Brien tours the country for an end-of-season report.

Former player John Crofton is to succeed the departed Padraig Nolan as manager of the Kildare footballers for next season.

WITH Pat Mulcahy and Brian Corcoran passed fit to play, the Cork selectors have kept faith with the side that started the Munster final against Tipp for Sunday’s Guinness All-Ireland quarter-final showdown with Waterford at Croke Park.

Padraig Nolan has ended his three-year association with the Kildare football team by resigning as manager tonight.

Veteran Kildare defender Glenn Ryan is facing a two month lay-off from inter county football after undergoing surgery on his broken jaw.

A dislocated elbow has ruled experienced attacker Stuart McKenzie-Smith out of Kildare's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier on Saturday, July 2.

Kildare 0-9 Laois 0-21

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan paid tribute to his players yesterday following their three-point victory over Leinster champions Westmeath at Croke Park.

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Leinster champions Westmeath open the defence of their crown as they meet Kildare in the provincial quarter-final at Croke Park today.

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan has dropped five of the team that narrowly defeated Wicklow in the opening round for Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final against defending champions Westmeath at Croke Park.

Kildare 1-17 Wicklow 2-12

Wicklow 2-12 Kildare 1-17

The Leinster football championship gets underway today with a double-header at Croke Park.

KILDARE manager Padraig Nolan accepts his side are raging favourites to beat Wicklow in the first round of the Bank of Ireland Leinster senior football championship at Croke Park tomorrow.

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan has to do without defenders defenders Andrew McLoughlin and Karl Ennis in Sunday's Leinster football championship clash with Wicklow at Croke Park.

Dublin 0-13 Kildare 0-11

Kildare 0-4 Dublin 0-10

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.

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.

FOOTBALL managers remain divided on the effect that the new yellow card system is having on the code.

GAA President Sean Kelly has defended the timing of the new rule experiments, following criticism of the sin bin in particular.

The O'Byrne Cup semi-finals are down for decision today, with Leinster finalists Laois hosting Kildare in Portlaoise.

Kildare senior football manager Padraig Nolan will take charge of the county U21 team affairs as well this year.

DUBLIN football manager Paul Caffrey will meet his hurling counterpart Humphrey Kelleher on Sunday to discuss the dual player issue.

A three-week respite for Offaly proved crucial in Newbridge this afternoon, as a stunning first half performance including two late goals from Pascal Kelleghan and Niall McNamee saw them 2-17 to 1-16 winners against a tired and vanquished Kildare.

Kildare 1-16 Offaly 2-17

Kildare defender Brian Lacey faces a race against time to be fit for Saturday’s All Ireland Senior football qualifier against Offaly in Newbridge.

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan has opted to draft in Derek McCormack to his first team in the hope of plundering two precious 1B points in Antrim this Sunday.

Kildare give competitive starts to 2002 minor captain Michael Foley from Athy at midfield and his 2003 counter-part, Moorefield’s Ross Glavin, at full forward for Sunday’s Allianz NFL tie against Derry in Newbridge.

Last season's Leinster football finalists Kildare have included three new faces in an experimental lineup for Sunday's O'Byrne Cup clash with Westmeath in Mullingar.

WEXFORD hurler Larry O’Gorman has offered his services to the county side for another year. But on one condition.

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan has called on the GAA's administrators to give suspended midfielder Alan Barry an immediate hearing and put him out of his Leinster final heartache.

Kildare are sweating over the fitness of key players Anthony Rainbow and Karl Ennis ahead of Saturday night's qualifier clash with Roscommon.