When I think about this Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final between Tyrone and Kerry, it gives me the tingles. 

As one of the few visible inter-county managers on Twitter (plenty, we know, skulk in the shadows), there is opportunity to gain a little more insight into Peter Creedon’s thinking.

Peter the Great patterned the city after Amsterdam, and even though St Petersburg is newer than New York by almost 100 years, in some places it feels a thousand years old — a few buildings seem to be a cross between Roman ruins and German palaces. The building walls, usually between three and four feet thick, host basement cafés and restaurants where you can’t get a mobile phone signal. The walls are moist, and smell like rivers, because the city was built on marshland.

AN HOUR before throw-in, Brewster Park officials directed a luxury coach into the ground.

THERE’S a prison in the Peter and Paul Fortress in St Petersburg.

Ninety years after he was executed, Tsar Nicholas II is leading a tight race to be named the greatest Russian in history.

RUSSIAN state television taunted Sweden with past military victories before last night’s 2-0 win.

IF you’re looking for the ideal gift for the Tyrone fan in your life, then look no further.

PETER CANAVAN, who revealed yesterday that he had intended to retire at the end of this year’s championship regardless of the outcome, was initially opposed to coming off at half-time in Sunday’s final against Kerry.

Tyrone forward Peter Canavan has called time on his lengthy inter-county career in the aftermath of yesterday's sensational All-Ireland SFC final win for the Red Hands.

The late footballer Cormac McAnallen was at the heart of Tyrone thoughts tonight as the county celebrated a thrilling All-Ireland final victory over Kerry.

Armagh 0-13 Tyrone 0-11

BANG on target, Peter the Great is ready once more to enter the gladiator’s arena, to test defences and to be subjected to the most critical evaluation himself.

RUSSIA’S navy chief said yesterday that one of the nation’s most powerful ships, the nuclear-powered Peter the Great missile cruiser, was in such dire condition that it could explode at “any moment”.

Russia’s navy chief said today that one of the nation’s most powerful ships, the nuclear-powered Peter the Great missile cruiser, was in such dire condition that it could “explode” at any moment – a statement attributed in some quarters to infighting among naval top brass.

One of Russia’s most powerful ships, the nuclear-powered Peter the Great missile cruiser, was in dire condition and could explode at any moment, a Russian navy chief said today.

IT was just after six o’clock yesterday evening when history was made. A Tyrone football team crossed the Blackwater with Sam Maguire, bringing to an end with one small step, 119 years of heartache.

Attempts to save the crew of Russia’s Kursk nuclear submarine were doomed by mistakes and sloppiness, not least the failure of a top admiral to realise anything had gone wrong, a government report has revealed.