After a tense and dramatic SFC losers round encounter at Blennerville, St Michael’s/Foilmore came from behind to pip St Brendan’s with late goal.

MANY teams that compete for world glory are accused of being all talk, but it is a boast rather than a weakness for one group of school students.

THIS opening round of the Garveys Kerry senior football championship at Caherciveen yesterday proved to be much closer than generally anticipated, despite the underdogs being limited by the loss of eight players.

KERRY SFC champions, Dr Crokes, maintained their 100% record in Division One of the county league with victory over Rathmore on Saturday night.

FORMER Kerry star forward Mike Frank Russell scored 1-4 as Laune Rangers booked their place in the third round of the AIB Kerry SFC at the expense of Spa.

LET me first start off and say what a proud Corkman I am. I currently live in Johannesburg and travel the world with work – but there is no place like home.

HE MAY not have featured prominently on the inter-county stage this summer, but Bryan Sheehan’s star dazzled at club level in yesterday’s Kerry SFC third-round tie in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

TWO goals in the opening 12 minutes from the O’Connors, Cian and Ronan, proved the decisive scores in this disappointing AIB Munster IFC final at Mallow yesterday.

Irish golfer Ann Marie Dalton saved her best for last on Wednesday as she took her first US collegiate individual title in the final tournament of her career with High Point University.

Walker Cup hopefuls Simon Ward and Jonathan Caldwell will lead the chase for the East of Ireland Amateur Open at Co Louth on Saturday.

Kerry 0-16 Waterford 0-08

KERRY and Galway will provide plenty of pyrotechnics in Sunday’s Allianz Football League final.

Kerry 1-15 Laois 0-10

BRIAN SHEEHAN and Colm Cooper will start for Kerry against Laois in the Allianz NFL semi-final at Killarney on Sunday.

Kerry 0-13 Dublin 0-13

In a repeat of last year’s All-Ireland SFC final, Tyrone edged 14-man Kerry by 1-14 to 1-12 at a wet Healy Park to move temporarily up to third in NFL Division 1A.

Promising Dr Crokes goalkeeper Kieran Cremin has been named in the Kerry team to face Fermanagh in NFL Division 1A on Sunday in Killarney (throw-in 2.30pm).

WITH Thurles CBS safely through to the knockout stages of the Harty Cup after Christmas, the battle is on for the second spot in Section C.

EOIN BROSNAN is ready to start for Dr Crokes in Sunday’s Kerry SFC final against holders South Kerry, and believes the Killarney young guns can pull off a surprise victory.

FOR the second time in a week, an action photograph which appears to expose a Gaelic footballer’s private parts has been published in a Kerry newspaper.

Brendan Larkin and Michael Ellard

LAST YEAR’s winning captain, Dara Ó Cinnéide may lose out in an attacking reshuffle by Kerry for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final against Cork.

Tony Leen

LIMERICK coach Liam Kearns was at Thurles on Sunday, and went away convinced he had seen this year’s All-Ireland champions in action.

Kerry 2-17 Tyrone 3-8

Kerry 2-17 Tyrone 3-08

Kerry 2-13 Dublin 2-11

South Kerry 2-20 Rathmore 1-6

Kerry 0-12 Limerick 0-10

Irish boys team captain Kieran Burke from Derry expressed delight at his side’s performance in gaining a 12.5 to 7.5 point win over Wales in the annual challenge at Cardigan last week.

UNDER 21 stars Sean Cavanagh and John Devine return to the Tyrone team for Sunday’s Alianz National Football League Division 1 ‘A’ clash with Kerry at Omagh.

Kerry 1-13 Mayo 0-8

KERRY 2-18 FERMANAGH 0-6

DONAL DALY is recalled to the Kerry team for Sunday’s showdown with Dublin in Parnell Park. He is one of three changes from the team which defeated Cork last Saturday.

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor remains in positive mood despite the traumatic start to his management career against Longford on Sunday.

Clonakilty 2-7 UCC 0-13

Kilcummin 1-11An Gaeltacht 0-12