NFL DIVISION 1:

THE journey home will have taken Cork the best part of six hours and Conor Counihan was probably still trying to figure out quite how his team had just fallen to their first defeat of the season as they slipped into Leeside.

Tyrone 3-9 Cork 0-16

DUBLIN make five changes in personnel as well as a couple of positional alterations for their NFL Division 1 clash with Mayo at McHale Park, Castlebar.

SEÁN CAVANAGH has rubbished suggestions that the pressures of being Footballer of the Year caused him to withdraw from the Tyrone team on the morning of their All-Ireland semi-final against Cork.

THE trickle of young Irishmen ditching their nascent careers in the AFL for a return home is fast becoming a flood following yesterday’s confirmation that Down’s Martin Clarke has decided to join the exodus.

Tyrone Senior Football manager Mickey Harte has been dealt a major blow ahead of the upcoming Dr McKenna Cup and National League campaigns, with the news that some of his key players are set for major operations in the coming weeks.

Tyrone have been boosted ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Cork by the inclusion of Enda McGinley in their starting line-up.

THE most important and often overlooked aspect of football team management is people management.

Pascal McConnell will make his first appearance of the 2009 Championship when All-Ireland champions Tyrone take on Kildare at Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 4pm).

ROSS CARR was last night ousted as Down senior football manager after a vote of club delegates went against him. Carr wished to stay on for a fourth season in charge but was removed after county board delegates opted to vote him out.

FORMER U21 All-Ireland winning captain Kevin Hynes makes his championship debut for Galway on Sunday when they take on Laois in the Leinster SHC at Portlaoise.

Mayo 1-11 Tyrone 0-14

Tyrone 1-15 Kerry 0-14

The joy on Brian McGuigan's face yesterday evening when Mickey Harte gave him a place in the Tyrone team for this Sunday's GAA Football All-Ireland Senior final against Kerry was a joy to behold.

Tyrone 3-14 Dublin 1-08

Tyrone 0-14 Westmeath 1-7

Tyrone and Westmeath have revealed their starting fifteens for tomorrow afternoon's GAA Football All-Ireland qualifier showdown between the sides in Omagh (throw-in 3pm).

Louth 1-10 Tyrone 1-18

Louth and Tyrone have finalised their teams for tomorrow evening's GAA All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier between the counties at Drogheda, throw-in 7pm.

PAUDIE O’SULLIVAN, younger brother of full-back Diarmuid, will make his first start in this season’s League when Cork take on Galway in the semi-final at the Limerick Gaelic Grounds on Sunday.

2007 All Star defender Tomas O'Se has been drafted into the Kerry team for tomorrow night's NFL Division 1 clash with Tyrone in Tralee, throw-in 7pm.

Tyrone did enough during an energetic first half display at Healy Park tonight to defeat Down and get their Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup bid back on track.

Clann na nGael clubman Brian Dooher is to remain on as captain of the Tyrone senior footballers, it has been confirmed.

Ulster SFC champions Tyrone were dealt a tough hand in last night's draw for the 2008 Gaelic Life-sponsored Dr McKenna Cup tournament.

Ulster champions Tyrone have received a massive boost ahead of tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final (Croke Park, throw-in 4pm) with the news that team captain Brian Dooher has been passed fit to start the game.

THE Cork senior hurling selectors have named the same starting 15 that took the field against Waterford in last weekend’s thrilling All-Ireland SHC quarter-final at Croke Park for Sunday’s replay at Headquarters.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has made three changes for Sunday's Ulster SFC semi-final showdown with Donegal (Clones, throw-in 2.15pm).

Kerry 0-9 Tyrone 0-9, Tralee

A Niall Gormley goal helped Tyrone edge out Limerick in a dour battle at the Gaelic Grounds.

Cork 0-15 Tyrone 0-7

Tyrone 1-12 Louth 1-7

All-Ireland champions Tyrone came with a whisker of a sensational exit from the race for Sam, when a late Owen Mulligan equaliser earned them another chance to crack a huge challenge from the Wee County.

THE Waterford selectors have sprung a major surprise by handing Portlaw’s Jack Hartley his debut at midfield for Sunday’s vital Division 1B National Hurling League game against Offaly in Birr.

Tyrone 0-12 Cork 0-8

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has kept Kevin Hughes, Michael McGee and Owen Mulligan on his bench for Sunday's NFL Division 1A tussle with Offaly (Tullamore, throw-in 2.30pm).

Philip Jordan and Gavin Devlin will make their first starts of the season for reigning champions Tyrone in Sunday's Dr McKenna Cup final at Casement Park (throw-in 2.30pm).

Fresh from Sunday's All-Ireland final, Peter Canavan will pull on a Tyrone jersey for the final time tonight in the annual GOAL Challenge at Healy Park, Omagh (6pm).

Tyrone 1-16 Kerry 2-10

Tyrone 1-16 Kerry 2-10

TYRONE manager Mickey Harte believes the talismanic Peter Canavan is fit and ready to take his place in the dream full-forward line for Sunday’s All-Ireland final against Kerry.

Armagh 1-12 Tyrone 1-13