AFTER Thursday night’s derby game, the two Cork teams were back in action in the Nivea for Men SuperLeague yesterday when UCC Demons maintained their good run of form with an 88-65 win over Moycullen at the Parochial Hall and Bord Gáis Neptune got back into the groove with an impressive 74-67 victory over UL Eagles at the University Arena.

UCC DEMONS and DCU Saints will command centre stage this weekend when the quarter-finals of the SuperLeague National Cup will be decided.

IT IS the meeting of last season’s men’s Superleague finalists, but it’s not a defining clash in terms of this campaign, Killester coach Darren O’Neill has insisted ahead of Sunday’s trip to Neptune Stadium in Cork.

CHILDREN from Limerick’s regeneration areas will join with the Irish Chamber Orchestra to perform for the Dalai Lama when he visits UL on April 14.

AFTER a period in the doldrums, Bord Gais Neptune find themselves back in familiar territory following their 90-88 semi-final victory over UL Eagles that qualifies them for a showdown with champions, 11890 Killester, in next weekend’s NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague final at headquarters.

THE weather may have wrought havoc with the weekend SuperLeague programme, but it didn’t prevent 11890 Killester and UL Eagles consolidating their positions at the top of their respective conferences.

11890 KILLESTER will leave their NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague opponents with plenty of food for thought over the Festive season after a perfect campaign up to now in defence of the title.

THERE is a familiar look about the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague table as the halfway point of the season approaches.

UL EAGLES beat UCC Demons to set up another clash with defending champions, 11890 Killester, while Ulster Elks shocked Belfast Star and will meet UCD Marian — who beat DCU Saints for the second time in a week — when the quarter-finals of the Men’s SuperLeague National Cup were decided over the weekend.

WITH defending champions 1890 Killester in waiting, the remaining quarter-finals of the Men’s SuperLeague National Cup will be played this weekend.

PATRICK HYLAND will have an opportunity to reinforce his rating with the EBU and, ultimately, his claims for an early shot at a European title when he takes on Suate Laze at the Hunky Dory’s Fight Night in Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar on Saturday night.

UL EAGLES reversed their recent SuperLeague result to end the National Cup hopes of Bord Gais Neptune on Saturday, while 11890 Killester are just two games away from retaining the title after an emphatic victory over Moycullen in their quarter-final clash.

LUIS “The Lion” Garcia said he will be ready for a world title fight next year after disposing of Byron Mitchell inside four minutes at the University Arena in Limerick on Saturday night.

WILLIE ‘Big Bang’ Casey and Paul Hyland were primed for battle as they weighed in for tonight’s all-Ireland European title thriller at the University Arena in Limerick.

IT is virtually impossible to separate Willie “Big Bang” Casey and Dubliner Paul Hyland, in Saturday night’s European super bantamweight title fight at the UL Arena in Limerick, according to former Commonwealth heavyweight champion, Martin Rogan.

Andy Lee moved a step closer to a European title shot with a second-round technical knockout of Mamadou Thiam at the University Arena in Limerick tonight.

Limerick boxer Andy Lee has nearly 2lbs on his opponent Mamadou Thiam at today's weigh-in for Saturday's Yanjing Fight Night in Limerick.

ANDY LEE meets his toughest opponent so far in Senegal-born knockout specialist, Mamadou Thiam, for his May 15 assignment at the University Arena in Limerick.

ANDY LEE bounced back from his defeat to Brian Vera with a confident points victory over European Union middleweight champion Affif Belghecham at the University Arena in Limerick on Saturday night.

WHEN Affif Belgecham, the European Union middleweight champion, arrived in Limerick on Thursday for tonight’s fight with Andy Lee at the University Arena, he was quick to point out that he wanted to make it a big double for France, whose footballers meet Ireland earlier in the evening at Croke Park in the crucial World Cup play-off.

Andy Lee shrugged off the disappointment of losing his unbeaten record to Brian Vera in March by claiming a polished TKO win over highly-regarded American Willie Gibbs last night.

LIMERICK is calling on its reputation for rugby excellence to help top teams get better results.

TRALEE TIGERS are determined to build on their confidence-boosting victory in Limerick last Monday when they travel to UCD tomorrow in week four of basketball’s NIVEA for Men SuperLeague.

AS a summer tourist destination on the banks of the Shannon, the campus at University of Limerick is expected to generate more than €5 million in visitor revenue for Limerick during June, July and August.

The National 50m Swimming Pool, part of the University Arena in the University of Limerick, is to play host to four different National Championship events next month.

TOM HEHIR, the Burger King Limerick Coach, faces a race against time in a bid to sign an American before tomorrow night’s ESB SuperLeague clash with Waterford Crystal at the University Arena.

BASKETBALL can be a funny old game. A couple of months ago, BurgerKing Limerick, then the reigning Cup champions, were more or less dismissed as a force in the ESB SuperLeague but, while they have no chance of lifting that trophy, they are once again the centre of attention and they are loving it.

Sx3 STAR reinforced their ESBSuperLeague aspirations with their 96-106 victory over Notre Dame on Wednesday night with just three games remaining in the competition, but coach Danny Fulton insisted yesterday that the business was not finished.

ESB Superleague action resumes this weekend following a brief hiatus which saw Notre Dame pick up the only league points of the last week.

There are changes to the ESB men’s Superleague schedule this weekend to allow senior internationals, Damien Sealy and Adrian Fulton join the Irish team in Germany on Sunday

There are eight games in this weekend's ESB's Men's Superleague and seven games in the ESB Women's Superleague.