FOR a club so rich in terms of playing resources and facilities, Kilmacud Crokes would have ambitions to match their size.

OF all the familiar faces that Offaly will field against Laois on Sunday, the most familiar will be pacing around at corner forward.

CARLOW have appointed former Kildare player Mick Condon as manager of their intercounty senior football side.

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It’s 2002, late summer. Alan Brogan has been everywhere all championship. His emergence onto a Dublin team swaggering through Leinster under Tommy Lyons has captivated a public drawn in further by his famous dad Bernard and the bridge it builds to the glorious ’70s.

There are moments when you are compelled to sit up and take note.

Leitrim 0-4 Dublin 1-13

IT was a weekend of missed goal chances, come-backs and deadlocks, and a weekend which saw a tame end to Galway's All-Ireland reign.

IRELAND’S joint second place in the opening leg of the Samsung Super League was as good as could be hoped for, but the fact it was shared with Switzerland and the US dented the value of the performance in terms of points gained.

By Jim O’Sullivan says Red Hand celebrations a distraction for U21’s as they face Dublin showdown

Not exactly get out of jail but Waterford gave Galway the slip thanks to a slack second-half from the Tribesmen in Nowlan Park.

Dublin 0-9 Tyrone 0-8

TRALEE CBS opened their Corn Uí Mhuirí campaign with a comprehensive victory over Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne at Annascaul yesterday.

Galway 0-15 Dublin 0-7

“We’ll leave Kerry happy now,” said in-form trainer Willie McCreery, following the victory of Fact Or Folklore in the featured Guinness Premier Handicap on day four of the Listowel Festival.