Last week, many around Real Madrid were claiming that the selection of their youth talent was their best hope of getting something from this season.

Waterford 0-11 Wexford 0-12: An irate Waterford manager Tom McGlinchey remonstrated with referee Shane Hehir on the full-time whistle after Wexford squashed their promotion aspirations.

Mixed messages. Galway hurling has had its fill of them this last while. After last July’s Leinster Final defeat to Kilkenny, Anthony Cunningham let it be known he had told Brian Cody at the final whistle Galway would see them again in the All-Ireland final. It turned out he was right although later in the month, captain Andy Smith said his manager had made “strange comments”.

After seeing through the mark last Saturday, playing rules committee chairman Jarlath Burns was quizzed about the possibility of introducing a trial to Gaelic football limiting the number of consecutive hand-passes.

Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal’s fans did not make a “major statement” with their angry reaction to the midweek defeat to Swansea and believes his players are ready to bounce back against Tottenham.

No world No. 1 has won the Masters since Tiger Woods in 2002, and current incumbent Jason Day does not consider himself the favourite this week.

It’s a fine balance at Augusta between panache and patience.

Rory McIlroy has cut down on the distractions as he attempts to complete the career grand slam at Augusta this week.

“ . . . one vast impacted havoc which the years accrete And slowly heave up, fused and wrecked . . .” Maybe we should get Stephen Edgar to write about Cork hurling, though the first thing to realise about Cork hurling is that the whole problem can’t be taken in at one glance.

This season the Déise are creating far more scoring opportunities than in 2015, writes Enda McEvoy.