DUBLIN hurling boss Anthony Daly admits his future is unclear after his charges sensationally crashed out of the All-Ireland SHC race at Croke Park on Saturday.

DUBLIN hurling boss Anthony Daly admits his future is unclear after his charges sensationally crashed out of the All-Ireland SHC race at Croke Park on Saturday.

THIS is almost surreal.

WATERFORD manager Davy Fitzgerald was elated at the final whistle on Saturday night and was loud in praise of his charges.

CORK substitute Paudie O’Sullivan was disappointed at the final whistle on Saturday but paid tribute to Waterford on their win.

THE WEEKEND of the British Open, which is detailed elsewhere in these pages, is a perfect cue for talk of tradition and the past, though the (doubtless) heroics of various slacks-wearing, v-neck sporting super-athletes need not detain us here.

GAA President Christy Cooney has broken his silence on the controversial Leinster SFC final between Meath and Louth admitting he would have liked to have seen the game replayed.

Ulster SFC Final

All-Ireland SFC Qualifier(R3)

CORK hurling captain Kieran ‘Fraggy’ Murphy says “over the last few years fellas were used to a free-flowing games between Cork and Waterford, but on Sunday it was a lot tighter, a lot more tactical around the middle of the field. Players were finding it hard to get a bit of space — that was true of both teams.”

THIERRY HENRY yesterday called time on a distinguished and controversial international career.

THE catalogue of senior football championship clashes between Cork and Wexford is far from extensive, yet not even their league meetings are of relevance in informing Michael Shields about his opponents in this Sunday’s All-Ireland qualifier tie.

THE signals have been easy for Charlie Harrison to detect. The remarkable uprising experienced by the Sligo footballers has captured the imagination this summer.

LOUTH GAA chiefs yesterday accepted the result of Sunday’s controversial Leinster SFC final but have launched a stinging criticism of the provincial council’s response to the crisis.

ONE way in which sport mirrors society is that the rich keep getting richer while the poor keep getting kicked and trampled upon.

LOUTH forward JP Rooney insisted that last night’s decision not to replay the Leinster senior football final is the right one.

MEATH are bracing themselves for a huge GAA backlash following confirmation last night that they will not offer a re-match to Louth in the wake of Sunday’s controversial Leinster SFC final climax.

UNLESS you’re considered among Leinster’s big guns, provincial titles are hard to come in the east — just ask Louth.

NINETY SEVEN days and 320 minutes of international rugby have passed since Declan Kidney last tasted a victory as Ireland coach.

UNITED STATES midfielder Landon Donovan and coach Bob Bradley were both left without an answer as to why what would have been a winning goal in their dramatic World Cup Group C match against Slovenia yesterday was disallowed.