The All-Ireland senior football championship is collateral damage this year but from 2023 you will have to admit it’s getting better, a little better all the time (it couldn’t get much worse)

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Galway impressed in winning the Connacht SFC in Salthill yesterday but they will also know there is scope for improvement.

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Down lacked inspiration and leadership when Cavan began to cut them adrift in the second quarter.

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Cork Opera House has appeared before the following an allegation of unfair dismissal by a former financial controller.

Mallon discusses aspects of this weeks Champions League Final

Manchester City have apologised to Aston Villa keeper Robin Olsen and vowed to indefinitely ban the fan who struck him during Sunday's pitch invasion after City clinched the title.

AC Milan staved off the challenge of neighbours Inter to clinch their first Italian Serie A title in 11 years

Ross Barkley fired the final goal of the Roman Abramovich era as Chelsea edged past Watford 2-1 to tie up a third-place Premier League finish

Clare had bagged 3-24 by the end of the third quarter as they led by 19 points. Waterford did get a handful of late scores but Clare could still afford to hit 20 wides and were even more in control than the final score stated.

There was no disguising how much of a horror-show this was for Waterford who have slipped from second-favourites for the All-Ireland into the middle of an abyss in eight days