The GAA’s national match officials manager Pat Doherty says he has been given no reason to believe the organisation is facing a refereeing shortage.

The Gaelic Match Officials Association (GMOA) fear their members are being put at risk by the lack of a cardiac screening programme.

Brian Cody was his usual self at the full-time whistle in Thurles yesterday.

Wexford rounded off a remarkable three-year run at Croke Park yesterday, leaving us in no doubt that they are the greatest team of the modern era.

Win, lose or draw in Sunday’s Connacht SFC final, Mayo’s Cillian O’Connor and Sligo’s Pat Hughes intend to seek each other out after the final whistle, shake hands, and maybe swap their jerseys.

ARSENE WENGER refused to consider stepping down after watching his side suffer their most humiliating defeat in 115 years and cited ‘special circumstances’ for the way his side were demolished by champions Manchester United at Old Trafford.

ARSENAL cult hero John Jensen returns to his former club today looking to upset the very fans who took him to their hearts two decades ago.

DAVID MURPHY and his Wexford comrades are entitled to ponder on how this football weekend may have been shaped for them.

THE nation’s supply of asterisks has been seriously depleted in the last 48 hours as reports have differed about the precise content of the inflammatory remark made by France’s Lassana Diarra to Ireland’s Keith Andrews after the final whistle blew in Croke Park on Saturday night.

SUPERQUINN chief executive designate Simon Burke has completed his whistle-stop tour of the group’s retail outlets, which were barely profitable last year.

CHAMPIONSHIP strugglers Norwich have sacked manager Nigel Worthington following their humiliating 4-1 defeat at home to Burnley.

WE saw Paul ‘Pillar’ Caffrey for the first time when he emerged from the Dublin dressing room shortly after yesterday’s game in Croke Park.

ARMAGH were praised yesterday for accepting their defeat in Sunday's All-Ireland final with dignity.

Plans to force HSE director general Tony O’Brien to address concerns that he and others misled a Dáil committee over the Grace scandal last year could be blocked because the inquiry into the case is now in place.

If Cork City’s Kevin O’Connor needs any extra incentive to give his all in Sunday’s FAI Cup final sequel against Dundalk, he only has to think back to Aviva Stadium last year and the moment when he knew the dream was over for 2016.

Perhaps it was the absence of their beloved Zlatan and the lack of goals which combined to provoke the Malmo crowd into booing the Swedish side on Monday night but Celtic defender Mikael Lustig is certain the fans and team will unite for the Euros.

If Rory McIlroy does return to the fray this week in defence of his PGA Championship crown, Colin Montgomerie hopes the Irishman is in the right shape to do so.