Barry John Keane insists Kerry are showing more respect to referees.

VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ruling party suffered a big drop in support in a parliamentary election yesterday and was not certain even of holding on to a majority of seats, an exit poll showed.

IT Carlow just prevailed in this Fitzgibbon Cup group tie at the IT grounds in Carlow yesterday after a competitive contest which featured a shootout between the respective centre-forwards – the home side’s TJ Reid and NUIG’s Niall Burke.

Jack O’Connor has warned his Kerry players to show more respect toreferees.

A dominant second half display in Portarlington on Saturday saw Cork book their place in All-Ireland Vocational Schools SAFC final.

Galway may have “won” the draw

There were no excuses. No conspiracy theories.

Pat Flanagan slammed Martin Higgins’ performance in Mullingar yesterday and claimed some of his decisions cost Westmeath a famous “four or five point” win over Kerry.

KILFEACLE and Richmond clash in Sunday’s Munster Junior Clubs Challenge Cup final (Charleville, 2pm).

SUNDAY taught us that there are worse things in the world than not beating Norwich.

HERE are the Seven Steps, those psychological stages you go through after the ‘bereavement’ of a historic thrashing like Sunday’s.

YOU would have got some odds on Manchester United scoring as many times as the winning side in Croke Park yesterday but Pat Gilroy wasn’t about to join in the chorus of disapproval that accompanied Donegal’s less-than-popular tactics.

ST MARTIN’S (Muckalee) and James Stephens eased into the Kilkenny SHC semi-finals yesterday, but league kings and championship favourites Ballyhale Shamrocks and neighbours and fierce rivals Carrickshock must meet again after a thrilling draw.

RECENTLY retired Kilkenny star Martin Comerford has surprisingly claimed the Cats shouldn’t have been awarded a penalty in the 2009 All-Ireland final against Tipperary.

FORMER Kilkenny star Christy Heffernan has claimed Tipperary people have yet to get over the penalty that paved the way for the Cats’ 2009 All-Ireland final success.

AFTER obliterating their opponents in a Munster senior hurling final, it was difficult for Declan Ryan to find cause for complaint in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday afternoon.

WE TEND to attach more significance to the smaller details on days like these.

PAUL LAMBERT last night led Norwich back to the Barclays Premier League and then branded the achievement a “miracle”.

REFEREE Pat McEnaney has voiced his opposition to the new refereeing rule which comes into force for this year’s All-Ireland championships.

Liverpool have already set their sights on launching a new era of silverware at Anfield after finally ending a six-year wait for a trophy by beating Cardiff at Wembley.