Abbeyside 2-11 Dungarvan 0-16

The summer break in the Airtricity League arrived at an opportune moment for Cork City, Daryl Horgan’s goal-of-the-season contender against Drogheda United ensuring a badly needed home win and moving the club up a few places to mid-table in the Premier Division.

The summer break in the Airtricity League arrived at an opportune moment for Cork City, Daryl Horgan’s goal-of-the-season contender against Drogheda United ensuring a badly needed home win and moving the club up a few places to mid-table in the Premier Division.

The notion of being fashionably smart is getting a makeover, as internet-linked computers get woven into formerly brainless attire such as glasses, bracelets and shoes.

Ballygunner gritted their teeth to take the spoils in a crunch championship tie against 14-man Dungarvan last night at Fraher Field (1-19 to 2-13).

“We’re all good footballers,” is a line a Dublin player would be reluctant to utter in bygone seasons for fear of being interpreted as big-headed.

Crossmaglen Rangers 3-09 Pearse Og 0-11

Shane Nolan can still hear the words manager James McCarthy whispered in his ear before being introduced as a 47th minute substitute in last Sunday’s Cork SFC final against Duhallow.

Nordsjaelland 0 Chelsea 4

QPR 1 West Ham 2

Liverpool 1 Anzhi Makhachkala 0

Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill has backed Liverpool counterpart Brendan Rodgers to run the club his own way after a turbulent start to the season.

Liverpool 0 Arsenal 2

Castlemagner 0-14 Rathpeacon 1-7

Last Tuesday was a mixed bag for grapplers.

The last week has seen an unusual amount of soul-searching at Barcelona, as the Catalan club prepares to try and overcome a 2-0 first-leg deficit in Tuesday’s Champions League last 16 second leg at home to AC Milan.

Juventus 2 Celtic 0

Three Munster county officials have questioned the Division 1A structure as all six teams go into this Sunday’s fifth and final round of games still facing the possibility of a relegation play-off or a league semi-final.

Within minutes of Jérôme Garcès’s final whistle on Sunday, Munster fans began furiously scouring the internet searching for low-cost deals to Montpellier for the April 27 Heineken Cup semi-final showdown with Clermont Auvergne.

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill faces a late change of plan ahead of tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Russia, with Kyle Lafferty missing out with an Achilles injury.