Canavan calls it a day

TYRONE legend Peter Canavan is to bow out of intercounty football after winning his second All-Ireland medal with Tyrone yesterday.

Captain of the team which won the first title two years ago but plagued with injury in the interim, Canavan announced on television last night that he is calling it a day. Now 34, he made his debut in 1990.

He said on RTÉ's Sunday Game programme that there were two main reasons why this year’s win was special.