Kane fails in ban appeal

DOWN assistant football manager DJ Kane has failed in his bid to have a six-month sideline ban lifted in time to enable him play an active role in Sunday’s Ulster SFC semi-final against Armagh in Clones on Sunday.

Kane, who captained the team to victory in the 1994 All-Ireland final against Dublin, challenged the proposed ban when he appeared before the Central Hearings Committee in Croke Park on Wednesday night, but just like Kerry captain Paul Galvin, he had no luck.

And just like Galvin, who was back in Croke Park last night for the second time this week with an appeal to the Central Appeals Committee, Kane is expected to follow the same route.