GAA dash Freeman's hopes

Tommy Freeman's hopes of playing for Monaghan in this Saturday's All-Ireland Senior Football qualifier against Armagh at Clones have been dealt a major blow, after the GAA's Central Appeals Committee (CAC) turned down the Maghracloone clubman's appeal to his suspension.

At a meeting of the GAA's CAC last night, the committee rejected Freeman's appeal to an eight-week ban, which had been dished out following an incident in the Ulster Senior Football Championship defeat to Derry last month.