Friday 24 May 2013
Monaghan goalkeeper Lynda Martin got among the scorers as the Division One table-toppers made it five straight wins yesterday. Lynda showed that it's not just male counterparts Stephen Cluxton from Dublin or Tyrone's Niall Morgan that can convert chances outfield, Martin netting a penalty in the process of her team beating Laois away by 4-9 to 1-6.
Cavan's promotion hopes are still intact – barely – after they came through a gruelling test against Division Three bottom side Wicklow at a freezing Aughrim.
Antrim were left kicking their heels yesterday when their important Division Three Allianz Football League tie against Meath was ruled out because Casement Park was unplayable.
Westmeath guaranteed themselves Division One football for 2014 at icy-cold Cusack Park, Mullingar with a hard-earned one-point win over Armagh in a terrific game of football.
Donegal are anxiously awaiting the results of an x-ray on the left knee of All-Star full-back Neil McGee.
Derry moved to within a point of promotion back to Division One as they rallied late to hold off a brave fightback from 14-man Louth.
Down's defeat to Dublin on Saturday night at Croke Park all but confirms that they will be playing football in Division Two of the National League next year.
Kerry eased their NFL relegation worries with a 0-11 to 0-7 win over Cork.
Eugene McGee, Chairman of the Football Review Committee, (FRC), has stated that enough votes can be won at Annual Congress this weekend in Derry to pass the proposals that will radically change Gaelic football.
Down manager James McCartan accepts that his team have a mountain to climb if they are to retain their place Division One in the Allianz Football League for next year.
Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has made three changes from the Tyrone starting 15 that so impressively defeated Dublin in Croke Park last weekend, for this Sunday's trip to Newbridge to take on Kieran McGeeney's Kildare.
To lose a game at home in the Allianz Football League can spike hopes of promotion or survival but to suffer back-to-back reversals on your own soil can prove tantamount to disaster.
Former Derry All-Ireland winner Tony Scullion, who has just been confirmed as a member of manager Paul Earley's backroom team for this year's International Rules series, firmly believes that Ireland can repeat their 2011 triumph over Australia.
Another member of Tyrone's first Sam Maguire Cup winning team has announced his retirement from Inter County football. Keeper John Devine informed Mickey Harte of his decision last night, the Tyrone manager a fellow Errigal Ciaran clubman.
Patrick McBrearty fired Donegal into an Ulster U21 semi-final, his seven points helping Maxi Curran's charges to a surprise win over Tyrone in Omagh.
Two first half goals from Aaron Devlin in a three-minute spell sealed an Oak Leaf win over Antrim in last night's Ulster U21 Football Championship quarter-final at Casement Park.
A power-packed first half performance highlighted by superb finishing ultimately proved Down's passport into the Ulster U21 football championship semi-finals when they proved superior to Armagh at the Athletic Grounds last night.
Last year, Derry stumbled into the Championship searching and scratching around for form as they barely survived their Division Two league campaign.
Armagh manager Paul Grimley is not prone to making a drama out of a crisis but he could be excused for believing that the gods are conspiring against him as he strives to keep his side in Division Two of the Allianz Football League.
As the Tyrone players filed out of Healy Park the week before, there were many questions left hanging in the air. The comprehensive ease of victory had caught everyone by surprise.
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They know each other inside-out as a result of having squared up so often in the past. As well as having gone head to head on such a regular basis, most of the protagonists are Irish training camp regulars. In addition, many of them have been Test match colleagues.
Be careful what you wish for... having won the right to legally challenge the government's £25m funding of the Windsor Park redevelopment project, Crusaders need to carefully consider where they go from here.
Ireland fell agonisingly short of a first-ever win over a Test-playing nation in Dublin as the opening RSA Insurance one-day international against Pakistan ended in a tie.
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