HE remains as lithe though this were 1994, but Greg Blaney has witnessed the sport marginalise men of his grandeur since his playing days.

KELLY Mallon was crowned All-Ireland champion for the seventh time in Cork last weekend.

MICKEY Harte says that the apparent return of long kickouts in Gaelic football is less to do with the introduction of the mark and more about the game simply evolving naturally.

“Eamonn gave me a call and said 'I’ll leave it with you' - I rang him back within the hour to say yes, absolutely.

RYAN McHugh shrugs off the personal stuff.

Tyrone legend Peter Canavan has warned that Down are a dangerous Ulster SFC final opponent, and the Red Hands face a stiff challenge in attempting to replicate the sheer brilliance of the performance that crushed Donegal.

All-Ireland SFC Qualifying round 2B: Cavan 0-18 Tipperary 2-15 MUCH has changed since the previous Championship clash of Cavan and Tipperary, which was in the 1935 All-Ireland semi-final, but certain truths remain.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Qualifying round 2B: Wexford 1-11 Monaghan 3-23 MALACHY O’Rourke emphasised the importance of Monaghan getting back to winning ways as they swatted aside the challenge of Seamus McEnaney's Wexford in this qualifying encounter at Innovate Park on Saturday.

DOWN boss Eamonn Burns hopes the survivors from Down’s run to the 2010 All-Ireland final can help settle any frayed nerves heading into Sunday’s Ulster decider with Tyrone.

YOU may be forgiven for thinking that today’s column would be a synopsis of Armagh’s hard-fought victory in Mullingar or Cavan's collapse to Tipp.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Round 2B: Westmeath 1-7 Armagh 1-12 THE thousands that flocked to Cusack Park will remember this night for a long time.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Qualifying round 3A: Meath 1-14 Donegal 1-15 From Andy Watters at Pairc Tailteann AS the dust settled on the Pairc Tailteann thriller, Meath manager Andy McEntee took a verbal swipe at referee Derek O’Mahony, but Donegal’s extra touch of class was the real difference.