MEGAN McCann enjoyed her handball sabbatical in Boston earlier this year when she honed some of her skills and competed in a few events.

Paul McGirr Ulster U16 Club Champions Tournament: Ghaoth Dobhair 2-12 Ardboe 0-5 A devastating second-half display saw Donegal champions Ghaoth Dobhair overcome the challenge of Tyrone champions Ardboe in the final Paul McGirr Ulster Club Champions quarter final, keeping their opponents scoreless for the final 28 minutes.

LISTENING to Joe Brolly is always an interesting exercise, usually more so when he’s not talking about football.

THE Belfast Halloween Open continues to go from strength to strength after the three-day competition came to a conclusion yesterday.

THE GAA can be “too nicey-nicey” in terms of separating teams in the event of a draw, believes Gaoth Dobhair’s Eamon McGee.

ANTRIM manager Lenny Harbinson says football in the county has been “reinvigorated” by an intensely contested club championship campaign.

League Cup quarter-final: Linfield v Cliftonville (tonight, 7.

THESE truly are the inseparables. Gaoth Dobhair had it, Naomh Conaill had it, and in the end nobody had it.

BELFAST Giants got a monkey off their backs when they won an Elite League game on the road for the first time this season with a 6-5 victory over Manchester Storm, after a penalty shoot-out.

Sporting greats, Dates and a Quick Quiz blit

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship semi-final: Slaughtneil 1-17 Middletown 0-8 From Andy Watters at the Athletic Grounds A WORKMANLIKE performance from Slaughtneil was enough to see off Armagh’s Middletown and send the Derry champions through to their third Ulster final in four years.

Danske Bank Premiership: Cliftonville 5 Dungannon Swifts 0 PADDY McLaughlin says Joe Gormley will go down as a legend at Cliftonville even if he doesn’t score another goal.

DUNLOY sent out a warning yesterday with an 18-point destruction of Ballycran to set up a mouth-watering Ulster final showdown against Slaughtneil on November 10.

IF Dunloy were boys two years ago, they looked every inch like men ready to storm the Ulster stage as they swatted Ballycran aside at the Athletic Grounds yesterday.

Ireland sealed their place at next year's T20 World Cup after finishing top of their qualifying group with a major hand from Jersey.

Ulster Club SHC semi-finals: Cúchulainn’s, Dunloy (Antrim) 2-23 St Joseph’s, Ballycran (Down) 0-11; Slaughtneil (Derry) 1-17 Middletown (Armagh) 0-8

THE Glenties are the dog that won’t die. They trailed for most of the second-half of normal time but found a way to squeeze another 20 minutes out of it.