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Sunday, May 23, 2010

2010 All-Ireland Munster SFC: Waterford get win over Clare...

Waterford 1-10 Clare 0-09

Waterford defeated Clare in the 2010 Munster Senior Football Championship.

Clare were reduced to 14 men when Declan Callinan saw red for two yellow cards.

Waterford will now play Limerick in the Munster SFC semi-final on June 6th.

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2010 All-Ireland Leinster SFC: Louth get victory over Longford...

Louth 1-11 Longford 1-07

Louth defeated Longford in the 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship at O'Moore Park.

Shane Lennon scored a goal for Louth on the stroke of half-time.

Half-Time: Louth 1-06 Longford 0-06

Longford's Bernard McElvaney (substitute) scored a goal in the 40th minute.

Longford failed to score over the closing 28 minutes.

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2010 All-Ireland Leinster SFC: Meath easily defeats Offaly...

Offaly 2-07 Meath 1-20

Meath cruised to a Leinster Senior Football Championship victory over Offaly at Portloise.

Offaly's John Coughlan was sent off in the 39th minute of the match, after shown a straight red card.

Joe Sheridan's 68th-minute goal sealed the victory for Meath.

Meath now meet Laois in a Leinster SFC quarter-final clash on June 13th.

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2010 All-Ireland Ulster SFC: Tyrone beat Antrim...

Tyrone 2-14 Antrim 1-13

Tyrone defeated Antrim in the 2010 Ulster Senior Football Championship at Casement Park.

Tyrone's Kevin Hughes scored a goal on the 9th minute. Scoreline: Tyrone 1-01 Antrim 0-01.

Owen Mulligan scored a goal for Tyrone on the 28th minute. Scoreline: Tyrone 2-06 Antrim 0-04.

Half-Time: Tyrone 2-06 Antrim 0-05

Antrim's Kevin Niblock puts the ball into the corner of the net. Scoreline: Tyrone 2-11 Antrim 1-10.

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Saturday, May 22, 2010

2010 All-Ireland Leinster SHC Preliminary Round: Carlow v Laois Result...

Laois 1-13 Carlow 0-10

Laois are through to play Dublin in the semi-finals of the Leinster Hurling Championship after beating Carlow in Portlaoise.

Carlow had returned to the Leinster Championship for the first time in six years, but it wasn't to be their evening.

Carlow had also lost to Laois by a scoreline of 1-10 to 1-16 last month in Division 2 of the league.

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2010 Christy Ring Cup quarter-final results...

Down 1-18 Westmeath 2-21

Brendan Murtagh led the way with eight points in Westmeath's Christy Ring Cup quarter-final win over Down at Navan.

Joe Clarke and Dan Carthy hit the goals that crushed Down's challenge in the sunshine at Pairc Tealtainn.

Wicklow 3-13 Meath 1-18

Jonathan O'Neill bagged a 73rd-minute goal to ensure Wicklow advanced to the Christy Ring Cup semi-finals, thanks to a one-point win at St Conleth's Park, Newbridge.

Westmeath will now play Kildare in the semi-final on June 5th and Wicklow will play Kerry in the other semi-final.

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

GAA Munster SFC: Kerry run out easy winners over Tipperary....

Kerry 2-18 Tipp 2-06

Kerry had a comfortable win over Tipperary at Semple Stadium in the first round of the Munster Senior Football Championship.

Brian Sheehan scored 2-4 for Kerry in the match.

Tipp's Philip Austin scored a goal in the 8th minute.

Half-Time: Kerry 0-08 Tipp 1-04

Kerry's Brian Sheehan scored a goal on the 47th minute.

Tipp's Barry Brogan scored a goal. The Tipp forward palmed the ball into the net in the 52nd minute.

Kerry's T. Griffin and Tipp's B. Brogan both received yellow cards on the 61st minute.

Brian Sheehan scored another goal for Kerry in the 66th minute.

Barry Brogan sent off in the 69th minute after receiving a second yellow card.

Kerry will now play Cork in the Munster SFC semi-final.

Kerry XV: B Kealy; M O'Sé, T Griffin, T O'Sullivan; T O'Sé, M McCarthy, K Young; S Scanlon, M Quirke; P Galvin, Declan O'Sullivan, D Walsh; C Cooper, K Donaghy, B Sheehan.

Tipperary XV: P Fitzgerald; P Codd, N Curran, C McDonald; C Aylward, R Costigan, C McGrath; K Mulryan, G Hannigan; P Acheson, P Austin, H Coghlan; S Carey, B Grogan, B Mulvihill.

Attendance: 4,965

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GAA Leinster SFC: Wicklow easily defeats Carlow....

Wicklow 3-13 Carlow 0-12

Wicklow easily defeated Carlow in the Leinster Senior Football Championship preliminary round at O'Moore Park.

Thirteen yellow cards and three red cards were handed out in the match. Wicklow defender Steven Kelly was the first to see red in first half injury-time.

Paul Earls scored the first goal in Portlaoise to give Wicklow a big advantage just before half-time.

Half-Time: Wicklow 1-06 Carlow 0-06

Wicklow's Nicky Mernagh received a red card.

Leighton Glynn scored a goal for Wicklow.

Carlow lost midfielders Brendan Murphy and Thomas Walsh through second yellow cards in the second half.

Wicklow's JP Dalton scored a goal for Wicklow.

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GAA Ulster SFC: Armagh defeat Derry in the first round...

Derry 1-07 Armagh 1-10

Armagh advance to the next round of the Ulster Senior Football Championship after a deserved win over Derry at Celtic Park.

On the 11th minute, Derry's Kevin McGuckian received a yellow card for obstructing Finian Moriarty as the Armagh man was about to go through on goal. Scoreline: Derry 0-02 Armagh 0-02

On the 29th minute Derry's Mark Lynch exchanged passes with Fergal Doherty, drawing out the goalkeeper and leaving Paddy Bradley to fist the ball into an empty net. Scoreline: Derry 1-04 Armagh 0-04.

Half-Time: Derry 1-05 Armagh 0-08

On the 44th minute Bateson was booked for Derry, their third card of the game.

Armagh's Mackin was booked on the 47th minute for a foul on Fergal Doherty.

Ryan Henderson was taken off for Armagh on the 49th minute and Jamie Clarke came on. For Derry, Kielt replaced Wilkinson.

On the 54th minute, Eoin Bradley picked up his second yellow for pulling back an Armagh player. Bradley exited the game with Derry down to 14-men.

Armagh's Jamie Clarke scored a goal in 57th minute to make it 1-06 to 1-10 for Armagh.

On the 57th minute, yellow card for Ciaran McKeever, there were a few angry exchanges there after a mass brawl off the touchline.

On the 59th minute, Bateson is replaced by Craig.

On the 63rd minute Joe Diver came on for Doherty.

Armagh conceded a penalty in 67th minute when Gerard O'Kane was fouled. O'Kane took the penalty, but it was well saved by Hearty.

Derry only scored 2 points in the second half.

Derry XV: B Gillis; B Óg McAlary, K McGuckian, D McBride; G O'Kane, B McGuigan, M Bateson; F Doherty, Patsy Bradley; S L McGoldrick, M Lynch, D Mullan, Paddy Bradley, E Bradley, R Wilkinson.

Armagh XV: P Hearty; A Mallon, K Toner, B Donaghy; P Duffy, C McKeever, F Moriarty; C Vernon, J Lavery; M Mackin, A Kernan, G Swift; B Mallon, S McDonnell, R Henderson.

Ref: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Attendance: 10,342

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

GAA Ulster SHC Round 2 Results: London get win over Monaghan...

London 3-16 Monaghan 1-15

London will face Derry in two-weeks time in the Ulster SHC quarter-final, after a hard-earned seven-point win over Monaghan at Casement Park this afternoon.

Michael McHugh may have top-scored with 13 points for the Farney county, but London dug deep in a keenly contested encounter.

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