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GAELIC GAMES The newly crowned All Ireland Football Champions Donegal will be greeted to a heroes welcome tonight when they arrive home at around 8 O’Clock. The Tir Conaill men have the Sam Maguire for only the second time in the county's history. They beat Mayo by 2-11 to 13 points at Croke Park yesterday to win their first All Ireland since 1992. Timahoe and O'Dempseys are set to meet again on Wednesday in a Laois Senior Football Championship Quarter Final Replay The teams were locked at 1-9 a piece at full time on Saturday Arles Kilcruise eased past Graiguecullen by 1-14 to 0-4 Portlaoise and St Josephs were the first two teams to book their places in the semi finals on Friday Champions Portlaoise held Stradbally to just 2 second half points in a 3-8 to 1-5 win in the game between the big and little towns Josephs surprised Portlarlington with a 0-11 to 0-8 win in the opener Lusmagh are set to return to the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship Benny Kelly's team defeated neighbours St Rynaghs by 4-12 to 2-14 in a thrilling Intermediate Final at O'Connor Park yesterday afternoon St Malachys have been relegated from the Westmeath Senior Football Championship Killucan won Saturday's playoff by 2-11 to 0-5 Paul Greville and James Nugent found the net LADIES FOOTBALL Timahoe have been crowned Laois Ladies Football champions for the 5th time in 7 years. They produced a second half comeback to defeat rivals Sarsfields by 2-10 to 2-9 at Crettyard. Park Ratheniska got the better of St Conleths in the Junior decider. SOCCER Midlands teams St Peters, Edenderry Town, Willow Park and Arlington have advanced to the second round of the LFA Junior Cup In the CCFL's Senior Division Gallen defeated Monksland 3-1 and it was a one all draw between Melville and Mountmellick Athlone Town's winless streak now stretches to 10 games Town lost 3-0 to Mervue on Friday night Athlone's Under 19s won 2-0 against Galway United while the Under 17s were knocked out of the LFA Youths Cup John Terry's FA hearing is under way at Wembley. The Chelsea defender is appearing in front of a four man panel on claims he racially abused QPR's Anton Ferdinand. He's already been cleared of any criminal offence. The Former England captain retired from International football last night claiming the FA made his position "untenable". Liverpool's Martin Kelly will be out of action until next year. The England defender limped off with a knee injury during yesterdays 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester United. RUGBY UNION Athlone teenager Rob Henshaw played the full game at outside centre for Connacht in their 27-17 loss to Glasgow on Friday night His Buccs' clubmate Jack Carty came on to make his debut Buccaneers have finished 3rd in the Connacht Senior League A depleted Pirates side lost 37-26 to Sligo on Saturday Birr's Shane Delanhunt captained Leinster's Under 19s to 30-16 win over Ulster at Old Belvedere Peter Dooley also played in what's Leinster's second win of the Inter Pro campaign Tullamore's Emer McManamly has been named in the Leinster Women's squad for the new season Brian Geraghty scored a brace of tries as Tullamore won 25-10 away to Dundalk to remain top of Division One A of the Leinster League Edenderry defeated Birr in the Midland J1 Trophy Final CRICKET Ireland and the West Indies go head to head in Colombo at 3pm today in a winner takes all shootout at the World Twenty20. Both sides were beaten by Australia in Group B which means the winner will go through to the Super Eights. Ireland have a full squad to choose after six of the players recovered from a from a virus they picked up over the weekend. GOLF Brandt Snedeker is 11 and a half million dollars richer after winning the Tour Championship in Atlanta. The victory saw the American finish top of the Fed Ex Cup standings ahead of Rory McIlroy. Both players now turn their attention to the Ryder Cup which gets underway in Medinah on Friday. RACING It was a good weekend for Rhode jockey Pat Smullen. He was aboard the winner Captain Ramius in the Ayr Gold Cup on Saturday and won the last race at Gowran Park yesterday evening to close the gap on Joseph O'Brien in the jockey's championship to one.

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