KERRY manager Jack OConnor has received a boost with the news that Mike Frank Russell has returned to training while Tom OSullivan and Tomás Ó Sé have indicated that they will be returning to the fold before the end of the month.

The Kerry jersey has been redesigned. It is still the traditional green and gold but the green is the more traditional green, while there is more gold around the collar. The alternative set is based on the blue of Munster.

Tyrone’s Chris Curran has been appointed as the new national handball manager for the GAA. A

Loughmacrory St Teresa’s clubman, he has been to the forefront of the handballing scene for three decades as both a player and administrator.

Shane Kavanagh will captain Galway in the National Hurling League. Their campaign starts on Sunday when they play Dublin in Parnell Park. The 25-year-old defender, an All-Ireland minor winner in 2000, will skipper the side during the league with the situation reviewed before the championship.

GALWAY (SH v Dublin): C Callanan; S Kavanagh, D McClearn, F Moore; M Ryan, G Mahon, A Cullinane; K Hynes, F Healy; R Murray, C Donnellan, D Tierney; G Farragher, N Healy, A Callanan.

TYRONE (SF v Kerry): J Curran; M Swift, Justin McMahon, M McGee; D Harte, R McMenamin, P Jordan; E McGinley, A Cassidy; T McGuigan, C McCullagh, Joe McMahon, S O’Neill, S Cavanagh, O Mulligan.

MAYO (SF v Donegal): D Clarke; L O’Malley, G Cafferkey, D Vaughan; P Gardiner, T Cunniffe, P Kelly; T Parsons, R McGarrity; BJ Padden, T Mortimer, A Dillon; C Moran, B Moran, A Moran.

WEXFORD (SF v Monaghan): A Masterson; D Walsh, P Wallace, B Malone; C Morris, P Colfer, S Cullen; B Doyle, D Fogarty; A Flynn, D Kinsella, C Byrne; C Deely, PJ Banville, M Forde.