Football Championship

Mutual admirers Dessie Farrell and Kieran McGeeney help Dublin and Armagh get into their groove

Sunday’s showdown at Croke Park will be the sides’ first championship clash for 15 years

Second-half Roscommon revival salvages a draw against Meath

Despite two goals the Rossies trailed by five points at the interval

Adam Crimmins saves Down from Louth comeback at the death in Newry

A huge second half from Louth saw them recover from a nine-point half-time deficit

Kerry come away with the spoils after Cork fail to take their chances

Cork were three points ahead at the break at Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Con O’Callaghan’s loss highlights how long it’s been since Dublin found a diamond

With Armagh coming to HQ, Dessie Farrell fields a squad that has seen a huge amount of churn and looks light on stardust

Derry’s annus horribilis: Failure to beat Galway would give Oak Leaf county a thoroughly unwanted distinction

Injury, poor decisions and bad luck mean Derry are facing the possibility of a full year without a win

Dean Rock: Rory Beggan is Monaghan’s ace card who stops forwards at one end and puts fear in defenders down the other

Dean Rock: Goalkeeper’s ability to kick two-pointers could send them far in the championship

Crunch time for Mayo and Galway on bumper weekend of GAA action

Previews to the weekend’s games from the All-Ireland Series, Tailteann Cup and hurling finals

‘Adapt and move on’: Laois’s Killian Roche on rule change deterring adventurous sweeper keepers

But Killeshin clubman more ‘worried about frustrating kickout rule’

Ciarán Murphy: Tyrone’s ability to stand the heat as Donegal emptied the tank was as compelling as it gets

Breathless closing stages in Ballybofey again showed us why football is returning to full health for the first time in years

Darragh Ó Sé: Rian O’Neill being back for Armagh is good news for everyone, especially Rian O’Neill

I doubt anyone in Kieran McGeeney’s dressing room has an issue with O’Neill’s return – if they do, they better get over it

Seán Moran: Losing managers’ parting criticisms aren’t always just deflection

Peter Queally and Johnny Kelly may have had a point about the hurling season

Teams go goal-crazy in All-Ireland series and what else we learned from the GAA weekend

Provincial winners suffer hangovers; teams go goal-crazy in All-Ireland series

Joe Brolly’s entertaining accumulator story does not add up

Clean sheets a major priority for Donegal; managers take bite at Big Apple

Monaghan bring Louth crashing back down to earth in Newbridge

Four goals for Louth put a shine on the scoreboard despite six-point defeat

Meath take their time but eventually come good against Cork

A goal from Jordan Morris provided the spark the Royals needed to take victory in Navan

Tyrone take ‘great step forward’ as they burst Donegal’s bubble in Ballybofey

Seán MacCumhaill Park has previously been a fortress for Jim McGuinness’s side

Tyrone beat Donegal at the death; Wins for Armagh, Monaghan and Meath – As it happened

Goals flying in at all the venues as Ger Brennan blames Leinster final hangover for Louth defeat to Monaghan

Armagh push past Ulster final pain to put Derry to the sword

Rian O’Neill made his first appearance of the season for the All-Ireland champions

Louth have ended their Leinster title famine – can they avoid the fate that usually follows?

Ger Brennan must overcome the terrible record of counties who have ended decades-long waits for provincial success

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