Derry GAA

Derry defend their All-Ireland minor football crown with win over Armagh

Goals in each half from captain James Sargent and Cody Rocks secure a third title in last five years

All-Ireland MFC final: Derry face off against familiar rivals Armagh as they look to defend title

The reigning champions can call upon as many as five starters from last year’s all-conquering side

Michael Murphy: Galway’s direct action leaves four semi-finalists trying to resolve vulnerabilities

Michael Murphy: The four counties still standing won’t have to cope with Dublin’s ruthless box-ticking but they all still have their own issues to address

Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Kerry talk of purists when it suits them

The Kingdom is full of pragmatists; Donegal are both battle-hardened and fresh; Derry’s nihilistic streak; Tipperary’s minor miracle

Jack O’Connor makes no apologies for Kerry’s eyesore win over Derry

Kerry boss Jack O'Connor ‘If you think you can play a kind of gung-ho open football against that type of structure then that’s not living in the real world’

Surprising semi-final line-up suggests new Gaelic football order and end of Dublin era

Galway will face Donegal in All-Ireland semi-final while Kerry meet Armagh

Kerry eventually put Derry to bed in a pig of a game at Croke Park

A drab afternoon was saved by cameos from Cillian Burke, Killian Spillane and Dylan Geaney as the Munster champions progress to meet Armagh

Kerry beat Derry to make semi-final: All-Ireland quarter-final as it happened

Kingdom through to play Armagh, while Donegal will play Galway

Time for Kerry to move up a gear in their quest to reclaim Sam

I expect a big performance from Kerry and reckon they will beat Derry pretty convincingly

All-Ireland quarter-finals: throw-in times, TV details and team news

Kieran McGeeney’s Armagh can earn a reward for their consistency in the last two years by reaching the All-Ireland semi-finals along with Dublin, Kerry and Donegal

Everyone has a story to tell in the All-Ireland quarter-finals but Dublin and Kerry remain the teams to beat

The football championship finally gets serious with the two biggest beasts out there for everyone else to take a swing at in Croke Park this weekend

Johnny Crowley confident Kerry are well prepared for Derry test

Kerry have enjoyed serene progress so far but Jack O’Connor’s men will be wary of the potent threat posed by Mickey Harte’s Derry

Tactical breakdown: Derry pin back Mayo’s forwards to blunt their attacking threat

Mickey Harte’s side made it their business to get men who are key to an opposition’s game plan doing jobs they didn’t want to do

Seán Moran: Harte and O’Connor sound echoes of the days when there were second acts in All-Ireland lives

An old rivalry resumes at the weekend, but have the ground rules changed forever?

Michael Murphy: Derry back from the brink and will believe they can beat Kerry

Mayo needed to ask the big questions from the start and didn’t. You can be sure Kerry won’t make the same mistake.

Kerry get the test they were waiting for in the form of Mickey’s Harte’s Derry

Every team is fighting for momentum as the championship heads into the home straight

All-Ireland quarter-finals draw: GAAGo to broadcast Dublin v Galway on Saturday

Armagh v Roscommon will open weekend action with Donegal taking on Louth and Derry facing Kerry on Sunday

Football’s final eight learn their fate as Cork, Mayo, Tyrone and Monaghan depart

Clare skip into hurling semi-final clash with Kilkenny; Scotland sent homeward after painful defeat to Hungary; Harrington’s hat-trick at Dick’s

Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Derry prove that shoot-outs are no lottery

Clare bounce back, Cork’s goals dry up, Brennan onto something special in Louth and Laois coming to the boil nicely

‘They were mean at the back’ - Derry show old defensive grit to knock out Mayo

Mickey Harte’s side prevail after ding-dong encounter but the home side will regret the chances missed prior to the penalty shootout

Derry edge out Kerry to make All-Ireland minor final

Ulster team win by narrowest of margins on mild day in Mullingar

Dean Rock: Derry face a test of character to save their season

Mickey Harte’s side must put recent downturn in form behind them to beat Mayo

Football previews: Derry’s likely last stand in Castlebar the pick of the preliminary quarter-finals

Mayo are coming from a different position. Frustrated not to get the win over Dublin, they are nonetheless on a run of just one defeat in the past seven matches

Niall Toner set to make Derry return for preliminary quarter-final clash with Mayo

Mickey Harte will also have Gareth McKinless available after he served his two-game suspension

Derry’s Emmett Bradley knows team’s standard must improve to beat Mayo

Mickey Harte’s side limped into the preliminary quarter-finals after two defeats

Derry get back to winning ways but fail to impress against Westmeath

Goals from Conor McCluskey and Emmet Bradley at the end of each half prove the difference in Newry

Mickey Harte: ‘You know what they say about empty vessels, they make the most noise’

Derry manager says he can handle any criticism but he believes recent sideshow was not fair on his players

‘The game of their lives’: Westmeath have upset Derry before - they could do it again

Westmeath have never beaten Derry in the All-Ireland, but a famous league encounter in 1994 sparked a flame in the Lake County and taught Joe Brolly’s team a lesson. Gary Connaughton recalls a feat that suggests Saturday’s clash is no foregone conclusion

Forget Galway’s glittering attacking talent, they have the meanest defence in the country

The Tribesmen are the only team in the Senior Football Championship yet to concede a goal

Michael Murphy: Devising great tactics won’t matter if the best players aren’t on the pitch

Striking litany of injured players undermines teams but also impacts on individuals themselves

All-Ireland minor championship: Derry beat Dublin as Kerry, Mayo and Armagh ease through

Derry’s 0-18 to 2-10 win over Dublin in Breffni Park was the only close encounter of the four quarter-finals

Mickey Harte still standing in Derry despite rumours flying on social media

WhatsApp was on fire with tales of the manager’s ousting, but he will remain in the hot seat - at least until the end of the season

Darragh Ó Sé: Derry look loose, cranky and disorganised - the situation seems to be beyond fixing

Mickey Harte’s players keep making the same silly mistakes and now they’ve lost their discipline into the bargain – I don’t see any way of them rescuing this for an All-Ireland push

Dublin make their move but mystery of Derry’s whereabouts deepens

Three matches after winning the league, Mickey Harte’s team look like they want the season to end

Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Nothing beats being there

Football format needs a rethink; Offaly on the march; Road trips prove successful; Waterford out despite second win

TV View: Touch of Forrest Gump about RTÉ match scheduling

Understandable if viewers had taken to off switch on their remotes for fare provided in Meath-Kerry group game

Derry’s season hangs by a thread after third successive loss since beating Dublin in the league decider

Manager Mickey Harte at a loss to explain the team’s dramatic loss of form

Defensive errors costly yet again as Armagh overwhelm Derry

A third consecutive defeat leaves Mickey Harte and Derry’s championship hopes in tatters as Armagh improve to two wins from as many matches

Sunday GAA Championship - live updates: as they happened

Follow along for live commentary with seven matches scheduled between the All-Ireland Championship and Tailteann Cup

Four goal Kildare work past Derry to earn Christy Ring Cup glory

Ability to plunder goals at the most opportune time hands Kildare a place in next year’s Joe McDonagh Cup

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