Weekend Gaelic football previews: Throw-in times, TV details and verdicts

All four provincial championships get underway on the first weekend of action

Bonner bats off Dublin questions as Donegal focus on Down

Manager says he would gladly accept a one-point victory in Newry showdown

This Donegal team have no real choice but to focus on attack

League suggests Ulster Championship will be even more of a tombola spin than usual

Weekend Gaelic football previews: Throw-in times, TV details and verdicts

A busy weekend of semi-finals and playoffs for both promotion and relegation

Relief for Donegal as fans return for draw in Armagh

McBrearty inspires comeback as teams play in front of fans at the Athletic Grounds

Concerns for Declan Bonner as leaky Donegal also suffer Murphy blow

Captain suffers hamstring injury as Donegal come back to draw with Monaghan

Weekend football previews: TV details, throw-in times and verdicts

Seán Moran looks ahead to a busy first weekend as football action returns

Donegal boss Bonner hoping green light for intercounty return imminent

Bonner backs open draw knockout format with home and away games in first round

Cavan braced for the sternest of tests as Dublin lie in wait

Ulster champions travel in hope but Farrell’s all-conquering Dubs hold all the aces

Former Cavan captain confident his county can compete against Dublin

Stephen King impressed by Cavan’s resilience and style of play under Mickey Graham

Determined Donegal have the bit between their teeth

Declan Bonner pleased with his side’s emphatic dismantling of Armagh in Cavan

Jim McGuinness: Will Dessie Farrell follow the Jim Gavin playbook?

Teams will watch for signs of new Dublin manager’s intent, and clues to football’s future

Donegal see off Tyrone on a day for mad dogs and Ulster men

Wet and wild afternoon in Ballybofey made for a dramatic clash between two old rivals

Regionalisation may be the key as league adjusts to new reality

Division One will continue to hold secrets to rapidly approaching championship

Weekend GAA: Throw-in times, team news, TV details

The hurling championship gets underway as the football league comes to a conclusion

Kilcar manager McNulty appeals to GAA to let Donegal final go ahead

‘I’m just so gutted for the players and for everyone in the club’

Superfan John Murphy keen to keep streak going and make it 80 not out in Donegal

A fire was started at the age of five when he witnessed the Mayo homecoming in 1936

Seán Moran: GAA might be better off filing away 2020 as best forgotten

Allowing the championship to run into 2021 would require a truncated format

Donegal boss Declan Bonner would ‘have no issue’ with behind closed doors return

Bonner’s men have been knocking on the door of the game’s top level for the past two seasons

Donegal beat Monaghan in between the sheets of hail at Ballyshannon

Monaghan lose grip on the contest after being reduced to 13 players in second half

Murphy confident Donegal remain on the right track

Despite frustration of narrow defeat to Dublin, inspirational captain feels squad is growing stronger

Paul Mannion pounces as Dublin see off unlucky Donegal

The meeting of the All-Ireland and Ulster champions provided an exciting contest

Joyce hails Galway’s character as they come late to take down Donegal

Corner backs Johnny Heaney and Seán Kelly score goals to turn game around in Letterkenny

Donegal’s Leo McLoone retires from inter-county football

The 30-year-old Naomh Conaill man will be ‘a big, big loss’ says manager Declan Bonner

James Durcan steals a draw for Mayo in Ballybofey

Michael Murphy’s eight points looked to have given Donegal a win on their return to

Sideline Cut: Impractical GAA calendar needs to be torn up and reimagined

GAA calendar sort of mathematical puzzle that would have defeated Hawking and Gates

Fitzgibbon and Sigerson clashes set to hit counties hard

Dublin hurling boss Mattie Kenny will be without some 14 or 15 players this weekend

Kevin McStay: Dublin’s aura of invincibility leaves with Jim Gavin

Whoever ends up filling the managerial role faces an almost impossible challenge

James Horan unconcerned by prospect of quick turnaround

Mayo contingent looking forward to another big date at Croke Park

Deja vu for Rochford and Mayo as Donegal come to play for keeps

Never mind round robins. The most crucial match in the last round will be winner-takes-all

Darragh Ó Sé: Mayo will have no fear of Donegal's Rochford factor

Idea that their former manager will prove Donegal’s trump card will inspire players

Donegal manager Bonner will not discuss injuries to players

Modern trends are leading to the non-disclosure of medical data

Keane and Bonner focus on the positives after epic battle

Both Kerry and Donegal managers take encouragement from drawn Croke Park clash

Kerry aiming to show their title credentials on the big stage

Munster champions’ attack can give them the edge over Donegal at headquarters

Football previews: Dublin and Tyrone can secure place in semi-finals

Kerry’s attack can give them the edge over Donegal in intriguing Croke Park clash

Meath can take some heart from history with Mayo

Sunday’s encounter means counties will have met in seven of the past eight decades

The Backdoor: The game’s evolving – lump it in high

Patrick Horgan is arguably the best player in the country without an All-Ireland medal

Kerry and Kilkenny clicking into gear at right time

Mayo given a hiding in Killarney while Donegal knuckle down to see off plucky Meath

The Backdoor: Walsh Park delay may prove a blessing

In two decades there’s no knowing where the hurlers of the north-west may be playing

Donegal’s victory tinged with sadness over news of rally driver’s death

Side lift their tenth Ulster championship title on day Manus Kelly tragically dies in rally event

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