GAA: Cavan v Donegal, Derry v Galway and all the All-Ireland and Tailteann Cup action from around the country as it happens
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The bigger ball is where the GAA action is today as the SFC and Tailteann Cup continue with the clash between current All-Ireland champions Armagh and 2023 winners Dublin the pick of the games.
We'll keep you up to date on all games in our GAA blog below.
Live-scores:
All-Ireland SFC
Cavan 1-5 Donegal 0-10 (30 mins)
Derry 1-9 Galway 2-5 (30 mins)
Dublin v Armagh, Croke Park, 4.0 – RTÉ 2
Monaghan v Clare, St Tiernach's Park, 4.0
Tailteann Cup
Leitrim 2-2 Tipperary 0-3 (half-time)
Carlow 0-6 Longford 1-16 (half-time)
Fermanagh 0-9 Wexford 1-8 (half-time)
Antrim 0-6 London 0-10 (half-time)
Kildare 3-8 Sligo 1-5 (30 mins)
Just now
Derry surge two clear again after successive points from Ciaran McFaul and Shane McGuigan
Diarmuid Baker becomes the fifth man to pick up a booking.
3 minutes ago
Two yellow cards apiece in the first half for Derry and Galway with the scores now level
Galway's Rob Finnerty and Cein Darcy join Paul Cassidy and Conor Doherty in the book in a feisty game. Matthew Thompson draws the sides level.
7 minutes ago
Shane Walsh scores a goal to bring Galway back into it
Walsh's goal cuts Derry's lead back to one as the clock approahes the half hour mark.
Donegal remain one clear of Cavan with Michael Murphy to the fore with 0-4.
14 minutes ago
Derry surge six clear in Celtic Park, playing with the aid of a slight breeze
It's a brilliant start for the home side who lead by 1-8 to 1-2 after 20 minutes. Paul Cassidy, Shane McGuigan and Brendan Rogers have all hit two pointers after Conor Glass' early goal.
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18 minutes ago
Early goal for Cavan but Donegal lead by one
Brían O'Connell hits the net for the home side but Donegal lead by one after a Coalan McColgan point and a two pointer from Michael Murphy.
21 minutes ago
Derry and Galway exchange goals in Celtic Park
Robert Finnerty rattles the net for Galway but Conor Glass responds instantly for Derry, who lead by 1-4 to 1-2 after 15 minutes.
26 minutes ago
Early two pointer for Derry through Brendan Rogers, but Galway level it up through Paul Conroy and Sam O'Neill.
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28 minutes ago
Three points in a row for Donegal who lead Cavan by 0-3 to 0-1 after ten minutes, with Shane O'Donnell (twice) and Peadar Mogan raising white flags.
34 minutes ago
Game on in Kingspan Breffni and Celtic Park.
34 minutes ago
Eye-catching score-line in O'Connor Park from the early Tailteann Cup throw-ins, with Longford leading by 1-7 to 0-3 after fifteen minutes, with their goal coming from Oran Kenny.
41 minutes ago
Frank Roche at Kingspan Breffni:
Cavan v Donegal
Welcome to the new Group of Death, following Mayo's night of redemption in Omagh. Donegal start as favourites, despite or maybe even because of last week's surprise defeat to Tyrone in their one-time fortress of Ballybofey.
But Cavan will be buoyed, not just by their day-one victory in Castlebar but by the dynamic performance that underpinned it.
First up, though, comes the obligatory 'last-minute' changes. Raymond Galligan makes two alterations from the Cavan 15 unveiled on Friday, with Cian Madden and Seán McEvoy promoted to the home team's starting attack at the expense of Jason McLoughlin (who drops out of the match-day 26) and Ryan O'Neill (who reverts to the bench).
The big news from the Donegal dressing-room is that regular netminder Shaun Patton still hasn't recovered from the ankle injury that saw him miss out against Tyrone eight days ago, so Gavin Mulready deputises again.
There are two other switches from the announced line-up, Caolan McColgan and Conor O'Donnell coming in for Dáire Ó Baoill and All-Star Oisín Gallen.
If Jim McGuinness's charges can frank their favouritism and secure the win that their circumstances demand, it will set up a fascinating last-day finale in a fortnight, leaving all four teams deadlocked on two points apiece ahead of the meetings of Donegal/Mayo and Tyrone/Cavan.
CAVAN – L Brady; N Carolan, B O'Connell, C Reilly; P Faulkner, C Brady, K Brady; E Crowe, O Kiernan; G Smith, C McVeety, C Madden; S McEvoy, R Donohoe, C O'Reilly.
DONEGAL – G Mulready; F Roarty, B McCole, P Mogan; R McHugh, E Ban Gallagher, C Moore; H McFadden, M Langan; C McColgan, C Thompson, S O'Donnell; P McBrearty, M Murphy, C O'Donnell.
51 minutes ago
Michael Verney in Celtic Park:
The big news in Celtic Park is that Damien Comer is back in the Galway match-day squad for their crucial All-Ireland SFC clash with Derry.
Comer hasn't featured for the Tribesmen since their Connacht SFC semi-final against Roscommon but this is a must-win for Pádraic Joyce's men.
With both sides losing in the opening round, there are two big points up for grabs in what will be a tough day for football in demanding conditions.
54 minutes ago
Crunch clash.
Both Derry and Galway are feeling the pressure having lost their first round games, with both sides hoping to get back on track today.
Shane Walsh. Sportsfile.
Today 08:36 AM
Colm O'Rourke: Armagh can highlight why they're champions against Dublin
After Dublin were beaten by Meath in the Leinster semi-final, most of the Gaelic games journalists were expecting an early exit from the championship for Dessie Farrell's side.
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It's a sunny summer Sunday, a perfect setting for Gaelic football.
Derry-Galway (2.0) and Dublin-Armagh (4.0) are the big ones in the Sam Maguire today, with the final round of group games in the Tailteann Cup on the cards. Antrim-London (1.45) is knockout while Fermanagh-Wexford (1.45) is the curtain raiser in Croke Park.
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