Sports Digest: Injuries still concern Celtic’s Neil Lennon

Jim McGuinness’s revenge after All-Ireland win, GAA shorts and soccer shorts

SLIGO Rovers were held to a scoreless draw by Bray at the Carlisle Grounds on Friday night but remain favorites to lift the Airtricity Premier Division crown. Derry City were beaten 2-1 at home by UCD, Bohs drew 1-1 with visitors Cork and Shelbourne won 1-0 at Dundalk . . .

THE FAI have confirmed that Damien Duff will be awarded a cap for the June friendly in Hungary despite a doubt raised by FIFA over the referee’s credentials. As a result, Duff remains on 100 caps for his country after retiring from international football last month . . .

IRISHMEN Richie Foran and Conor Pepper both scored for Inverness as they drew 2-2 at Hibs in the Scottish Premier Division on Saturday. Former Sligo striker Eoin Doyle had scored for Hibs . . .

DROGHEDA United made a return to winning ways when they lifted the EA Sports Cup thanks to a 3-1 win over Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium in Saturday’s final . . .

THE FAI have confirmed their plans to retain a 12 team Premier Division in the Airtricity League next season and will invite new applicants to join the First Division . . .

FORMER Irish midfielder Stephen Ireland broke an arm in Aston Villa’s defeat at Southampton on Saturday and could be out of action for a month . . .

SLIGO Rovers striker Mark Quigley has been named as player of the month for August by the Airtricity/Soccer Writers jury . . .

RICHARD Dunne remains an injury concern for Ireland’s big World Cup clash with Germany in Dublin next month.

Jim McGuinness’s revenge after All-Ireland win

Donegal boss Jim McGuinness attempted to settle a few old scores in the aftermath of Sunday’s All-Ireland final win over Mayo.

The Sam Maguire winner refused to address the post-match press conference until journalist Declan Bogue was removed from the room.

Bogue wrote the controversial book last year that saw Kevin Cassidy kicked off the Donegal squad by McGuinness for his comments in This Is Our Year.

After asking for Bogue to be removed from the Croke Park press conference room, McGuinness explained, “There was a book written. There were a lot of untruths in the book. There was a lot of things said about me.

“I’ve never broken court on it since the whole thing happened. I’ve held my dignity. I’ve let myself be castigated. And I done that because I gave somebody an agreement that I wouldn’t break my court on it.

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