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Armagh 3-33 Down 0-14: Record-breaking Orchardmen surge into Ulster final as Down drop into Tailteann Cup

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Going into Sunday’s game at Clones, Down faced the challenge of emulating the emotion and intensity that carried them to a stirring win over holders Donegal in Letterkenny.

And for the first 10 minutes, they seemed to have unlocked the formula once more, with an early marker laid down by Daniel Guinness and Odhran Murdock, two of the outstanding performers from the Donegal game.

After Murdock rose highest to win the throw-in, Guinness scampered clear and split the posts.

A Pat Havern free, Guinness’ second score, Shane Annett’s effort and a superb point from influential Mourne skipper Murdock – which he scored after launching his side’s attack with a turnover at the other end – had Down 0-5 to 0-2 in front.

Armagh, in contrast, struggled to find their range during the opening exchanges. While their first two scores came from Oisin Conaty and Conor Turbitt, they were guilty of three bad wides during Down’s ascendancy.

But after a score from the excellent Jarly Og Burns was followed by Andrew Murnin kicking the Orchard’s fourth wide, Armagh decided enough was enough, and after captain Aaron McKay showed exceptional grit to win a breaking ball and send his side down the field, Tomas McCormack sidestepped Peter Fegan and beat Ronan Burns with a low drive into the net.

While Og Burns and Guinness traded scores after the goal, Armagh stormed clear with an unanswered 1-8.

Their second goal will be a painful part of the Down post-mortem as Darragh McMullen won a kick-out from Blaine Hughes – who replaced Ethan Rafferty before throw-in – rounded the stranded Mourne keeper Burns and pumped the ball in for Turbitt, who shrugged off Ryan McEvoy to palm into the unguarded net.

While Havern knocked over the final score of the half, Down looked a spent force by the interval, with Armagh’s tally of six fisted points evidence of the ease with which they had cut into the Mourne defence.

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White Sox Wild Card Series roster projection: Who will pitch Game 1?

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The White Sox are leaning into their creative pitching approach ahead of their matchup against the Astros.

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Luke Littler: Defending champion stunned by Luke Waterhouse at World Grand Prix

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World champion Luke Littler’s hopes of defending his World Grand Prix title were dashed as he fell to a shock first-round defeat by Luke Woodhouse in Leicester.

Littler, 19, had been looking to bounce back from his quarter-final exit to Jonny Clayton at the World Series of Darts Finals just over a week ago.

But despite taking the first set, he was distinctly below par throughout the best-of-three encounter, averaging just 82.41.

That allowed Woodhouse to level the match and deliver a checkout of 75 to win the deciding set 3-1 in legs.

Woodhouse will face 2022 runner-up Nathan Aspinall in the last 16, who edged past Dutch debutant Kevin Doets 2-1.

Earlier on Monday, six-time winner Michael van Gerwen lost five legs out of the last six as 2024 semi-finalist Ryan Joyce fought back to win 2-1.

England’s Joyce will play Dutchman Danny Noppert, who advanced past Germany’s Niko Springer by the same scoreline.

Elsewhere, Wales’ Gerwyn Price only lost a single leg as he comfortably beat Poland’s Sebastian Bialecki 2-0 to set up a meeting with England’s Ross Smith, who came from behind to triumph 2-1 against Scotland’s Cameron Menzies.

Welshman Clayton edged past Krzysztof Ratajski 2-1, and he will take on the Netherlands’ Wessel Nijman, who overcame 2018 world champion Rob Cross in straight sets.

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What happened at Pistons media day: Trajan Langdon admits he hasn't talked to Jalen Duren

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Trajan Langdon also compared Jalen Duren’s situation to Zion Williamson’s. Detroit included a weight clause in its latest contract offer.

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