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Defending champions Galway and old rivals Kilkenny clash in the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship semi-finals on Saturday in Croke Park (5.30pm).

As GAA fans all over Mayo look forward to another exciting summer of championship football, it is hard to believe that it is all of 70 years since Mayo last captured the coveted and rather elusive Sam Maguire Cup. Stories of the achievements of that 1950 and ‘51 teams are still recounted right across the county and beyond.

The intermediate championship in Mayo has always been one of the hardest grades in which to predict what will happen and this year's instalment looks no different, with things very much balanced on a knife edge - with any of the four sides left in the competition being potential realistic champions.

This Saturday there is a serious double header of football at Pearse Stadium.

The Galway senior hurlers produced an impressive and extremely hard working performance all over the field in Semple Stadium last Sunday afternoon to defeat Clare by 2-17 to 0-17, and qualify for an All-Ireland semi-final against Tipperary on August 14 in Croke Park.