GALWAY

lived up to their billing as favourites by beating Waterford 0-26 to 2-17 to clinch the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the first time since 1988 at Dublin’s Croke Park yesterday. Galway talisman Joe Canning, a losing finalist in 2012 and 2015, led the scoring with nine points. Captain David Burke said: ‘We will cherish this.’