We'll Leave It There So: Tributes paid following death of popular Irish jockey and the rest of today's sport

Here’s what the world of sport conjured up on Tuesday.

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Ruby Walsh stands with fellow jockeys for a minutes silence in memory of JT McNamara Jockeys standing for a minute's silence today at the Galway Races in memory of JT McNamara. Ryan Byrne / INPHO Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO

Irish jockey John Thomas McNamara, better known as JT, died at the age of 41.
Many tributes were paid to the popular Limerick native.
Dublin senior hurling team manager Ger Cunningham will sit down with county board chiefs to discuss his future in the coming weeks.
GPA CEO Dessie Farrell has hailed their new €6.2 million per year agreement with the GAA as ‘a good day for players’ and says the deal ‘elevates’ the status of inter county hurlers and footballers.
Kerry will be without Colm Cooper, Johnny Buckley and Mikey Geaney for next Sunday’s All-Ireland senior football quarter-final against Clare.
Waterford and Tipperary have named their teams for tomorrow night’s Bord Gáis Energy Munster U21 hurling final.
Cork City captain Greg Bolger is likely to be available again for the next stage of their European adventure.

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Carl Frampton on the pads today in New York ahead of this weekend's WBA featherweight title bout. Presseye / William Cherry/INPHO Presseye / William Cherry/INPHO / William Cherry/INPHO

Former Leinster boss Matt O’Connor has missed out on the head coach’s role with the Queensland Reds.
Mamadou Sakho has been sent home from Liverpool’s pre-season tour of the United States by manager Jurgen Klopp.
Lyon insist star striker Alexandre Lacazette is not for sale, after confirming they have turned down a €35 million offer from Arsenal.
Juventus have completed the signing of Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli for a fee of €90 million.
Mehdi Benatia scored his first goal for Juve as the Serie A champions ran out 2-1 winners against Tottenham in the International Champions Cup in Melbourne.
Defending champion Jason Day has been paired with Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy for the opening rounds of the USPGA Championship.
Shot putter Inderjeet Singh became the second Indian athlete to fail a drugs test in recent days, embroiling the nation’s Olympic squad in a doping scandal before next month’s Rio Games.

The Best Thing We Shared

Remember Nacho Novo? As of today, he’s a Glentoran player.

Nacho Novo Presseye / Jonathan Porter/INPHO Presseye / Jonathan Porter/INPHO / Jonathan Porter/INPHO

On The Record

I’ve been particularly impressed by young Eoghan. He’s a good size, wants to do well and he’s good in the air. He has been around the first team for a few years and had some loan experience. We were up against tough opponents at the weekend and he coped very well. He has a real in-built brain for football, and he understands the game well. I have never any fears of putting young players in.”

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers says he wouldn’t be afraid to throw Irish youngster Eoghan O’Connell into the deep end ahead of their Champions League third qualifying round tie.

Where We Were Today

Paul Fennessy was at Poolbeg Harbour for the announcement of Ireland’s sailing team for the Olympics, while Kevin O’Brien was chatting to Waterford’s Pauric Mahony at Croke Park as EirGrid was announced as the GAA’s first official timing sponsor.

EirGrid Timing Sponsorship Announcement Waterford hurler Pauric Mahony. Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE / SPORTSFILE

The Fixture List

There are two provincial finals down for decision tomorrow night in the Bord Gáis Energy U21 hurling championship: Tipperary v Waterford in Munster (Walsh Park, 7pm) and Antrim v Derry in Ulster (Loughgiel, 7pm).
There’s more action too in the third round of the Champions League qualifiers, including Celtic’s first leg away to Astana (3pm).

Showbiz, Baby!

We’re not too sure what Shane Long was at here, but we’re impressed nevertheless…
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