A Friday 78 saw Rory McIlroy miss the cut at the BMW PGA Championship. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

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• Tyrone insisted that there was no ‘sledging’ about the death of a young Donegal player’s father
• An emotional Stephanie Roche has been speaking about the ‘abrupt’ end to her American dream
• Rory McIlroy has the weekend off after shooting a Friday 78 and missing the cut at the BMW PGA Championship
• Leinster trio Shane Jennings, Jimmy Gopperth and Zane Kirchner were invited to join the Barbarians ahead of their game against Ireland
• Neil Seery was added to the bill of Conor McGregor’s UFC 189 title fight in Las Vegas
• Ian Bibby won stage six of the An Post Rás; Lukas Postlberger still holds the overall lead

Away

• Fabio Aru took the maglia rosa at the Giro d’Italia after leader Alberto Contador was brought down 3.2km from the stage finish
• An unexploded World War II bomb was found near Wembley Stadium ahead of the play-off finals
• Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson gave one fan a pretty amazing surprise

The best thing we shared

On the day he would have turned 69, we remembered some of George Best‘s most memorable quotes

On the record

I got it in Ayia Napa. It was like a party kind of… I was young and on holiday. It cost me €20.

– Conor McGregor tells the story behind his very first tattoo

The fixture list

• Munster host the Ospreys in the second of the Pro12 semi-finals (2.30pm)
• The footballers of Clare and Limerick do battle for the right to face Cork in the Munster semi-final (7pm)
• And it’s moving day at Wentworth, time trial day at the Giro, and the penultimate day of the Rás

Showbiz, baby!

Comedian David O’Doherty sure knows how to dress to vote!

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