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• Meath GAA is in mourning following reports that a leading figure in Dunderry GAA was killed in the Tunisia terror attack.
• There’s at least a silver medal in store for Katie Taylor but she didn’t have it all her own way in Baku today.
• There were also medals for Chloe and Sam Magee in Badminton while, back in the ring, Michael O’Reilly received a walkover to advance to the middleweight final.
• The LGFA issued a statement clarifying why the Galway U14 girls were thrown out of the All-Ireland championship.
• Kildare, Meath and Westmeath have all named their team for the Leinster football semi-finals while Dublin’s will be announce later this evening.

Peru's Jose Paolo Guerrero celebrates his hat-trick in the Copa America QF with Bolivia. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

Away

• A classy hat-trick from Peru’s Jose Paolo Guerrero saw his side into the Copa America semi-finals.
• It wasn’t such a great night for Gonzalo Jara who looks set to miss the rest of the tournament for his ‘oil check’ on Edinson Cavani.
• A government report revealed Ghana’s ball boy at the 2014 World Cup made A LOT of money.
• We were reminded why so few people in this part of the world travel to play rugby league in Australia.
• Oscar De La Hoya is very serious about his boxing comeback.

The best thing we shared

It’s a long way from lads advertising sheep dip as this latest GAA ad featuring Dublin’s Paul Flynn shows:

On the record

At the hurdle where I fell, apparently I was dead for six seconds. The paramedics resuscitated me. Then I was rushed to the hospital with 3 per cent chance of survival.

Irish jockey Brian Toomey explains how he plans to return to the saddle next month, two years after being declared dead following a fall.

Where we were today

Steve O’Rourke was out at the launch of the National Athletics Championships in Morton Stadium where he spoke to Mark English and declined an invitation to attempt a pole vault.

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Fintan O’Toole was speaking the Cork footballers ahead of their Munster final clash with Kerry next weekend.

The fixture list

• There is a lot of GAA with the highlight being the Ulster football semi-final between Donegal and Derry at 7pm on Sky Sports. However there’s also three qualifiers up for decision and a host of minor provincial semi-finals.
• The European Games continue with Katie Taylor (2pm) and Michael O’Reilly (3.15pm) bidding for gold in their respective finals while Chloe and Sam Magee’s badminton doubles semi-finals kicks things off at 8am.
• There’s one game in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division as Bray take on Sligo at 5.45pm.

Showbiz, baby!

Training with the All-Blacks looks no fun at all, at all.

“He probably just pretends to go to Glastonbury and watches it on the BBC instead.”

Meath GAA in mourning after tragic death of Irish woman in Tunisia terror attack

‘I was clinging onto a bit of hope,’ admits Katie Taylor