Ireland's Tori Pena in action in the women's pole-vault at the 2015 World Athletics Championship in Beijing. . Ian MacNicol / INPHO Ian MacNicol / INPHO / INPHO

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• Kilkenny’s Eoin Larkin will play in this year’s All-Ireland hurling final despite reports suggesting he had suffered a broken thumb during a weekend training camp.  
• James Owens from Wexford will take charge of his very first All-Ireland senior hurling final in a fortnight’s time. 
• Tyrone boss Mickey Harte has described the black card rule as ‘baffling’ after his side were beaten in Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final by Kerry, with referee Maurice Deegan’s performance heavily criticised by some.   

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• Leinster boss Leo Cullen has revealed the province are still on the lookout for ways of improving their coaching staff with the position of backs coach still up for grabs. 
• Tributes have been paid to Mayo minor footballer Darragh Doherty who tragically lost his life on Sunday night.  
• Could 18-year-old Bill Johnston be the next best thing in Munster rugby? 

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• Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin impressed at stage two of Spain’s Vuelta as they finished third and fourth respectively.  
• Ais Daly, Ireland’s only female UFC star, has been added to the Dublin card and will fight at the 3Arena on 24th October. 

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• Italy’s most-capped player, Marco Bortolami, is a shock omission from Italy’s World Cup squad. 
• If you’re on the look-out for a new job and think you have what it takes to regularly check the contents of a fridge, help plan special events and know your way around social media, you could be the perfect fit for Jermain Defoe, who’s looking for a “highly experienced Executive Personal Assistant”. 

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• “I’m done putting my family and my body through all this”, says UFC fighter who retires immediately after winning for the first time. 
• It looks like Mario Balotelli is finally on his way out of Anfield with AC Milan prepared to take him on loan for the season. 

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• At the World Athletics Championships earlier today, the women’s 10,000m was won by Vivian Cheruiyot. But there was plenty of drama for the bronze medal.

Remember folks: never raise your hands in celebration BEFORE you cross the line.            Because it may just go horribly wrong.

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“There’s not a day I wake up and do not pinch myself, and be grateful for everything in my life. I knew everything would happen. You always hear, ‘I can’t believe it, I can’t believe it’, but I could believe it and I did believe it. That’s why it happened,”

Conor McGregor on his journey to the top of UFC

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Our man Murray Kinsella was in London for the launch of the new Pro12 season.

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• The World Athletics Championships continue in Beijing tomorrow and the main headline events are as follows: 

          Men’s 800m final - Irish time: 1:55pm

Men’s 400m hurdles final - Irish time: 1:25pm

Women’s 1500m final - Irish time: 1:35pm

• There’s Champions League play-off action too as Celtic take their 3-2 first-leg lead to Sweden. Their game with Malmo kicks-off at 7.45. 
• In the League Cup, a few Premier League teams feature. Aston Villa host Notts County, Leicester are away to Bury, it’s Luton v Stoke, Newcastle take on Northampton, Watford are at Preston, Norwich visit Rotherham, Sunderland face Exeter and it’s West Brom up against Port Vale.

                                                    Showbiz, Baby!

• You’re an Irish lad and a big rugby fan. You’re in Australia and you get the chance to win $10,000 on an Australian TV show. ALL you have to do is land a penalty from 35m… 

‘Would you let Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce do your hair?’