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• Our man Fintan O’Toole was in Cork to see DCU and UCC book their places in tomorrow’s Sigerson Cup final.
• Ireland out-half Jonathan Sexton was confirmed as a starter for Racing Metro in their Top 14 game against Clermont Auvergne tomorrow.
• TD Frank Feighan wants to open talks on why Northern Irish footballers are declaring for the Republic, saying the issue deserves careful consideration.
• AIB were announced as the new sponsors of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
• Hawk-Eye technology will be tested at Munster’s Pro12 game against Llanelli Scarlets.
• Eleven-year-old Armagh lad Jay Beatty triumphed in the SPFL Goal of the Month competition.

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Some might say that Noel Gallagher will be a panellist on Match of the Day. Mike Egerton Mike Egerton

• Despite two failed drug tests, Anderson Silva protested his innocence.
• It was announced that Noel Gallagher will serve as a guest panellist on BBC’s Match of the Day 2 this weekend.
• Jose Mourinho said he felt ‘ashamed’ when he heard about the Chelsea fans who racially abused a man in Paris this week.
• Tottenham Hotspur’s bid to build a new stadium moved a step closer after an appeal by Archway Sheet Metal Works was unsuccessful.
• Mario Balotelli thanked Jordan Henderson for allowing him to take Liverpool’s match-winning penalty against Besiktas.
• NFL teams the Chargers and the Raiders could soon share a stadium in Los Angeles.

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After conceding six points in a row, DCU looked like they were heading out of the Sigerson Cup at the penultimate stage until they were awarded an added-time penalty against UCD.

On the record

There is no point avenging yourself in a league game in February. We will save that motivation if we can meet them in the Championship.

Dublin hurler Liam Rushe told The42‘s Niall Kelly that they’ve got bigger aims for this year than Allianz League wins over Tipperary in February.

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The fearless Sinéad O’Carroll took part in the Red Bull ‘Crashed Ice’ event at Stormont Estate. That’s not her in the picture, but we’re sure she was just as comfortable on the ice.

The fixture list

• UCC will play DCU in tomorrow’s Sigerson Cup final at the Mardyke at 3pm.
• Cork host Clare in Allianz Hurling League Division 1A and it’s Waterford versus Laois in 1B (both 7pm).
• There are seven games in the Premier League, including leaders Chelsea playing host to Burnley (3pm).
• At 4pm, Robbie Keane’s LA Galaxy take on Shamrock Rovers in a friendly at Tallaght Stadium.
• Munster are away to the Scarlets at 2.40pm in the Guinness Pro12.

Showbiz, baby!

That’s not a lineout. THIS is a lineout! Nice work from Cistercian College Roscrea…

“No. He was ON trial IN Liverpool.”

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