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• Tributes are flooding in after the death of Louth football legend Stephen Melia.
• It looks like bad news for Tommy Bowe after the knee injury sustained in the first half of Ireland’s loss to Argentina.
• Niall Quinn has promised never to take another photo with a rugby player after Bowe (any many others) succumbed to injury or suspension after posing with for a pic.
• The IABA‘s long-awaited statement on the Billy Walsh debacle says they are ‘shocked’ by his departure.
• The Irish Sports Council has sought clarification in wake of the above statement.
• There’s a new name on the list of Connacht captains as 24-year-old Tiernan O’Halloran prepares to lead the team out in Swansea.
• Tallaght Stadium has been given funding to build a new stand.

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• The UFC have decided to reinstate former champion Jon Jones while he serves probation for hit and run.
• Australia have been able to recall Israel Folau and David Pocock for their Rugby World Cup semi-final against Argentina.
• Richie McCaw used to ‘antagonise’ established All Blacks (by slowing their ball to a crawl in training).
• There is more injury woe for one of Liverpool‘s key attacking weapons.
• An FA board member is to be investigated after criticising the handling of the Eva Carneiro case.

The Best Thing We Shared

Take a bow for this pass, Kalidou Koulibaly.

Where We Were Today

Our man is still fighting the good fight in London while the World Cup continues on bravely without Ireland.

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On The Record

The players and coaches face a couple of long, miserable weeks. They will torture themselves with thoughts involving ‘what if’, ‘if only’ and ‘could I have done better?’

- Legendary Ireland centre Lynne Cantwell explains what post-tournament inquests are like.

The Fixture List

What do you fancy?

There’s UFC Dublin tomorrow night, but only after Connacht are the fourth province in Pro12 action (against Ospreys at 1.30pm Saturday) and Arsenal v Everton is the pick of the Premier League action (5.30pm).

Don’t like the cross-channel stuff? Then you’d better steer clear of the Rugby World Cup semi-finals: South Africa take on defending champions New Zealand at 4pm. Depending on where you watch, you might be able to watch all of that and still get to Bray v Galway United (5.45pm).

And that’s just Saturday.

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