Players from each Division 1A club at today's Ulster Bank League launch at the Aviva Stadium. Ryan Byrne / INPHO Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO

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• Joint manager Fergal O’Donnell and two selectors have quit the Roscommon senior football set-up.
• Mickey Harte’s future as Tyrone senior football manager has been thrown into doubt after county board officials refused his request for an extension.
• Éamonn Fitzmaurice has revealed that his decision to stay on for a new term as Kerry manager was made months ago, not in the aftermath of the defeat to Dublin.
• Armagh footballer Jamie Clarke has joined NY Shamrocks, whose technical director is former Ireland underage international and Manchester United youth player Kevin Grogan.
• Kerry footballer Paul Geaney and Waterford hurler Austin Gleeson have been rewarded for their playing exploits in the month of August.
• Ireland international goalkeeper Rob Elliot has signed a new four-year contract with Newcastle United.
• Darren Clarke has maintained that leaving Russell Knox out of his wildcard picks for the Ryder Cup was a tougher call than snubbing fellow Irishmen Graeme McDowell and Shane Lowry.

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Warren Gatland in Edinburgh this morning for his announcement as head coach of the 2017 British and Irish Lions. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

• Warren Gatland has been officially confirmed as head coach for the 2017 Lions tour to New Zealand.
• Tiger Woods hopes to return to competitive golf next month at a tournament in California, depending on his continued recovery from injury.
• It’s been confirmed that Tyson Fury will defend his undisputed world heavyweight titles against Wladimir Klitschko on 29 October in Manchester Arena.
• Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner on a two-year deal.
• Just a month after a horror crash at the Olympics led to a fractured spine and put her in intensive care, Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten has recovered in remarkable fashion by winning the prologue of the start at the Lotto Belgium Tour.

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Where We Were Today

Murray Kinsella was in Edinburgh for Warren Gatland’s unveiling as the next British and Irish Lions head coach, Fintan O’Toole was in Thurles for a press event ahead of Saturday’s All-Ireland U21 hurling final, Alan Waldron was at the Aviva Stadium for the launch of this season’s Ulster Bank League, while Ryan Bailey is in Rio de Janeiro for tonight’s Paralympics opening ceremony.

On The Record

Good teams get to finals and they are a good team. You don’t come into an All-Ireland final under the radar. They have earned all their victories along the way and learned a lot from it. They have been right up there in the past. Any time we have played them from ’13 to last year, even up in Castlebar this February there wasn’t a bounce of a ball between us. I’m sure there will be a bounce of a ball again between us again.

Dublin senior football manager Jim Gavin looks ahead to Sunday week’s meeting with Mayo in the All-Ireland final.

The Fixture List

Tomorrow is the first day of the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. There are six Irish teams/athletes in action, including Jason Smyth getting his defence of the T13 100m title underway at 11.34pm.

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Brazil’s March towards the 2018 World Cup gathered pace last night with a Neymar-inspired win over Colombia.

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