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Catriona Casey of Cork, Robbie McCarthy of Westmeath and Aisling Reilly of Antrim at the launch of the O'Neills 40x20 All Ireland Finals. Dan Sheridan / INPHO Dan Sheridan / INPHO / INPHO

• The International Rules will return this year with one test in Dublin on 21 November. 
• Cork have made three changes to their team for Wednesday’s Eirgrid Munster U21 football semi-final against Kerry.
• Murray Kinsella analyses the aerial exchanges during Ireland’s Six Nations defeat to Wales over the weekend.
• We’ve got five talking points from the weekend’s SSE Airtricity League Premier Division action.

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Parted ways: Gus Poyet has left Sunderland. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

• Sunderland have sacked their manager Gus Poyet following the Black Cats’ 4-0 defeat to fellow relegation strugglers Aston Villa over the weekend.
• Braydon Smith, a young Australian boxer who collapsed after his first professional fight, has died in hospital.
• Just what is March Madness and why is everyone talking about it? We’ve got the answer here.
• Liverpool take on Swansea in tonight’s Premier League fixture. Keep up-to-date with out liveblog.

The best thing we shared today

A documentary about Tipperary’s All-Ireland winning goalkeeper Brendan Cummins will be shown on TG4 tomorrow evening at 5pm.

On the record

In 15 years I’ve never seen a [good] referee in this s**t country. It doesn’t even deserve PSG. You’re not playing with amateurs.” – Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic after the loss to Bordeaux.  The Swede has since apologised.

Where we were today

Ben Blake was out at FAI HQ for the launch of the SSE Airtricity League’s Platelets Campaign. You can read all about it on The42 later tonight.

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The fixture list

• In the Champions League tomorrow, Atletico Madrid face Bayer Leverkusen and Arsenal attempt to resurrect their European campaign away to Monaco. 
• At Croke Park, Corofin meet Slaughtneil in the AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final (4pm), after Ballyhale Shamrocks do battle with Kilmallock in the hurling final (2pm).
• It’s St Patrick’s Day, which means it’s Schools Senior Cup final time. Belvedere College take on Cistercian College, Roscrea, in Leinster (4pm), Ardscoil Rís face Rockwell in Munster (2pm) and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Wallace High School go head-to-head in Ulster (3pm).

Showbiz, baby!

Ireland’s Rory McIlroy is replacing Tiger Woods as the face of EA Sports’ golf video games.