We’ll Leave It There So: Boxing back on RTÉ, Man United in Brugge and today's sport

Ireland also won the Aga Khan Trophy, while there was another Irishman added to UFC Dublin.

Robert Splaine with The Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup as Team Ireland celebrate Chef d'Equipe Robert Splaine and memebers of Team Ireland with the Aga Khan Trophy at the RDS today. Ryan Byrne / INPHO Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO

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RTÉ has secured the live TV rights for the World and European Boxing Championships for the next two years.
Ireland won the 2015 Aga Khan Trophy at the Dublin Horse Show at the RDS today.
Donegal have made two changes for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final with Mayo.
Billy Joe Saunders says he is prepared to ‘go through hell’ to defeat WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee next month.
Antrim’s Norman Parke has been added to the card for UFC Dublin on 24 October.

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Away

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Manchester United have drawn Belgian side Club Brugge in the Champions League play-offs.
England head coach Stuart Lancaster has axed Chris Ashton from his World Cup squad.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has agreed a new four-year deal with the club.

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‘Dizzy hurling’ is a thing. And we’d like to try it out.

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On the record

Some guys won’t make the plane in the end, but you’ve got to die trying’ – Ireland’s Fergus McFadden on training with Ireland’s World Cup squad.

The fixture list

If you haven’t heard, England’s top flight is back from lunch-time tomorrow when Manchester United entertain Tottenham (12.45pm). There are three more fixtures at 3pm, before Chelsea meet Swansea at 5.30pm.
In the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals, Tyrone face Monaghan (4pm), then Mayo take on Donegal (6pm).
Ireland play Wales in a World Cup warm-up match at the Millennium Stadium (2.30pm).
There is also the All-Ireland junior football final between Kerry and Mayo at Croke Park (2pm). And Cork clash with Galway in the All-Ireland intermediate hurling final at the Gaelic Grounds (7pm).

Showbiz, baby!

A mural remembering former Ireland and Manchester United captain Patrick O’Connell, who went on to manage Barcelona, was unveiled in Belfast today.

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What do you mean? Football was never away!”

Billo