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- Croke Park will host a Gaelic football double-header on the August Bank Holiday weekend with both qualifier games from Round 4B — Cork v Donegal and Westmeath v Mayo — to take place on 30 July at GAA HQ.
- The ties in Round 4A were also confirmed today; Clare will take on Roscommon in Pearse Stadium and Derry will do battle with Tipperary in Kingspan Breffni Park this Saturday.
- In the minor football draw, the quarter-finals shape up as follows; Donegal v Cork, Kerry v Derry, Galway v Laois and Kildare v Mayo.
- Ireland U20 coach Nigel Carolan has named four players from his international squad — Peter Claffey, Cillian Gallagher, Stephen Kerins and Conor Kenny — in his Connacht academy for next season.
- Republic of Ireland international Simon Cox has agreed a two-year deal with League One side Southend United. The striker played just 13 games for Reading in the Championship last season.
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- The World Anti-Doping Agency has called for Russia to be banned from all international sporting competitions after a report was published detailing the state’s role in doping programmes, notably around the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
- Slovak world champion Peter Sagan won a brilliant sprint finish at the end of Stage 16 of the Tour de France, pipping Alexander Kristoff on the line. Chris Froome retains the yellow jersey with Dan Martin still in ninth overalll.
- Northern Ireland and Wigan striker Will Grigg has tied for 25th, alongside the likes of Paul Pogba, Diego Godin and Giorgio Chiellini, in a vote by journalists to pick the best player in Europe.
- Carol Boardman, the mother of former Olympic cycling champion Chris Boardman, has died after being involved in a collision with a vehicle when riding her bike.
- There are fears for the career of former Chelsea striker Demba Ba after the 31-year-old suffered a horrific broken leg in the Shanghai derby at the weekend.
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Remember the name — Andrea Pirlo, David Villa and Frank Lampard may have been playing but it was 19-year-old Englishman Jack Harrison who stole the show for New York City FC with this worldy against Montreal Impact.
On The Record
Looking back over our run, we played over 230 minutes of football against Division 1 teams and it took 210 minutes to break us down. For us, that’s good going. It was maybe a bit emotional for our boys coming home today and maybe mentally we were tired. Physically, we were definitely tired.
Longford manager Denis Connerton gave an honest assessment of where his side were at after they were knocked out of the All-Ireland SFC by Cork last weekend.
The Fixture List
- There are nine Champions League qualifying second leg fixtures on tomorrow night with Crusaders (v FC Copenhagen, down 3-0) and New Saints (v Apoel Nicosia, 0-0) among the sides looking to advance to the next stage.
- It’s the second and final rest day of the Tour de France tomorrow with action set to resume on Wednesday.
Showbiz, Baby!
When Jack Charlton asks you to stop throwing a tantrum, you listen and mind your manners. Just ask any of the Ireland players who played under him. This child in Newcastle knows what’s what now too.
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Cork vs Donegal should be good. Contrasting styles of play.
ANYONE NOT THINK IT IS STRANGE THAT THE WHISTLEBLOWER ON RUSSIA was given a lab of his own and is in line for US citizenship and that the steroid cocktail he gave was mixed with drink alcohol.
The US do not want the Russian athletes can’t go to the games but they can go if the go as independent and reject being labelled as Russian. Anyone think this sounds Cold Warish again, I do?
I am not saying they didn’t take drugs but on the other hand no athlete was named as taking drugs and that is weird, anyone think this is just weird?
IN FAIRNESS I THINK GALWAY SENIORS AND THEIR MINORS SHOULD BE PLAYING ON SAME DAY LIKE DONEGAL SENIORS AND MINORS ARE.
Alan, is there a reason why you say that? Two different competitions. Each team might have taken a different route to next round. Should it not be the same for the minors of the team that they’re playing against? Am I missing something?
A bit unfair that the 4 counties from the 4B half of the qualifiers draw get to play in Croke Park while the 4 from 4A don’t. It would be a big deal for predominantly hurling counties like Clare and Tipp to play a football championship match in Croker, maybe less so for Roscommon and Derry. Are there any big games planned for Croker this coming weekend? Hurling quarter finals are a double header in Thurles.
Limerick v cabo markets field 6:30 August 13th
It’s American propaganda. As always