1. #HEINEKEN CUP Leinster boss Joe Schmidt will decide today if Brian O’Driscoll is fit enough to face Northampton Saints tomorrow.

The Ireland skipper has been in a fitness fight ahead of the European Cup decider in Cardiff.

Our man Niall is about to leave on one of the Leinster fan buses on a 48-hour trip – he’ll liveblog the whole thing from lunchtime today.

2. #CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 It’s a big weekend of GAA action throughout the country.

But Limerick football suffered a major set-back yesterday with the news that John Galvin will miss the season with a cruciate injury.

The player’s career is now ‘in the balance’.

3. #GOLF Pádraig Harrington has pulled out of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth next week due to a serious leg injury.

The Dubliner said he ‘sustained a grade one hamstring tear’ along with associated inflammation of a muscle attached to the hamstring.

In better news, Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy enjoyed wins at the Match Play Championship yesterday.

4. #DOPING? Lance Armstrong is at the centre of more controversy this morning.

In an interview with “60 Minutes” due to air this Sunday, former team-mate Tyler Hamilton admits to using performance-enhancers himself, and claims Armstrong used EPO, which increases red blood cell count.

The Tour de France legend denied claims on his Twitter site.

5. #FIFA Sepp Blatter says FIFA have no qualms about stripping Qatar of the World Cup if a probe finds there was corruption in the voting.

6. #ROYAL VISIT Four of the five Ulster county boards in the North who did not attend Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Croke Park this week say they weren’t invited to the event.

Cork officials meanwhile say they have no issue with none of their All-Ireland winning footballers being present.