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• Rory McIlroy got off to a solid if unspectacular start at the Masters, he was one under par after the opening round.
  
• Richard Dunne has shown brilliant powers of recovery to bounce back from injury early.
• Leinster confirmed the capture of Connacht lock Mick Kearney among their signings for next season.
• Gordon D’Arcy’s future remains undecided. The centre was not on the 27-strong list of contract renewals today.  
• Tony McCoy rode Jezki to victory in the Aintree Hurdle, but was unable to deny Silviniaco Conti in the big race of the day. 
• Louth man Ciaran Byrne is a step closer to making his AFL debut after Melbourne club Carlton Blues upgraded him from the rookie list.

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• Charlie Hoffman and Justin Rose are currently joint clubhouse leaders at Augusta with a super 67 putting them on five under par.
• Saracens fans breathed a sigh of relief as flanker Jacques Burger was cleared to face Clermont despite a flying swinging arm.
• Reality MMA series The Ultimate Fighter is coming to Europe.
• Real Madrid ‘keeper Iker Casillasis feeling pretty smug about himself today.
• Australia coach Michael Cheikais in a bit of hot water over conduct towards a referee during a Super Rugby fixture. 
• Mario Balotelli is sickand he wants the whole world to know it.  

The Best Thing We Shared

We’re not sure what this is exactly, but it’s cross-country meets zorbing, meets Indiana Jones and we can’t wait to do it.

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On The Record

“I think I have a problem, which is I’m getting better at everything related to my job”

– We feel you, Jose Mourinho.

Where We Were Today

Paul ‘Dolls’ Dollery went along to congratulate Dundalk’s David McMillan for his SSE Airtricity League player of the month award.

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The Fixture List

You can see McMillan in action if you head along to Oriel Park tomorrow night. The Louth derby is one of a full schedule of domestic football action on the go from 19.45.

In rugby, Pro12 leaders Glasgow can fortify their playoff position when thy meet Cardiff at home while fans of all four Irish provinces will have an interest in how fourth-placed Ospreys get on away to Treviso (both 19.35).

Now, back to the golf: Shane Lowry will be the first Irishman on the course at 16.02 (Irish time) tomorrow. Favourite Rory McIlroy will be in the penultimate group, so you can kickstart your weekend by watching him in action fro 18.48.

Showbiz, Baby!

Ex Leinster hooker Tom Sexton was the butt of the old dead-mouse-in-the-locker gag by his new Melbourne Rebels team-mates.

‘I’ll stop retweeting stuff about grannies now’