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• Joe Schmidt has confirmed that Johnny Sexton, Dave Kearney and Rob Kearney will all miss Ireland’s tour of South Africa through injury. 
• And the Ireland coach has said he will consider Robbie Henshaw at fullback for the series.
• Robbie Keane says his calf injury is not as bad as first feared and he’ll ‘definitely’ be ready to play against Belgium in Ireland’s second Euro 2016 outing.
• Joe Brolly has hit back at the reaction to his criticism of Kieran McGeeney, labeling the Armagh county board as ‘spineless’ for complaining to RTÉ.
• UFC president Dana White says the organisation are planning a rematch between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor for 20 August.
• Leinster and UCD flanker Will Connors has been ruled out of the upcoming World Rugby U20 championship, with Connall Boomer coming in as his replacement.
• Dundalk’s Daryl Horgan has been named SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland Player of the Month for May.
• Ireland have fallen down the Fifa rankings to 33rd.

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• Lionel Messi told a Spanish court that he knew nothing about how his wealth was managed as he took the stand at his tax fraud trial.
• Aston Villa are set to appoint Roberto Di Matteo as their new manager.
• Bordeaux have released Australian prop Sekope Kepu due to family reasons.
• Barcelona have confirmed the departure of Brazilian defender Dani Alves.
• Novak Djokovic admits he was lucky to avoid disqualification after his racket slipped out of his hand during his French Open win over Thomas Berdych.
• The row between Racing 92 and Martin Castrogiovanni continues to rumble on with coach Laurent Travers hitting out at the Italian prop.
• Garry Monk has been confirmed as Leeds‘ seventh manager under owner Massimo Cellino.
• Manchester City have completed the signing of midfielder Ilkay Gundagon from Borussia Dortmund.

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The Best Thing We Shared

With the European Championships a little over a week away, Ireland fans will be packing for their trips to France and whether travelling by plane, train or automobile, a solid playlist is essential.

We compiled a few of the must haves, including a bit of Depeche Mode.

On The Record

“It’s a difficult one, when you’ve been to war, part of a group, and you have that tight knit thing going on, even if someone I played with had a disaster I couldn’t (lash into them), because I’ve been to hell and back with them, so I’m loyal to them.“You build a friendship up over 20, 25 years – if anybody asked me to speak bad of Robbie [Keane], it’s not gonna happen.”

Damien Duff on his decision to stay away from the RTÉ panel for Ireland’s Euro 2016 games.

Where We Were Today

Murray Kinsella was at the Aviva Stadium as Joe Schmidt confirmed his final touring squad for the trip to South Africa.

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The Fixture List

• It’s a busy night of League of Ireland action on Friday with the Dublin derby between St Pat’s and Shamrock Rovers the pick of the bunch. Full fixture list here.

Showbiz, Baby!

WWE superstar Sheamus was back in Dublin this week, and we sent Paul Fennessy down to have a chat.

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