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• It turns out Bill O’Herlihy wasn’t a big fan of Jack Charlton with the presenter saying the former Ireland manager was difficult to deal with. 
• The Irish athletes made a good start to the European Athletics Championships with Thomas Barr and Mark English impressing.
• The venues for All-Ireland U21 hurling and camogie semi-finals have been chosen with a double header in the former.
• Leinster signed Ben Te’o from the South Sydney Rabbitohs and is a player who should suit the Matt O’Connor system perfectly.
• Jimmy Barry Murphy called up another footballer to his hurling squad ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final.

Mark Collins in action with the Cork footballers. James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

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• In a new twist on loyalty in football, Diego Costa felt the need to apologise to Chelsea fans for knocking them out of the Champions League last season when he was with Atletico Madrid.
• Twickenham was chosen as the venue for the inaugural final of both the Rugby Champions Cup and Challenge Cup.
• This one could run and run as Legia Warsaw officially filed their appeal against their dismissal from the Champions League. Celtic continue to keep their counsel.
• New Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has his first game in charge at Old Trafford tonight but says the history of the club does not weigh heavily on his shoulders.

A sign of the times. Eamonn and James Clarke / Eamonn and James Clarke/EMPICS Entertainment Eamonn and James Clarke / Eamonn and James Clarke/EMPICS Entertainment / Eamonn and James Clarke/EMPICS Entertainment

The best thing we shared

Look, I suppose we should have some sympathy with a fellow journalist but it’s Diego Maradona, how could we be annoyed with him?

On the record

“John embodies every single one of our values and is someone who demands huge respect on and off the field. For the new and younger players coming in, he leads by example and is the ideal person to guide the team in the new season.”

Pat Lam outlines exactly why he chose John Muldoon to be Connacht’s captain for the coming season.

                                           The fixture list     

• The Irish women’s rugby team take on England in the semi-finals of the World Cup in Paris.
• It’s Day two of the European Atheltics Championships in Zurich and there are no less than 12 Irish athletes in action.
• The European Aquatics Championships gets under way in Berlin.

Showbiz, baby!

Oh nothing, just bearded gent Andrea Pirlo painted as the Mona Lisa.

Swoon. John Myatt John Myatt

“I don’t have a Cork accent. Someone told me my accent was quite neutral.”

Doyle reverts to tried and tested XV for semi-final clash with England

I didn’t like ‘rude’ Jack Charlton, admits Bill O’Herlihy