We'll leave it there so: The Open returns to Portrush, and all the rest of Tuesday's sport

Plus the Billy Walsh fallout continues.

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The Open Championship will return to Northern Ireland after 68 years in 2019, when Royal Portrush will be the host.
Irish referees George Clancy and John Lacey will be on touchjudge duty in this weekend’s Rugby World Cup semi-finals. Wayne Barnes and Jerome Garces will referee the games.
Dublin hurler David ‘Dotsy’ O’Callaghan says he has no plans to call time on his intercounty hurling career.
A fixture congestion in Kerry means we may have to wait until November 8 to find out who this year’s county football champions will be.
Irish Sports Council head John Treacy has laid the blame squarely at the door of the IABA after Billy Walsh’s resignation as high performance director yesterday.

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Former Liverpool record signing Djbril Cisse has retired from football, saying he could no longer handle the demands of professional football.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are expected to battle it out for this year’s Ballon d’Or after the 23-man shortlist was announced this morning.
Raheem Sterling’s agent says that his client would have stayed at Liverpool, had he known Jurgen Klopp would be appointed so soon.
Real Madrid boss Rafa Benitez has slammed the “lies” that he and Cristiano Ronaldo’s relationship at Real Madrid has broken down.
Springbok winger Bryan Habana says they are dedicating this Saturday’s World Cup semi-final with New Zealand to a schoolteacher murdered in South Africa recently.

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Australia head coach Michael Cheika has defended referee Craig Joubert, who awarded his side a controversial late penalty in Sunday’s quarter-final victory against Scotland.
Pro12 side Edinburgh have confirmed the signing of recent Super Rugby winner John Hardie, who starred for Scotland during the Rugby World Cup.

The Best Thing We Shared Today

42-year-old Mick Lawlor scored these two goals in just two minutes to secure a draw for underdogs Emo in the Laois Senior Football Final on Sunday.

Where we were

Murray Kinsella was in Guildford and Teddington to catch up on how South Africa and New Zealand are doing ahead of Saturday’s World Cup semi-final.

On the record

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“I would have felt like a fraud if I had done another year at Munster.”

We caught up with Donncha O’Callaghan after he made a winning start to his Worcester Warriors career on Friday night.

The Fixture list

Round four of the Champions League continues, with PSG v Real Madrid the pick of the ties.

There are eight games in total. Manchester United are in Russia to face CSKA Moskow, while Man City host Sevilla at the Etihad.

Showbiz, Baby!

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Irish UFC star Conor McGregor has apologised after hundreds of fans were left disappointed following an event he was appearing at in Dublin last night.

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