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• Stephanie Roche finished second in the Puskas Award voting, losing out to James Rodriguez. 
• New York GAA club Shannon Gaels were awarded a €250,000 grant from the Irish government.
• The venues for the All-Ireland senior club semi-finals were announced.
• Jamie Heaslip was rated as ’50/50′ to feature in Leinster’s Champions Cup clash with Castres this weekend.
• Dubliner Paul Redmond became the latest Irish fighter to sign a contract with the UFC.

Away

• Cristiano Ronaldo won his second straight FIFA Ballon d’Or award, beating out Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer.
• David Luiz was suprisingly named in the FIFPRO team of the year.
• Nicholas Anelka’s move to Algeria was called off because he is ‘too old’.
• Manny Pacquiao is confident that a superfight with Floyd Mayweather will happen in the near future.

On the record

I find it very hard to visualise the fight going beyond that two-minute mark, but don’t take that as a sign of complacency.

In his first exclusive column for TheScore.ie, John Kavanagh, trainer of Conor McGregor, gave us his view on how he thinks the fight against Dennis Siver will go.

Where we were today

Our GAA correspondent Fintan O’Toole was at Templeouge GAA club to talk to Bernard Brogan.

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The best thing we shared

Juan Martin Hernandez showed he still has some magic left in him with this sublime pass for Toulon.

The fixture list

• There are five FA Cup third round replays tomorrow, with West Ham v Everton the highlight.

Showbiz, baby!

She may not have won the award, but Steph Roche definitely had a memorable time in Zurich.

When Juan Martin Hernandez passes like this, Toulon can unlock any defence in the world

Leinster captain Jamie Heaslip an injury doubt for visit of Castres