We'll Leave It There So: Rory out, McGregor's pulling power and the rest of today's sport

Here’s a quick reminder of all that Wednesday had to offer.

Andre Greipel won the sprint finish on stage five of the Tour de France while Tony Martin retained the yellow jersey. Laurent Cipriani Laurent Cipriani

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Rory McIlroy withdrew from the Open with an ankle injury and will not defend his title at St Andrew’s next week
RTÉ and Sky Sports came to a compromise which allows the Munster football final replay to be shown on TV
Mikey Carton left the Dublin senior hurling panel
Conor McGregor‘s fight against Chad Mendes is set to be the UFC’s highest-grossing event in the US

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Raheem Sterling reportedly pulled a sickie and missed Liverpool training
BBC and ITV joined forces to keep the Six Nations away from Sky and on free-to-air TV
Tottenham Hotspur announced a 10-year deal with the NFL to host American football in London
Andy Murray set up a Wimbledon semi-final against Roger Federer while Novak Djokovic also booked his place in the men’s final four
England finished on 343-7 after winning the toss on the first day of the first Ashes test

The best thing we shared

Ok, ok, this is from yesterday — but if you think we’re going to miss an opportunity to share something titled “A brief guide to … Andrea Pirlo, the ultimate hipster footballer,” you’re sorely mistaken.

On the record

Whether I intended to or not, I took something that wasn’t allowed. I called a penalty on myself, that’s the best way to look at it.

– PGA Tour golfer Scott Stallings explains why he turned himself in for a doping violation

Where we were today

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Murray Kinsella was in Belfast where he caught up with Irish international trio Andrew Trimble, Jared Payne and Tommy Bowe.

The fixture list

St Pat’s, Cork City and UCD are all in Europa League second leg action
It’s ladies day at Wimbledon with Serena v Sharapova and Muguruza v Radwanska in the women’s singles semi-finals
It’s another flat day at the Tour de France as stage six takes the peloton the 192 km from Abbeville to Le Havre

Showbiz, baby!

Conor McGregor was showing off his football skills in the latest episode of UFC Embedded

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