We'll Leave it There So: Irish amateur's superb start, Dublin defender opts out and all today’s sport

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(Miniature riders sit on a rain covered table in the media zone behind the finish line after the 12th stage of the Tour de France)

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• Mayo have made two changes for this weekend’s Connacht final.
• Irish amateur golfer Paul Dunne has enjoyed a superb start at the Open in St Andrews.
• There was good news for Tipperary hurling and Westmeath football, with John O’Dwyer and Kieran Martin honoured at the Player of the Month awards.
• All-Ireland-winning defender Ger Brennan has pulled out of the county’s senior football squad.
• FAI chief John Delaney says Ireland manager Martin O’Neill’s rumoured move to Leicester was “never going to happen”.
• Irish sprinter Steven Colvert claims there has been a “miscarriage of justice” after being handed a two-year ban for doping. 

Away

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(UFC fighter Ronda Rousey accepts the best female athlete award at the ESPY Awards)

• Ronda Rousey has hit out at Floyd Mayweather after beating him to a ‘Best Fighter’ award.
• Former Cardiff manager Malky Mackay will not be punished by the FA despite his infamous text messages.
• Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong controversially rode a stage of the Tour de France today for charity.
• Man United manager Louis van Gaal has become embroiled in a dispute with Victor Valdes, after the goalkeeper allegedly refused to play for the reserves.
• US golfer Dustin Johnson has taken an early lead at the Open.

The best thing we shared today

Check out this brilliant Game of Thrones-style hurling video.

On the record

“The striking was already there, so with my particular forté being grappling, I was confident that I could fill in that gap. It doesn’t do any harm that Conor is pretty quick-witted on the microphone as well. When you add those factors together, I did think it was inevitable that this day would come. A day when Conor has a UFC belt around his waist.”

John Kavanagh, writing exclusively for The42, discusses Conor McGregor’s remarkable rise.

Where we were today

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Fintan O’Toole is in Limerick for the Munster U21 Hurling Championship Semi-Final.

The fixture list

• There are a couple of Airtricity Premier Division matches taking place, including Drogheda v St Pat’s.
• Day 2 of the Open gets underway tomorrow.
• New Zealand face Argentina in the Rugby Championship.
• The Tour de France continues, with stage 13 taking place.

 Showbiz, baby!

This Thierry Henry-starring advert will get you excited for the start of the new Premier League season.

“Not the first time I’ve been hit with a tutu!”

Frankie Edgar didn’t hold back with this Twitter call-out of Conor McGregor>

Kaka rolled back the years with this magnificent goal for Orlando last night>