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• Horse racing trainer Oliver Brady passed away at the age of 75 today.
• Roddy Doyle has praised Roy Keane’s contribution during the pair’s collaboration for the latter’s autobiography, with the author revealing that Ireland assistant boss personally proof-read his book.
• Connacht’s Jake Heenan is set to be out of action for four-to-five months with a dislocated shoulder, while another of the province’s players, Sean Henry, could miss as much as six months, though Ulster’s Ruan Pienaar may return within six weeks.
• Shane Ward has been named as the new Leitrim senior manager.
• The birthplace of the GAA was sold today.

Away

• Ex-Germany goalkeeper Tim Wiese says he has been offered the chance to join the WWE.
• Toulon are considering terminating Leigh Halfpenny’s contract owing to the star’s ongoing injury problems.
• Henry Hill, the infamous former gangster, who was the subject of the movie Goodfellas, is set to feature in an upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 documentary.
• Gary Neville has backed up Guillem Balague’s recent claims that Cristiano Ronaldo is seriously contemplating a move back to Manchester United.
• Rihanna is not happy with the NFL for temporarily dropping her song during a Ray Rice-related broadcast.

On The Record

“He was a hero of mine when I was growing up and it was a great experience for me. He always texts the boys before the games wishing us luck so we know he is behind us.”

– Donegal stopper Paul Durcan recalls training with Shay Given.

Where we were today

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We spoke to Ulster’s Luke Marshall, with Ian Madigan’s recent move to the centre among the topics discussed.

The best thing we shared

“The grass was a bit long for our liking.”

Alan Pardew’s list of excuses for Newcastle doing badly will amuse you.

The fixture list

• St Jude’s take on Whitehall Colmcille, St Sylvester’s face reigning All-Ireland club champions St Vincent’s and Raheny are up against Lucan Sarsfields in tomorrow’s senior football championship second round games, with a number of Dubs stars including Kevin McManamon, Diarmuid Connolly and Cormac Costello in action.
• The Champions League continues tomorrow, with Bayern Munich v Man City and Chelsea v Schalke among the more notable games.
• The Ireland women’s team face Germany in a World Cup qualifier at 5pm tomorrow.

Showbiz, baby

RTÉ One will screen not one but six more Conor McGregor documentaries.

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