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• Katie Taylor won her fifth consecutive world lightweight title in South Korea.
• The tributes for Katie flooded in from the likes of Paul McGrath, Dara O’Briain and Enda Kenny.
• Kilkenny’s All-Ireland winning goalkeeper David Herity announced his retirement.
• Róisin McGettigan was awarded a European bronze medal for a race that took place in 2009.
• Ulster out-half Paddy Jackson was ruled out for six weeks with a shoulder injury.
• Benny Coulter, Down’s talented attacker, confirmed his retirement from inter-county football.

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• Wallabies playmaker Kurtley Beale is ready to put his ‘silly, stupid, schoolboy prank’ behind him.
• Former Spurs midfielder Paul Gascoigne revealed how North London rivals Arsenal paid £50,000 towards his medical care.
• The Irish Defence Forces are in France for the CISM European Football Championship.
• LA Galaxy, with Robbie Keane in their ranks, took a lead in the MLS conference finals.
• The Australian rugby media reacted to their side’s defeat to Ireland on Saturday evening.
• Malaysian club Sabah Rhinos, managed by Irishman George O’Callaghan, added Dublin-born Eamon Zayed to their ranks.
  

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That’s Irish sport for you, you’re either a hero or a villain!

“There is expectation on us but no more then we are putting on ourselves. We know the level of performance that is required now and we have to deliver on that every single time, otherwise there is a guy waiting to take your spot.”