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World Cup

The French players celebrate. David Vincent David Vincent

• France are through to the quarter-finals after a 2-0 win over Nigeria in Brasilia thanks to Paul Pogba and a late own-goal from Joseph Yobo.
• At 9pm tonight, Germany take on Algeria at the Estádio Beira-Rio with a place in the last eight at stake.

Home

Mark Anscombe has left Ulster. Dan Sheridan / INPHO Dan Sheridan / INPHO / INPHO

• Ulster head coach Mark Anscombe has left his post at the province with immediate effect.
• Tyrone will meet Ulster rivals Monaghan or Armagh in Round 2 of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers. Here is the draw in full.
• Irish 400m record holder David Gillick has announced his retirement from athletics.
• After a reconfiguring of the in-house production at Dublin’s O2 Arena, a batch of “hundreds”of additional tickets for next month’s UFC event will go on sale tomorrow morning.
• Croke Park area residents will decide tomorrow if they are going to court to stop the Garth Brooks concert.

Away

Tennis fans on Murray Mount as rain falls at Wimbledon. EMPICS Sport EMPICS Sport

• Luis Suarez has finally apologised for the biting incident which resulted in the Uruguayan striker being banned for four months.
• At Wimbledon, Andy Murray progressed to the quarter-finals with a straight sets win over Kevin Anderson.
• NBA star Chris Bosh will join LeBron James and Dwyane Wade as a free agent after telling Miami Heat that he is opting out of his last two years.

The best things we shared

You know those arm-folding World Cup player intros? Well Cavan man Paul Marron has filmed his own… in front of a cow.

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On the record

“It’s bullshit! Why are the French players good when they play against the best foreigners in the Top 14? And why do we get the impression that they play three levels below that when they are with the French team? – Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal rejects the argument that there are too many foreign players in the Top 14.

Showbiz, Baby

The Aprés Match gang do Richie Sadlier. And nail it.

The fixture list

•  There are two more last 16 matches in the World Cup – Argentina and Switzerland face off at 5pm, then it’s Belgium v the US later tomorrow night (9pm).

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