We'll Leave It There So: Ireland one win from being world champions and the rest of today's sport

Here’s what the sporting world gave us on Monday.

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Ireland U20's celebrate in the changing rooms after the game The Ireland players celebrate after reaching the World Rugby U20 Championship final. Ryan Byrne / INPHO Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO

Ireland defeated Argentina this afternoon in Manchester to progress to the final of the World Rugby U20 Championship.
It’s been confirmed that Robbie Henshaw will miss Saturday’s final Test against South Africa after flying home to consult a specialist about the knee injury he picked up in Saturday’s defeat in Johannesburg.
Laois’s spot in the All-Ireland football qualifiers is in doubt after it emerged that they fielded seven substitutes in their 1-10 to 0-10 win against Armagh on Saturday.
The draws were made this morning for Round 2A of the All-Ireland football qualifiers and Round 1 of the hurling qualifiers.
Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane has called on the players to be more “streetwise” when they take on Italy at Euro 2016 later this week.
Dundalk have been drawn against FH Hafnarfjörður in the Champions League second qualifying round, while the Europa League draw threw up some interesting ties for the Irish sides involved.
It will be of scant consolation now but Shane Lowry’s brush with Major glory at the US Open last night has seen him jump to 25th in the latest world rankings.
Darren O’Neill’s dream of boxing at this summer’s Olympics is over but Michael O’Reilly’s remains on track.

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Dara Meaney, Sean O'Shea, Jack Ryan, John Ryan, Dara O'Shea and Ryan Meaney Irish fans in Lille ahead on Wednesday's Euro 2016 clash with Italy. James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

LeBron James steered the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA title after a thrilling victory against the Golden State Warriors last night in Game 7.
Daniele De Rossi has warned that Italy will not be taking Wednesday’s final Euro 2016 Group E match with Ireland lightly despite already qualifying for the knockout stages.
Real Madrid and Juventus have opened talks concerning the possible transfer of Paul Pogba to the Spanish club, the player’s agent has revealed.
Duane Vermeulen is among South Africa’s injury concerns ahead of the decisive third Test against Ireland on Saturday after Pat Lambie was ruled out due to concussion.
Stephen Moore has vowed that Australia will not change their approach of going for tries rather than kicks at goal as they digest a historic Test series defeat to England.

Where we were today

Ben Blake and Paul Fennessy were back in Versailles as the Ireland squad trained ahead of Wednesday night’s decisive Euro 2016 Group E clash with Italy.

A view of Ireland training Donall Farmer / INPHO Donall Farmer / INPHO / INPHO

The best thing we shared

LeBron James’ devastating block in the final minutes of last night’s Game 7 win over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals paved the way for his crowning moment…
https://vine.co/v/5BuZdjF21JY

On the record

I hope Puma doesn’t make condoms.”

Xherdan Shaqiri wasn’t impressed by shirt manufacturer Puma after several Swiss players ended their Euro 2016 match with France with shredded jerseys.

The fixture list

The action continues tomorrow at Euro 2016 with four games down for decision. Group C will be decided when Ukraine face Poland and Northern Ireland take on Germany (both 5pm). At 8pm, Czech Republic take on Turkey and Croatia play Spain in Group D.

Showbiz, baby!

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Max Deegan scored one of Ireland’s four tries as they booked their place in the World Rugby U20 Championship final.

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