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- Niall Quinn won’t be providing Sky with GAA punditry this summer.
- Sean O’Brien’s shoulder came through his return game for Leinster unscathed.
- Roddy Doyle is enjoying working to a rare deadline for his upcoming Roy Keane book.
- US billionaire Donald Trump was given the red carpet treatment as he arrived to visit his new acquisition in Doonbeg.
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- Roy Hodgson named his England squad to crash out of the World Cup on penalties.
- LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling blames V Stiviano for ‘baiting’ him into racist remarks
- For sale: One Premier League football club in Birmingham region.
- West Brom are looking for a new manager.
- Rio Ferdinand has been shown the Man United exit door.
The best thing we shared
There was a clear leader in the Giro D’Italia yesterday. Here’s the full story behind Maggie O’Dwyer’s battle for the maglia rosa.
On the record
“They didn’t say anything to me about him, so it’s probably a sign that it’s not going to be this week, I think.” – Jono Gibbes makes the Luke Fitzgerald injury saga (anything but) crystal clear.
Where we were today
World champion Rob Heffernan is juggling preparation for the European championships with fathering 15-week old daughter Regan.
Meanwhile, Niall Kelly was finally given a run-out at Anfield once he had brushed up on his touch-tight marking.
The fixture list
Here’s what’s coming up tomorrow:
- Leyton Orient v Peterborough (League One play-off semi-final second leg KO 19.45).
- Germany v Poland (International friendly KO 19.45).
- NBA: Things hot up in the post season with Miami Heat v Brooklyn Nets at 1am tonight the pick of the fixtures.
- Munster and Ulster will hold their pre-Pro 12 playoff press conferences.
Showbiz, baby!
Ben McCarron, captain of Derry school Lumen Christi, looked like a serious prospect in today’s Mallon Cup final.
“I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown.”
