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- Mayo have confirmed that ex-Connacht captain Gavin Duffy has been training with the senior county football panel.
- Gaelic games are going global thanks to GAAGO, a subscription-based online streaming service. Supporters can buy a ‘Season Pass’ for €110 to watch 45 live games this summer.
- Shamrock Rovers welcomed Liverpool to Dublin for the Aviva Challenge. Brendan Rodgers men found the Hoops’ defence just as inviting as they recorded a snug win.
- Simon Hick muses, in his weekly column, if out-half Ian Madigan has two outstanding performances in reserve for Leinster.
- Former Charlton Athletic player Kevin Feely is back in Kildare and playing GAA with his local club, Athy.
Away
- Ryan Giggs was snapped in Holland amid reports of a meeting with Dutch national boss Louis van Gaal, who is a heavy favourite to take over at Manchester United.
- Sevilla held off Benfica for 120 minutes and then fired in four perfect penalties to win the Europa League.
- Irish rugby player Peter Lydon met Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Paris this morning and tried to convince him to become a second row.
- Everton defender Sylvain Distin, a man with 0 France caps to his name, sent out a brilliant tweet announcing his retirement from international football.
- Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella named his World Cup squad and left out star names such as Carlos Tevez and Javier Pastore. Lionel Messi? Yep, he’s going.
The best thing we shared
Georgia running back Nick Chubb was competing in a track event in the US State at the weekend and got in this 40-inch vertical warm-up jump before clocking 10.79 over 100 metres.
On the record
“We were told two or three years ago [Phil] Jones was going to be the new Duncan Edwards, [Chris] Smalling was this… I’ve watched United live nine, 10 times this year and they have been none of those things.”
- Roy Keane telling it like it is about Manchester United’s underperforming stars.
Where we were today
Niall Kelly and Ben Blake headed along to the Aviva Stadium to behold Iago Aspas as he bewitched Shamrock Rovers.
The fixture list
Here’s what’s coming up tomorrow:
- SOCCER: Three Irish players should be involved in League One playoff action as Preston North End take on Rotherham in their semi-final second leg. The first leg was tied 1-1.
- GOLF: The Spanish Open tees off as soon as the Thursday cock crows, with Sergio Garcia and Miguel Angel Jimenez among the home-town favourites. Later that evening, the Byron Nelson Classic gets underway in America and the winner will walk away with $1.2m.
- GIRO: The race heads from Sassano to Montecassino and the riders, led by Australia’s Michael Matthews, will take part in the longest of the 21 stages. 257km is the ask so they better have a big breakfast.
- NBA: We’re into Game 6 in a couple of vital, Round 2 match-ups. Oklahoma are 3-2 up on the LA Clippers and hoping to slam the door while the Indiana Pacers will look to eliminate the Washington Wizards once and for all.
Showbiz baby!
AC Milan have promoted 15-year-old Moroccan-born footballer Hachim Mastour to their senior squad. He is in line for a Serie A debut, at home to Sassulo, at the weekend. We find it hard to imagine he will get away with such antics [below] against the mid-table side.
“ I think we need to rethink the direction the moustache segment of my face is going.”
