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We'll Leave It There So: Olympic hopes still alive, Rugby World Cup boost and all today's sport

We’ll also have news from Wimbledon and all your GAA team updates.

Fiona Doyle Fiona Doyle leads the Irish delegation at the World University Games. Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

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This game of head-tennis is outrageous.

On the record

“It wasn’t until I got myself back playing, I looked back and I was actually in a bit of a dark space. I didn’t want to talk about it, I didn’t want to talk to anyone and I was short to people, even my family and that.”

New Zealand’s Richie McCaw speaks about the impact on concussion on his career and personal life.

The fixture list

  • Wimbledon continues and you can see the order of play right here.
  • There’s plenty of GAA too with All-Ireland SHC Round 1 Qualifiers featuring Wexford v Cork, Wexford Park, 7pm, Laois v Dublin, O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 7pm and Clare v Offaly, Cusack Park, Ennis, 7pm.
  • In football, Offaly  host Kildare at O’Connor Park, Tullamore at 2pm, Clare face Longford in Cusack Park, Ennis at 5pm, while Cavan and Roscommon go head-to-head at Kingspan Breffni Park at 5pm.
  • There’s also four senior Camogie encounters, details of which you can find here.
  • There’s three games in the Airtricity League Premier Division with Limerick, Longford and Sligo at home to Bray, Bohs and Galway at 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 7.45pm respectively.
  • And if that wasn’t enough there’s boxing at the national stadium and it’s the first day of the Tour De France.

Showbiz, baby!

Freddy ‘the next Pele’ Adu is now plying his trade in the Finnish fourth division.

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Even a stopped watch is right twice a day. Unless it’s digital.”

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