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- A second-half header from Gavin Brennan saw Shamrock Rovers bounce back from their opening defeat to Dnipro with a 3-2 victory over 1860 Munich’s reserves in the Nagjee International Cup.
- Donegal star Paddy McBrearty kicked five points to steer Sigerson Cup hosts UUJ into the semi-finals of the competition today.
- Bruce Springsteen’s Croke Park concert in May is set to impact GAA club players in the capital as the county board’s 2016 championship fixture plans have been thrown into chaos.
- Dublin will have home advantage for next month’s EirGrid Leinster U21 football quarter-final against Meath due to the floodlights not being in action in Páirc Tailteann in Navan.
- Tipperary look set to have to plan without four members of their squad for their opening hurling league games against Dublin and Kilkenny.
- Connacht head coach Pat Lam has made three changes to his team for tomorrow night’s Pro12 meeting away to the Newport Gwent Dragons.
- Blackrock and Belvedere must meet again after playing out a gripping 10-10 draw in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup in the competition’s headline quarter-final.
- After an 11-point defeat to Wales last week, Ireland U20 head coach Nigel Carolan has made a host of changes for the trip to Narbonne to face France on Friday night.
Away
- Sunderland’s England international winger Adam Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one count of grooming at his under-age sex trial today.
- Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group have apologised for the ‘distress’ caused by the club’s recently proposed ticketing structures and will freeze prices for the next two years after a well-documented fan protest took place at Anfield.
- Jose Mourinho has privately confirmed he will take over as Man United manager in the summer, according to reports.
- Uruguay are looking forward to their star striker Luis Suarez’s return to international football next month after his nine-match ban for biting an opponent, coach Oscar Tabarez
- Leicester Tigers have confirmed captain Ed Slater missed their 10-3 Premiership defeat to Sale Sharks last weekend after having 14 stitches in his hand following an accident while trying to cut a frozen bagel.
- The wait for Phil ‘CM Punk’ Brooks’ UFC debut is going to go on for a little bit longer as the former WWE champion is due to have surgery on a herniated disc in his back.
- Two Kenyan athletes banned for doping at the 2015 world championships say the chief executive of Athletics Kenya, the country’s governing body for track and field, asked them each for a $24,000 (€21,480) bribe to reduce their suspensions.
The Best Thing We Shared
George Shaw, a 9-year-old Everton fan with cerebral palsy, receives the news that he’s the Toffees’ Goal of the Month winner for January…
On The Record
How the funds are distributed, I don’t know what the measure or the metric is, or if it’s done equitably, but I can only speak from what I’ve seen in Dublin and those funds are definitely being put to good use.”
Dublin footballer Cian O’Sullivan insists the heavy financial investment by the GAA into the sport in the county is fully justified, despite criticism from some quarters.
Where We Were Today
Alan Waldron was at the Maldron Hotel at Dublin Airport to chat to members of the Ireland Women’s and U20 teams ahead of this weekend’s Six Nations action.
The Fixture List
- There are three Sigerson Cup quarter-finals down for decision tomorrow: UL v Queen’s University (UL Grounds, 2pm), UCC v UCD (Mardyke, 2.30pm), IT Carlow v DCU (Carlow IT, 7pm).
- Connacht are in Wales to face Newport Gwent Dragons in the Guinness Pro12. Kick-off tomorrow evening at Rodney Parade is at 7.30pm.
- There’s also quarter-final action tomorrow in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup as Cistercian College Roscrea play Gonazaga College in Donnybrook at 3pm.
Showbiz, baby!
Bubba Watson executes a trick shot at the AT&T Pro-Am at Pebble Beach in California.
