Safe hands: 5-week-old Ruby Murray is joined by a happy Munster camp in Cork University Hospital Children's Department. Donall Farmer / INPHO Donall Farmer / INPHO / INPHO

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• After speculation that Toulon would sign Paul O’Connell, the club emphatically quashed the rumour with a firm press release.
• Shay Given says his Villa team-mate Jack Grealish is ‘at a crossroads‘. His father ponders a half-and-half solution.
• Sean O’Brien was left annoyed by the technique of Steffon Armitage and the officiating of Wayne Barnes after Leinster’s loss to Toulon.
• John Kavanagh has backed Ais Daly to prove she is among the elite in her UFC division.
• Cork hurlers have said goodbye to an All-Ireland final starter
• Rob Kearney believes it’s pointless to compare Leinster‘s current crop with the Heineken Cup winning side.

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• They may have missed out on O’Connell, but Toulon are set to unveil Quade Cooper as a new Galactico.
• Louth’s Ciaran Byrne impressed on his AFL debut.
• Pep Guardiola is having a rough time of it at Bayern Munich.
• Not many players get compared to Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronald de Boer reckons Menphis Depay fits the build.
• You can add Chelsea’s Patrick Bamford to the list of players who will (possibly, maybe, won’t rule it out) consider playing for Ireland.

The Best thing We Shared

Ronnie O’Sullivan is not your typical snooker player, so when The Rocket found his size eights a bit uncomfortable in today’s World Championship first round, he took unusual (yet very sensible) action.

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On The Record

No one can ever brainwash me to make me believe that Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali was better than me.”

-Floyd Mayweather Jnr is in a confident state of mind before taking on Manny Pacquiao in 11 days.

Where We Were Today

Fresh from a weekend in Marseille, Murray Kinsella went round to see how Leinster were feeling after missing out on the Champions Cup final.

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The Fixture List

The weather’s been great, so if you’re into Munster minor football, there’s a Championship playoff between Limerick and Waterford to be watched in Newcastlewest at 7pm.

Juventus keeper Gianluigi Buffon coach Massimiliano Allegri make sure they're singing from the same hymn sheet. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

Staying in? There are two more Champions League quarter-finals to look forward to. Juventus make a short trip to Monaco with a one-goal lead to protect while Atletico Madrid make the even shorter trip to face Real Madrid with the tie still awaiting a goal.

Showbiz, Baby!

Legendary tennis star Billie Jean King will be immortalised on the silver screen when ‘Battle of the Sexes’ hits screens next year. King will be played by Emma Stone, while her trash-talking nemesis Bobby Riggs will take the form of Steve Carell.

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‘The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.’