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• Joe Kernan was named as Ireland’s International Rules manager — and he’s bringing a pretty strong backroom
• Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo nearly came to blows at the final stop of their UFC world tour in Dublin
• Meanwhile the UFC is close to confirming its return to Dublin later this year
• All Black Charles Piutau was heavily linked with a €700k/year move to Ulster
• Stuart Olding will miss up to nine months with an ACL injury, likely ruling him out of the Rugby World Cup
• League of Ireland clubs in Europe will get a huge prize money boost this season

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• China’s communist government declared 66 golf courses illegal
• Barcelona veteran Xavi might be going to MLS next season, not Qatar as previously reported
• Clive Woodward is in favour of bonus points for the Six Nations 

The best thing we shared

This is the moment when it nearly kicked off between Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo. It’s mad to think that the fight is still more than three months away.

On the record

I’m coming to get you. This is the beginning. Watch this space.

– Rory McIlroy wrote Tiger Woods a letter when he was nine telling him to watch his back

Showbiz, baby!

James Corden is making it big on late-night telly in the US — and he roped old pal David Beckham in to help with this new underwear “ad”

It’s actually the worst thing that’s ever happened to TV

How well do you remember your 90 wrestlers?