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- Discus thrower Orla Barry won Ireland’s fifth medal at the 2015 IPC World Championships in Doha today, claiming a bronze with a season’s best throw.
- And it became six medals this evening, when shot-putter Deirdre Mongan was upgraded to a bronze medal after the original gold and silver medallists were disqualified.
- Cork hurling legend Justin McCarthy is in line for a role on a potential new management team in Antrim.
- Tipperary will wait until November to ratify their new management teams in hurling and football.
- A Dublin schoolboy coach has been banned for life by his club, after a vicious assault on a referee following a game on Saturday.
- The Irish women’s football team came from behind to open their Euro 2017 qualifying account with a hard-fought victory over Portugal.
- The Irish women’s rugby team have named 10 uncapped players in their squad for next month’s first ever Autumn test against England.
- Ireland and Ulster winger Tommy Bowe will be out of action for at least six months, following surgery on the knee injury he sustained at the World Cup.
- Carl Frampton looks set to take on Scott Quigg in his next world title defence, according to Quigg’s trainer Joe Gallagher.
Away
- The eight names in the running to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president have been finalised.
- Liverpool’s Anfield stadium was evacuated this afternoon, after two men went missing during a tour of the stadium.
- Celtic have found themselves in fresh controversy after Nadir Ciftci and Emilio Izaguirre were involved in a training-ground bust-up today.
- Former Dutch striker Pierre van Hooijdonk says Robin van Persie was an “arsehole” following his response to criticisms during World Cup 2014.
- London Irish and Saracens will meet in New York on March 12, in the first ever Premiership game to be played overseas.
- Jean de Villiers may face former side Munster in the Champions Cup in December, after it was announced he’s signed for Leicester Tigers.
- Taulupe Faletau’s potential move to Bath is off after the Welsh Rugby Union blocked the Dragons from selling him.
The Best Thing We Shared Today
The runner-up at a Kenyan marathon was arrested after it emerged that he only joined the race in the final kilometre.
Where We Were Today
Murray Kinsella was in Teddington and Pennyhill Park, keeping tabs on World Cup finalists New Zealand and Australia ahead of this weekend’s decider.
Niall Kelly was at Croke Park to speak to International Rules coach and captain Joe Kernan and Bernard Brogan
On The Record
“There are no grey areas with them. GAA players are not doing anything wrong per se as far as the rulebook is concerned but morally, if there’s somebody within the squad struggling with an issue and somebody raises the point that it could be a great way to make a few quid, it’s an uncomfortable sit for those individuals.”
Former Armagh star Oisin McConville spoke to The42 about the problem of gambling addiction in the GAA.
The Fixtures List
The last 16 of the Capital One Cup continues, with Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City all in action.
United play at home to Middlesbrough, Liverpool host Bournemouth, City welcome Crystal Palace to the Etihad, while Southampton and Aston Villa complete the round.
Showbiz, Baby!
The Ohio State Marching Band were the best thing about the NFL’S latest game at Wembley.
