We'll Leave It There So: Annalise Murphy is going to Rio, Irish cricket gets some cash and the rest of the day's sport

Also, Irish cricket received a boost and Aston Villa have gone crazy for Keano’s beard.

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Annalise Murphy will be sailing around the Christ the Redeemer statute in Rio (if that is the route) at the 2016 Olympics after qualifying at the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Spain today.
Eamon Dunphy and John Giles were in an ad for Cadbury that involves lip-syncing, dancing and some facial expressions from Dunphy that you will never be able to unsee.
Irish cricket has been given a huge boost after receiving a multi-million euro investment deal from a multinational Indian company. Feel free to imagine cash register noises, Irish cricket fans!

dunphy You won't be able to watch football punditry the same way after seeing the new Cadbury ad.

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Aviva Premiership teams will be able to spend even more money next season after these salary cap changes were passed today.
AFL legend and former All-Ireland minor football champion Jim Stynes was remembered by his former club Melbourne FC with a statue outside Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The Minnesota Vikings did a dramatic u-turn and have now suspended running back Adrian Peterson after previously reinstating him after he was charged with child abuse.

Peterson hit his son with a tree branch.

The best thing we shared

We all dream of a team of Roy Keane’s…..beard.

On the record

“In relation to the reserve teams, the main issue, and this is relevant to all the top club, is that you’ve got players on the bench who aren’t getting a game. That must be frustrating for managers who would want their players to be match fit but the structure simply isn’t currently in place to facilitate those players.

“In order to be competitive, clubs must have relatively big squads and for those unable to keep players match fit week-in, week-out, a reserve league would be beneficial.”

Stuart Byrne thinks League of Ireland teams would benefit greatly from having reserve sides.

Where we were today

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Our resident rugby guru Murray Kinsella was in Bear restaurant on South William street chatting to Leinster captain Jamie Heaslip.

The fixture list

There is Europa League action tomorrow night with Celtic travelling to Salzburg, Tottenham going to Partizan Belgrade and Everton hosting Wolfsburg.
Week three of the NFL kicks off very, very late Thursday with the Atlanta Falcons playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home.

Showbiz, baby!

Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston has sunk all his money into this one man show about baseball. Either that, or this is a sketch.

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Annalise Murphy qualified for the Olympics? I heard it wasn’t plain sailing.