Updated at 01.20
(Gene Donoghue pictured during the Garbally College vs Clifden Connacht Senior Schools Cup Pool 1 game today)
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- Limerick, Cork, Waterford and Tipp schools have all secured their place in the Dr Harty Cup semi-finals.
- 1991 All-Ireland winner, Conor Stakelum, has joined Tipperary as their new senior hurling selector.
- Conor McGregor will not be on the €1 coin, despite earlier suggestions that it could happen.
- Marty Moore could be set to follow Ian Madigan out the Leinster exit door, according to reports.
- Irishman Eoin Keith has shattered the course record in ‘Britain’s most brutal race’.
- Ex-Leinster centre Brendan Macken has signed a new deal with Premiership side Wasps.
- Irish tennis player James McGee is just two wins away from a place at the Australian Open.
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- Final tributes were paid at a memorial service for former Newcastle United goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek following his passing.
- The comeback of UFC star Ronda Rousey has been delayed owing to her involvement in an upcoming movie.
- Stade Français wing, Josaia Raisuqe, has received a 15-week ban for a gouge on Munster’s CJ Stander.
- Former Premier League footballer Marcus Bent is facing jail sentence after threatening police with a meat cleaver.
- Eddie Jones has axed 10 of England’s World Cup squad for the Six Nations.
- Fifa’s secretary general, Jerome Valcke, has been sacked.
- The NFL have green-lighted the LA Rams’ move back home.
The Best Thing We Shared
Former Ireland U21 international Matt Doherty scored a fantastic goal in the Championship last night.
Where we were today
Fintan O’Toole was at the Allianz League GAA Sponsorship Renewal announcement.
On The Record
I actually saw [it] on my Instagram feed that I was the worst-shooting player in the NBA. I actually saw that when I woke up from a nap. I remember exactly when that was. Denver. Right before the Denver game, so I answered the call… It doesn’t bother me. It puts me back in the gym.”
LeBron James on how one criticism on social media urged him to fix his biggest weakness.
The Fixture List
- Cork take on Waterford in the McGrath Cup in Mallow tomorrow evening.
- In the Leinster Colleges SAFC quarter-finals, Scoil Aodhain (Glasnevin) face St Benildus (Stillorgan) and Wicklow Schools are up against Good Counsel (New Ross).
Showbiz, Baby!
The Meath GAA vice-chairman was ‘caught off guard’ by a David Bowie prank at a board meeting.