The Jack Kyle thanksgiving service took place today in Fisherwick Church in Belfast. Presseye / Jonathan Porter/INPHO Presseye / Jonathan Porter/INPHO / Jonathan Porter/INPHO

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• Munster have been busy in the contract department with four players confirming new deals.
• A family wedding could cause a change of date for next February’s All-Ireland club semi-final.
• Irish wonder kid Zak Gilesnan is on his way to Anfield according to reports.
• Joe Brolly is backing a new organ donation campaign.
• The captain was unveiled for the Ireland Womens’ Sevens squad.
• Tributes have poured in for Tipperary’s Eoin Kelly after this retirement.
• Stephen Quinn has been offered a new contract by Hull City.

Paul O'Connell at today's training session in UL. Donall Farmer / INPHO Donall Farmer / INPHO / INPHO

Away

• Nemanja Matic has probably jinxed it now after urging Chelsea to be the new ‘Invincibles’.
• Barcelona’s jersey is set to undergo a radical departure.
• New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham has produced another piece of magic.
• A North Korea official wants Lionel Messi to visit the communist state.

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The best thing we shared

Tipperary scoring machine Eoin Kelly retired last night. Check out his 0-14 haul here against Limerick, including one particularly wondrous point at 1.33 in to the video. You can see more examples of Kelly’s scoring brilliance here.

On the record

“I just know that Those are”trying”to”kill”me for my Unlucky moment they ll need to stick with their plan even when i ll be back scoring gols”

Mario Balotelli apologises for causing offence after posting a racist and anti-Semitic image to his Instagram account.

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The fixture list

• There’s four fixtures in the Premier League with Chelsea at home to Spurs, Man City away to Sunderland, Arsenal taking on Southampton and Everton entertaining Hull City.
• In GAA there’s plenty games on in the Dr Harty Cup while the Higher Education Division 1 football league final sees St Mary’s play DCU in the Athletic Grounds in Armagh at 8pm while UCC face IT Carlow in the Fraher Field at 4.30pm in the Division 1 hurling league decider.

Cork's Conor Lehane will be in action for UCC James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

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