Tuesday 17 May 2022
Elsewhere in Europe, Nantes won their first French Cup in 22 years while Porto claimed the Portuguese title.
Elsewhere in the Championship it was another frustrating day for Bournemouth.
In Division 1A of the Energia All-Ireland League, Trinity moved back into the playoff picture.
Sarsfields got the better of Slaughtneil after extra-time while Oulart-The-Ballagh defeated Scariff-Ogonnelloe in the other semi-final.
Meanwhile, Porticello had little trouble in landing short odds in the William Hill Super Odds Victor Ludorum Juvenile Hurdle at Haydock.
The TG4-televised decider takes place on 26 February.
Shane Lowry finished in a tie for 14th at the Saudi International.
Tipperary defeated Down in their camogie league opener while the Cats got the better of Limerick.
Elsewhere there was a shock win for Peterborough over QPR.
Uruguay overcame Venezuela in South American World Cup qualifying while Argentina scored a 1-0 win over Colombia.
Ali Reghba, meanwhile, has left Leicester for Algerian table-toppers CR Belouizdad.
The situation between Russia and Ukraine was also discussed on a call on Thursday.
Round Three, or Pride Round, was a busy one for the Irish contingent Down Under.
It’s great news for Dublin-born defender Roberto Lopes who plays for Cape Verde.
Sierra Leone played out a draw against the Ivory Coast while Tunisia defeated Mauritania.
Elsewhere, Longford staged a strong second-half rally to defeat Louth.
Meanwhile, James Wade booked his spot in the quarter-finals after defeating Martijn Kleermaker.
Meanwhile, defending champions Railway Union defeated Galwegians in the Women’s All-Ireland League.
Fellow Irish blade Enda Stevens provided one of the assists in United’s 3-2 win.
The men’s team also lost their fifth place play-off and will face into the seventh place play-off later today.
Sporting Lisbon beat ten-man Borussia Dortmund 3-1 to qualify for the Champions League’s last-16.
The Irish skipper was introduced as a sub in her side’s victory over Danish champions Koge.
There were big wins for trainers Brad Cox and Charlie Appleby.
Important victories elsewhere today for Coolderry, Loughmore-Castleiney and The Nire.
Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Detroit Pistons.
Villarreal marked what looks like Unai Emery’s final game in charge by beating Young Boys.
Catch up on some of the NFL results from this weekend.
In Waterford, Gaultier are the first side through to the county senior football semi-finals.
Niamh Briggs’ Bohs front row was in especially dominant form, while Railway recorded a remarkable 142-0 win at home to Wicklow.
Stefano Pioli’s side are level on a perfect nine points with second-placed Napoli
In the rest of tonight’s games, France drew 1-1 in Ukraine while Israel recorded the win of the weekend against Austria.
Emaraaty Ana was the Sprint Cup hero as hot favourite Starman was denied in Haydock showpiece.
Armagh defeat Cavan by eight points; Mayo see off Monaghan by a single score and Galway win by five against Donegal.
There was plenty of drama in the U20 quarter-finals this evening.
Down defeated Meath while Westmeath saw off Carlow.
Graeme McDowell also had an encouraging round heading into the final day at Mount Juliet.
Leona Maguire is also in action this weekend at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Atlanta.
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Unai Emery is on course to claim his fourth Europa League crown as a coach after his Villarreal team made short work of Dinamo Zagreb.
