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• Katie Taylor will fight Italian Monica Gentili on the Haye-Bellew undercard this weekend
• Joey Carbery has been handed his first Leinster professional contract
• The details for the All-Ireland senior club final double-header on St Patrick’s Day have been confirmed
• Tyrone and Cavan’s postponed league clash has been rescheduled for Sunday week
• Jon Walters is still a number of weeks from return as the crucial Wales qualifier looms
• Former Wexford hurling boss Liam Dunne has taken the reins at Ballinteer St John’s in the Dublin SHC

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Away

• Ireland’s Mark Downey and Felix English won gold at the Track Cycling World Cup in LA yesterday
• Crystal Palace fans were left red-faced after accidentally vandalising their own team bus
• Dortmund star Mario Gotze has been ruled out indefinitely due to ‘metabolic disorders’

The Best Thing We Shared

Eddie O’Sullivan and Murray Kinsella broke down the weekend’s Six Nations action.
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Where We Were Today

Sean Farrell and Ryan Bailey were at Ireland’s opening training session today at the Aviva Stadium. Elsewhere, Alan Waldron attended the Leinster press conference.

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On The Record

“Some of the chat that’s going on is just ridiculous and you can’t argue with it. This talk outside, it doesn’t bother me in the slightest. It affects the players and that’s what you don’t want. People that are trying to do that, saying whatever, it doesn’t really matter.”

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Ireland Women head coach Tom Tierney on the criticism of the IRFU’s women’s rugby programme.

The Fixture List

•  There’s a full round of fixtures in the Championship on Tuesday night, with Aston Villa hosting Bristol City in the standout tie.

Showbiz, Baby!

A footballer saved an opponent’s life after he swallowed his tongue during a league game in the Czech Republic.

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Those were the days, my friend – surprise All-Ireland football semi-finalists a thing of the past

Munster’s Mark Chisholm returns to full squad training after 11 months out with concussion