Ireland's Niall O'Brien attempts to stump Australia's Joe Burns at Stormont. Presseye / Rowland White/INPHO Presseye / Rowland White/INPHO / Rowland White/INPHO

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• Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has named his starting XV for Saturday’s World Cup warm-up match against Wales at the Aviva Stadium.
• Team Ireland look set to lose High Performance Unit boxing coach Billy Walsh to USA Boxing.
• Ireland’s cricketers were beaten by Australia by 23 runs at the One-Day Interational at Stormont today.
• Former Ireland and Leeds United full-back Ian Harte has announced his retirement from professional football at 37.
• A 1-0 defeat to the Netherlands means Ireland’s men’s hockey team will play in the bronze medal match of the Eurohockey Championships.
• Galway hurler Conor Cooney is fit again and in contention for the All-Ireland final against Kilkenny.
• Loosehead prop Cian Healy could make his return to the Ireland team after recovering from neck surgery as early as next week.

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Uefa president Michel Platini hands Lionel Messi the trophy, with Cristiano Ronaldo in the background. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

• Usain Bolt clinched the 200m men’s final at the World Athletics Championship in Beijing, beating second-placed Justin Gatlin.
• The Champions League group stage draw has been made this evening. See it in full here.
• Sam Burgess has been named in England’s Rugby World Cup squad, while Danny Cipriani and Luther Burrell are left out by Stuart Lancaster.
• Meanwhile, Lionel Messi won Uefa Best Player in Europe at the same event in Monaco.

The Best Thing We Shared

This spine-tingling promo from Eleverys should get you in the mood for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final between Mayo and Dublin.

Where We Were Today

Murray Kinsella was down at Carton House for Joe Schmidt’s team announcement.

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On The Record

So you have this ironic situation where, by attempting to make up for having scandal, a sport has more scandal and so on. You have to say that, unfortunately, athletics has earned that reputation.” – Author David Epstein spoke to us about doping in sport.

The Fixture List

• Tonight, there are a host of second legs in the Europa League play-offs. Follow them here.
• We’ve got four matches the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division tomorrow night (all 7.45pm): Bohemians v Dundalk, Cork v Galway, Drogheda v Limerick, St Pat’s v Derry.

Showbiz, Baby!

Moments after winning the 200m final, Usain Bolt was taken out… by a cameraman riding a Segway.
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