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- All 31 of Ireland’s squad are available for Sunday’s Rugby World Cup meeting with Romania as Jonathan Sexton and Robbie Henshaw have been passed fit.
- The Irish players enjoyed a rest day with some shooting and a trip to Alton Towers.
- Dublin have made one switch while Cork are unchanged for this weekend’s All-Ireland senior ladies football final at Croke Park.
- Rory McIlroy says the €10 million prize isn’t what’s motivating him to win the Tour Championship this week. He has teed off in his opening round.
- Ireland’s U21s have named a strong squad for next month’s Euro qualifiers against Lithuania and Italy, with Man City midfielder Jack Byrne returning.
Away
- Wales are under investigation by World Rugby for allegedly using players outside their 31-man squad at training yesterday.
- Police have arrested ten fans after crowd trouble at White Hart Lane during the Capital One Cup meeting between Tottenham and Arsenal last night.
- 14 titles have been longlisted for the 2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
- New Zealand meet Namibia in Pool C of the World Cup tonight. Here’s the professions of Namibia’s amateur players.
- The Iranian women’s football captain, Niloufar Ardalan says she isn’t participating in a major tournament as her husband refused to allow his wife’s passport to be renewed.
The best thing we shared
Fifa 16 is released in Ireland today, so we’ve put together a quiz to test your knowledge on games from years gone by. Take it here.
On the record
If we had to put it in words these days it’s like Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy had a baby and I was it” – World number one golfer Jason Day jokes that he’s the offspring of two of his rivals.
The fixture list
- As mentioned, world champions New Zealand are playing Namibia in the Rugby World Cup this evening (8pm).
- Tomorrow, Argentina face Georgia in Pool C (4.45pm).
- There are three games in the Premier Division of the SSE Airtricity League tomorrow night and four more in the First Division. Here’s a full fixture list.
Showbiz, Baby!
Legendary former ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky was at White Hart Lane last night. However, Tottenham made a bit of a blunder by spelling his name wrong on the jersey they presented him with…