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- Ireland back Jared Payne and scum-half Conor Murray will be fit to face Italy in the Six Nations on 12 March after shaking off injuries.
- Former Dublin star Ciaran Whelan believes introducing the mark to Gaelic football would be “off the wall”.
- Jose Aldo has revealed why he turned down a rematch with UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.
- Meath, Laois and Offaly have named their teams for tomorrow’s Leinster U21 quarter-finals.
Away
- The jury in the under-age sex trial of former England and Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson have been told to reach a unanimous verdict by the judge.
- There are five Premier League matches tonight, with leaders Leicester City in action against West Brom. Read our talking points here.
- 38-year-old quarterback Tom Brady has signed with the New England Patriots until the end of the 2019 NFL season.
The Best Thing We Shared
Ireland and Leinster back Luke Fitzgerald joined Murray Kinsella for the latest episode of The Rugby Show.
On The Record
You don’t have much time with county hurling as I say – it’s all or nothing.So, after I got my operation about two years ago I got back into it because I had about a year to myself, so I started just auditioning again and doing a few plays in Belfast. I’m been doing plays in Belfast in stuff and I’ve got a small part in the Fall as a doctor. I can’t really say a lot about it. It’s a very small part. I’m going to New York soon after this. I am doing a play over there. It’s about the Easter Rising.” – Cushendall hurler Shane McNaughton on his budding acting career.
Where We Were Today
Alan Waldron paid a visit to Gordon Elliott’s yard in County Meath today and here’s what he learned with just two weeks to go until the Cheltenham Festival.
The Fixture List
- Five more Premier League matches are up for consideration on Wednesday. See the fixtures here.
- There’s plenty of GAA too with four EirGrid Leinster U21 football quarter-finals (all 7.30pm throw-in): Dublin v Meath, Parnell Park, Laois v Wicklow, O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, Kildare v Offaly, Hawkfield and Wexford v Westmeath, St Patrick’s Park, Enniscorthy.
- Ireland’s women’s national team kick off their Cyprus Cup campaign against Austria (12:30 Irish time).
Showbiz, Baby!
It’s UFC 196 fight week and Conor McGregor features in the first installment of the Embedded series.