1. #EURO 2012 Giovanni Trapattoni will face the press this afternoon after squad training.

The Italian yesterday released Robbie Keane, Richard Dunne, Damien Duff and the injured Kevin Doyle. James McCarthy will be among the young guns who’ll start tomorrow against Uruguay.

Read our minute-by-minute of the Macedonia game; we’ll run another liveblog from the Aviva tomorrow night

2. #BAY HILL Scotland’s Martin Laird has leapt to a career-high 21st in the world on the back of his dramatic Arnold Palmer Invitational victory.

3. #MAGNERS LEAGUE The front-row was key as Leinster earned a hard-fought 26-16 win over the Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade.

4. #SOLDIER ON Waterford skipper Stephen Molumphy had to leave the game with Kilkenny yesterday as he had to answer a call of duty.

Michael Moynihan reports that Molumphy, a lieutenant in the Irish Army, had to join his Defence Forces colleagues abroad.

5. #NO WAY, JOSE Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has revealed he came within ‘hours’ of taking the England manager’s job before the appointment of Fabio Capello.

6. #RACISM ROW Brazil beat Scotland 2-0 in London yesterday but the result has been overshadowed by claims that Neymar was racially abused. A banana was thrown in the pitch during the game at the Emirates. He was central to the win however: