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- Conor McGregor struggled to contain his emotions on US television last night as he spoke about the death of 14-year-old fan Brendan McGlone.
- Here’s the GPA’s radical proposal to change the All-Ireland football championships
- UCD were able to celebrate Europa League success this evening as they advanced past Luxembourg club Dudelange thanks to Ryan Swan’s away goal.
- Fiona Doyle will bid to secure another medal for Ireland when she lines up in the 50 metre breaststroke final in the University Games tomorrow morning.
- Westmeath have named their starting line-up for Sunday’s Leinster Championship final against Dublin.
- Davy Byrne will miss that game, but his eye socket is not broken as first feared.
- Ireland have jumped eight places in the Fifa world rankings.
- GAA stars have helped to raise €30,000 by raising awareness of a fund to help bring the remains of a Waterford man David Houlihan.
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- Garbine Muguruza will face Serena Williams in the Women’s Singles final at Wimbledon on Saturday.
- The dominant American powered to a 6- 2 6- 4 win over Maria Sharapova.
- ITV and the BBC have struck a deal to share broadcast rights of the Six Nations in Britain.
- Fifa have imposed a life ban from football activity on terminally ill whistle-blower Chuck Blazer.
- South Africa have named a serious starting line-up for their Rugby Championship warm-up (against a side that contains 10 Toulon players)
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It’s always hilarious until it happens to you.
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Where We Were Today
Our man in Vegas has been counting Irish faces.
On The Record
We did a session on Friday and there was a few little patterns; it’s amazing how quickly it all just slots back into place.
– Andrew Trimble reports back to The42 after Ireland begin their World Cup preparations.
The Fixture List
Fiona Doyle‘s 50 metre breaststroke final will kick-start your weekend at around 11am in the morning.
After that, break out the creamy strawberries for the men’s semi-finals at Wimbledon including Roger Federer aiming to take down Murraymania again.
Showbiz, Baby!
These NBA stars have set the benchmark for how to stop valuable players leaving their team.
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