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• Tributes have poured in after Derry footballer Aaron Devlin sadly passed away this evening. The 22 year-old fell ill last week and was rushed to hospital on Friday night.
• It’s been a busy day for League of Ireland transfers with Dundalk signing Sean Maguire from West Ham.
• Clare hurling legend Ger Loughnane has blasted county board chairman Michael McDonagh, accusing him of only being interested ‘in his own popularity’ and his political career.
• Mark English has paid an emotional tribute to two of his classmates who died in last month’s balcony collapse in Berkeley. The athlete studied medicine in UCD with Lorcan Miller and Eimear Walsh.
• Paul Dunne has been installed as one of the early contenders for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award after his exploits at the Open.
• John Kavanagh was forced to defend MMA last night during a live debate over the sport’s legitimacy with Tom McGurk and Eoghan Corry on TV3.

Shane Long promotes the Muck off charity race which takes place on Sunday.

Away

• PSG are closing in on the signing of Angel di Maria from Manchester United.
• Australia flanker Michael Hooper has escaped a lengthy ban for striking Argentina out-half Nicholas Sanchez during last week’s Rugby Championship game.
• One of Ireland’s World Cup opponents gave Samoa a mighty scare last night as the countdown to the tournament continues.
• Louis van Gaal has revealed his defensive line-up for Man United‘s season opener against Tottenham.

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Niall Kelly caught up with Dublin football manager Jim Gavin before the weekend’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Fermanagh while Murray Kinsella was up in Belfast for the launch of Ulster’s new kit.

The Fixture List

• There are five SSE Airtricity League Premier Division games with Bohemians’ trip to Cork the pick of the bunch.
• The Galway Races continues at Ballybrit while it’s the second round of the Women’s Open at Turnberry.

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