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• Connacht have secured the talents of fullback Cian Kelleher on a two-year contract and the province will have two of their best players back in harness this weekend.
• The first Pakistan-born player to win an All-Ireland title issued a huge thanks to the man who tempted him into playing Gaelic football.
• Ex-Munster man John Fogartyhas been forced to retire from rugby.
• Galway’s Anthony Cunningham has joined the Laois hurling management team.
• Jonathan Sexton believes everybody in Leinster must address the problems in the environment.

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• Unless you decided to ‘take the black’ after watching Game of Thrones last night you’ll know that, at last, Leicester City are the champions of England. The news reached all corners of the world. Some reactions were better than others.

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• Need more in-depth Fox tales than the average daily news outlet can provide? There are six Leicester-based books on the way.
• There was an absolutely crazy finish to last night’s big NBA playoff game.
• One Argentine TV station is putting Donald Trump‘s most infamous election promise to good use in this ad for their Copa America coverage.

The Best Thing We Shared

Peter Schmeichel couldn’t help but see a lot of himself in Kasper’s first title.

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On The Record

“When you look at the scoreline, it’s a pathetic scoreline, we lost 30-6 against one of our biggest rivals…”

– Jonathan Sexton wasn’t in the best form looking back at the loss to Ulster.

Where We Were Today

Fintan O’Toole was in the Pearse Museum to take a gander at the prizes on offer in the Leinster hurling and football championships this summer.

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The Fixture List

The second leg of the second Champions League semi-final between Real Madrid and Manchester City gets under way at 19.45 on Wednesday evening.

A little earlier, Wicklow host Offaly in a Leinster Minor Football Championship qualifier in Aughrim (18.45).

In Munster, Tipperary will take on Clare in Cusack Park in the Minor Hurling Championship play-off for the right to meet Cork in the semi-final.

Showbiz, Baby!

English news outlets focused on the kingly connections with Richard III, La Gazetta hailed Ranieri.

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Time for the final round of Pro12 games, here’s where you can watch your province in action

The Irishman who helped save Barcelona finally gets a proper grave