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- Wes Hooloahan is a doubt for next month’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Scotland after injuring his ankle playing for Norwich last weekend.
- One half of Clare’s three in-a-row U21 management team has left the fold with the news that Gerry O’Connor is to step aside due to work commitments.
- The Connacht GAA website accidentally displayed some Japanese porn links in their fixtures section over the weekend.
- The Irish homeless football team won their first World Cup game against Greece 11-1.
Away
- Former Leinster coach Michael Cheika has reportedly agreed to become the next Australia coach.
- Gareth Bale is a major doubt for Real Madrid’s trip to Anfield for Wednesday’s Champions League group stage game against Liverpool.
- A footballer in India died after injuring his spine during a goal celebration.
- Manchester United’s Paddy McNair is set to sign a new deal worth ten times his current wage.
On The Record
“I have said it was very stupid to say three months because then you [media] are only talking about three months. It is always the performance that counts, but the performance always goes up and down. Then we rise. When that date is, or what that match is, depends.”
Man United coach Louis van Gaal attempted to row back on his previous statement that he should be judged after three months at United.
Where we were today
Our rugby correspondent, Murray Kinsella, was down in Limerick for Munster’s press conference today.
The Best Thing We Shared
Calry/ St Joseph’s won the Sligo intermediate football championship yesterday and afterwards they visited the grave of Gary Dillon, a former teammate who died in February.
The fixture list
- The Champions League returns tomorrow with Roma vs Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow vs Man City, Chelsea vs Maribor and Barcelona vs Ajax some of the games we can look forward to.
Showbiz, baby
Eamon Dunphy is showbiz, baby – so take this quiz and see if you can guess which Ireland coach he is slating.