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Wexford hurler Jack Guiney at the Rock of Cashel for the Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21 hurling championship launch. Diarmuid Greene / SPORTSFILE Diarmuid Greene / SPORTSFILE / SPORTSFILE

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• Westmeath minor footballer Israel Ilunga has talked openly about his childhood in the Democratic Republic of Congo and dealing with racism in Gaelic football.
• Munster announce that number eight James Coughlan will leave the province this summer. The 33-year-old has been linked with French Pro D2 side Pau.
• 10-year-old Irish footballer Ciaran Duffy was chosen from hundreds of hopefuls to star in the new World Cup ad for McDonald’s.
• The Irish team trained at Malahide this afternoon with Martin O’Neill saying the upcoming games with Italy, Costa Rica and Portugal “couldn’t be more difficult”.

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• Tottenham have named Argentine Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager. The 42-year-old joins Spurs on a five-year deal from Southampton. 
• Argentina will be without several of their best-known players for next month’s two-Test series against Ireland after head coach Daniel Hourcade names his squad today.
• Former Cork footballer Ciaran Sheehan has been praised by his coach for the progress made at Australian Rules club Carlton.
• Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has added to speculation about future by saying he would be “honoured” to play for French champions Paris Saint-Germain.
• Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintana claimed victory and the race leader’s jersey  in the 16th stage of the Giro d’Italia.

The best thing we shared

Here’s a trailer for Eric Cantona’s new documentary ‘Looking For Rio’ about the World Cup, football and politics in Brazil.

Where we were today

Murray Kinsella spent the afternoon in Belfield as Leinster held a press briefing at their HQ in UCD. Clive O'Donohoe / INPHO Clive O'Donohoe / INPHO / INPHO

On the record

If Dundalk are going to win the league, they are going to have to do it that hard way. They are top of the table in May and history doesn’t tend to be kind to table-toppers at this stage of the season.

TheScore’s SSE Airtricity League columnist Stuey Byrne looks at the Premier Division’s in-form side Dundalk. Read his latest thoughts here.

The fixture list

Here’s what’s coming up tomorrow:

• Bord Gais Energy Leinster U21HC quarter-final: Dublin v Laois, Parnell Park, 7.30pm.
  
• The French Open: Men’s Singles – Novak Djokovic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Women’s Singles – Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova.

Showbiz, Baby!

Saturday sees Leinster pitted against Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect Pro12 final at the RDS. Check out the official build-up video to the game:

They told me it’d be alright eventually and it’s worked out.”