Paul and Gary O'Donovan with the steak and spuds presented to them from Gary 'Spike' O'Sullivan at Cork Airport. Laurence Trister Laurence Trister

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• Irish women’s football legend Anne O’Brien has died at the age of 60.
• Ireland international Jeff Hendrick looks set to be rewarded for an impressive showing at Euro 2016 with a £10 million move to Hull.
• Irish Olympian Séamus Power has claimed a place on the PGA Tour.
• Dublin GAA star Ciaran Kilkenny’s studies means he’ll be spending the next two weeks in Donegal.
• Newcastle are not interested in signing Irish midfielder James McCarthy, according to reports.
• The O’Donovan brothers have returned to Cork following their Olympic Games silver medal display. They are currently enjoying a homecoming event in Skibbereen in front of an estimated 10,000 people.

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• Celtic and Rangers could rejoin a revamped English Football League.
  
• The betting has been suspended on Luke Donald being one of Darren Clarke’s Ryder Cup captain picks.
• Southampton have signed Lille’s Morocco international midfielder Sofiane Boufal for a club record £16 million (€18 million).
• Alan Shearer has called on Wayne Rooney to retire from England duty.

The Best Thing We Shared

There was a minute’s applause ahead of yesterday’s thrilling All-Ireland Dublin-Kerry semi-final for the late ‘Batman’ Ben Farrell – the brave five-year-old Finglas boy who recently passed away after he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Wilms Tumour last December.

Afterwards, Dublin GAA star Philly McMahon also paid tribute to Farrell on Twitter, with a post of him wearing a Batman t-shirt, in which he added: “The little batman was watching over us! #batmanben”

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On The Record

“The last week has been very positive from everybody in terms of the messages I’m getting from people that I played with — friends and family — and I haven’t really reflected on it. I’m not one of these people to reflect on things until it’s finished. Come Wednesday when that curtain finally closes, I’ll look back and say ‘you know what, you did okay Rob’.”

Robbie Keane discussed his career with Ireland out in Abbotstown today.

Where we were today

Kilkenny’s Henry Shefflin and Waterford’s Stephen and Shane Bennett along with the Liam MacCarthy Cup joined us in the office today.

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The Fixture List

• There are two League of Ireland games taking place tomorrow, including Shamrock Rovers v Derry.

Showbiz, Baby!

Marouane Fellaini helped a distressed fan who was crushed against advertising hoarding during Man United’s win over Hull.

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