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- Ireland’s U19s women’s team have booked their place in the semi-finals of the European Championships after a 2-1 win over Sweden.
- Rob Heffernan and Fionnuala Britton will lead a 30-strong Irish team at next month’s European Track and Field Championships in Zurich.
- The Leinster Council will wait for the referee’s report before taking and decision on the ‘biting’ allegation in yesterday’s Leinster senior football final.
- Dublin will play their All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park as part of a double-header which will be shown on Sky Sports on 9 August. Here are five talking points from the weekend’s GAA.
- Matthew Macklin’s fight against Jorge Sebastian Heiland at the National Stadium will be an official world title eliminator.
Away
- England captain Steven Gerrard has announced his retirement from international football after earning 114 caps for the senior team.
- French full-back Patrice Evra has left Manchester United and joined Italian champions Juventus on a two-year deal.
- After yesterday’s Open Championship win at Hoylake, read how Rory McIlroy became the third golfer in history to win three of the four majors.
- Usain Bolt will compete at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach for the Mano a Mano 100m race next month.
The best thing we shared
Monaco striker Dimitar Berbatov scores a classy volley in a pre-season friendly against Colombian side Atletico Junior.
On the record
How do you feel about people paying money and rich people sponsoring the sport to watch you and another man fight?” — Ray D’Arcy asked UFC fighter Cathal Pendred during an interview today. Read Pendred’s response.
The fixture list
- After today’s rest day, the Tour de France returns tomorrow with stage 16, which runs 237km from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon.
Showbiz, Baby!
Real Madrid star Cristano Ronaldo stars in a new shampoo ad during in which he dodges dandruff balls Matrix-style. Watch it here.
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