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Pupils from Scoil Mhuire na mBuachaillí, Monaghan celebrate after winning the 'B' Schools section of the FAI Primary School 5’s All-Ireland Finals at the Aviva Stadium. Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

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• Rising Stars - Alan Cadogan and Cormac Costello are part of a six-man shortlist for an All Ireland U21 football award.
  
• Ahead of the Pro12 final this weekend, Jamie Heaslip revealed that there’s “a bit more niggle” in Leinster training.
• Limerick GAA chief Mike O’Riordan explained his disappointment over hate mail that included “crazy stuff”.
• Shay Given may show face at Donegal training later in the week.
• “The greatest day of my club career” – Junior soccer legend James ‘Chalky’ Walsh reflected on FAI Junior Cup success.
• Dublin’s U21 hurlers booked their spot in the last-four of the Leinster championship this evening.

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• Goldman Sachs‘ number crunching found a huge favourite for the World Cup in Brazil, while Stephen Hawing worked out the secret for an England victory.
• Venus and Serena Williams both crashed out of the French Open at Rolland Garros.
• Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart was cruelly ruled out of the tournament with a calf strain.
• Twice-capped Ireland international second row Ryan Caldwell signed a deal to move from Bath to Exeter.
• 19-year-old Racing Métro prop William Ebongue Sipamio passed away two days after helping the club to a national U19 title.

The best thing we shared

Woof! Shea Hunter of Antrim club Carey Faughs shows some serious tekkers with this sublime crossbar challenge effort.
https://vine.co/v/hAg6M1Mmj2T

On the record

You need to put pressure on the opposition; you need to make it difficult for them to execute. The feeling across the board in Leinster in previous seasons was that they gave too much to the opposition and that made it very difficult to exert that physical pressure.”

We did a spot of analysis on the continually-evolving Leinster defence under Matt O’Connor. This one is a long read!

The fixture list

• The French Open: Men’s singles – Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Andy Murray. Women’s Singles – Ana Ivanovic, Patra Kvitova, Simona Halep.
• Leinster Junior Football Championship: Wexford v Cavan, Gorey, 7.30pm.
• World Cup warm-up friendlies: Mexico v Israel, Cameroon v Paraguay.

Showbiz, Baby!

So it appears that Kimye will be heading along to catch some local soccer in Cork on Friday night! Cork City have cheekily reserved these seats at Turners Cross for the sickeningly famous pair.

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