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Jacques Nienaber at Munster training in Limerick. Tommy Dickson / INPHO Tommy Dickson / INPHO / INPHO

• It was a brilliant gold for Eoghan Clifford in the C3 Time Trial at the Paralympic Games, his second gold medal of the games.
• Within 10 minutes, Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal won more gold medals for Ireland, with Time Trial victory.
• Colin Lynch stormed to a silver medal in the C2 Time Trial.
• 21-year-old Ellen Keane earned a place in the final of the SB8 100m breaststroke.
• Corkman Pat O’Leary made Irish Paralympic history by qualifying for the KL3 canoeing final.
• Connacht called on Pat Lam’s Auckland connections again, signing versatile back Stacey Ili.
• John Meyler will lead the Cork U21 hurlers for the next two years.

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• The All Blacks confirmed that 22-year-old Ardie Savea will make his first Test start against South Africa on Saturday.
• Aleksander Ceferin, the FAI-backed candidate, was elected as the new Uefa president.
• Man United have left Wayne Rooney out of their travelling squad for the Europa League clash with Feyenoord tomorrow.
• Australia will host a revolutionary new format for golf next February.
• Eddie Jones stated his belief that England should have at least 15 players in the Lions squad to tour New Zealand next summer.

The Best Thing We Shared

A new documentary on Billy Walsh and his move to the US promises to be fascinating viewing.

Where We Were Today

Paul Dollery and Eoin Lúc O’Ceallaigh were in SBG Tallaght with Paddy Holohan.
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On The Record

I didn’t want to be alive anymore. I had enough of life. I’d just had enough of the deterioration and the impact it was having on my wife, the kids, others around me.

“I was sitting in a chair in a room with the curtains closed. I didn’t want to move.”

Phil Eaglesham tells Ryan Bailey about living with Q Fever, a rare and incurable condition that left him using a wheelchair.

The Fixture List

• Tomorrow is Day 8 at the Paralympics in Rio, with the likes of Ellen Keane, Niamh McCarthy and Orla Barry in finals.
• It’s the big day for Dundalk – they face AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League at 6pm on eir Sport 1.
• Man United also begin their Europa League campaign away to Feyenoord at 6pm, while Southampton take on Sparta Prague at 8.05pm.

Showbiz, Baby!

Just over 48 hours after defending his UFC title, Stipe Miocic was back at work as a paramedic.

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Cork’s Pat O’Leary makes Paralympic history at Lagoa Stadium

How eir Sport are muscling into the battle for Irish sport’s TV rights