In Golf
Shane Lowry has it all to do if he is to successfully defend his Irish Open title in Killarney.
The Clara man resumes on day two at 3 over, ten strokes behind leader David Howell.
Glasson's Colm Moriarty is 2 over into today's second round. In Athletics Pual Hession and David Gillick will compete in the 200 and 400 metres finals tonight at the European Championships in Barcelona Mullingar Harriers Mark Christie failed to make the five thousand metres final last evening.
Meanwhile Derval O'Rourke gets her 100 metres hurdles campaign underway after 9 o'clock this morning.
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In gaelic games
The Offaly Minor Football team management have been forced into making one change from the team that lost the Leinster final to Longford for tomorrow's All-Ireland Quarter Final with Mayo.
Clara's John Flattery comes in to replace the injured David Hanlon in the half forward line.
Mayo are unchanged from the side that beat Galway in the Connacht final.
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In Europa league soccer Shamrock Rovers suffered a 2-0 defeat to Juventus in the Tallaght Stadium while Liverpool defeated Rabotnicki by the same scoreline in Macedonia
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In racing The Galway festival continues today with the first race off at 5.10