Monday Sport Lunch Update, with Joe Mallon Motors, Sallins Rd., Naas

Kildare footballers Draw; Kildare women into Leinster final; Newcastle v Leicester tonight; This evening’s Kildare Scoreboard from 6.30 will review the Kildare men’s and women’s games, along with the rest of the weekend Kildare sport

Kildare footballers began their All Ireland series away to Sligo yesterday.

Sligo added three late unanswered points, to claim a 14 points all draw

Next up for Kildare is their designated home game vs Dublin which will be played in Nowlan Park, Kilkenny on Saturday, June 3rd; time to be confirmed.

Kildare’s final group game will be vs Roscommon, managed by Confey’s Davy Burke

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Kildare women footballers are into the Leinster Intermediate final.

Yesterday, they beat Louth in Hawkfield by 3-15 to 0-9

Roisín Byrne top-scored for the Lilies, scoring 9 points.

They will play Wexford in the final in Laois Hire O’Moore Park next Sunday

Wexford beat Westmeath in the other semi final by 2-7 to 1-7

They beat Wexford in the final Group game last weekend so Kildare are strong favourites for the title.

The 2023 TG4 Leinster Finals will be played as a triple header at Laois Hire O’Moore Park in Portlaoise next Sunday.

Carlow and Kilkenny will get the action underway in the Junior final at 12 noon, followed by the Intermediate final at 2pm between Kildare and Wexford.

Kfm will have full commentary of the game

At 4.15pm, holders Dublin and TG4 All-Ireland Senior champions Meath will clash in a repeat of last years final, won by Dublin.

This evening’s Kildare Scoreboard from 6.30 will review the Kildare men’s and women’s games, along with the rest of the weekend Kildare sport

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Next weekend will be a busy one for Kildare LGFA

The venue has been confirmed for Kildare’s All Ireland Platinum Ladies Football Under 14 semi final.

The game against Mayo will be played Padraig Pearse GAA club, County Roscommon, next Saturday at 3.30pm.

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Leicester City are three points from safety ahead of their Premier League meeting with Newcastle tonight.

The Foxes are second from bottom in the table, while the hosts only need a point to guarantee Champions League football next season.

Newcastle are 3rd on 69 points, the same as Man Utd, but both have played a game less than 5th place Liverpool who are on 66 points.

In the KDFL Senior Division

Rathangan                   3          0          Coill Dubh

Clane United               3          2          Suncroft

Clonmullion               3          0          Clongorey

Newbridge Hotspurs   3          1          Arlington

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Brooks Koepka has moved up 31 places in the latest golf world rankings from 44th to 13th after his triumph at the PGA Championship last night.

After ending in a tie for second, Scottie Scheffler is back to the top of the rankings, with Jon Rahm second.

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There's racing at Roscommon this evening, with the first off at five-to-five.

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Reminder: This evening’s Kildare Scoreboard from 6.30 will review the men’s and women’s games, along with the rest of the weekend Kildare sport