Friday Lunch Sport: Campillo Leads Irish Open

Busy Weekend of Hurling and football in Kildare GAA

Day two of the Irish Open at Mount Juliet.(1pm update)

Spain's Jorge Campillo leads on 11 under, from Adrian Meronk and Uruguay's Fabrizio both on 9 under

Seamus Power and Niall Kearney begin their second rounds from 4 under par.

Padraig Harrington is three-under-par after a 71 today

Shane Lowry on one-under, has just teed off in the same group as Seamus Power

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Armagh’s Tiernan Kelly is understood to have been given a long ban for the eye-gouging incident at the end of normal time in last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final defeat to Galway.

Several players from both teams, including Kelly, have been notified of suspensions from the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC).

Armagh and Galway had been contacted by the CCCC.

All the players can contest their bans to the CHC. If they are upheld, they have the option of going to the Central Appeals Committee, and after that the Disputes Resolution Authority.

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A busy weekend ahead on the local GAA front
Friday 1st July

EMS Copiers Senior Football League Division 3  St Kevin's V Rathangan 19:30

Reserve Football League Div. 6 Final Venue: NOW Newbridge, Naas V Sarsfields 19:30,

Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group 1

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Straffan V Robertstown 20:00

Tomorrow,  in St. Conleth’s Park

UPMC Senior Hurling Championship Preliminary Round

Ardclough V Maynooth 15:00,

Clane V Confey 16:45,

Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group 1 in Newbridge, Grangenolvin V Kill 18:30

Sunday 3rd July

2022 EMS Copiers Senior Football League Division 1 Semi Finals in St. Conleth’s Park

Naas v Raheens 3.45

Athy v Sarsfields at 5.30

EMS Copiers Senior Football League Division 2 final: Leixlip vsJohnstownbridge is in Newbridge at 2pm

The other games in Division 2 are at 12 noon, first named at home

Clogherinkoe V Two Mile House

Kilcullen V Kilcock

Round Towers V Ballymore Eustace

Division 3, all at 12 noon, first named at home

Rathangan V Allenwood

St Kevin's V Sallins

Caragh V Nurney

Ballyteague V Suncroft

Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship in Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1,

Cappagh V Athgarvan 1:30,

Rathcoffey V Ballykelly 15:00

Kfm will have live updates tomorrow from the UPMC senior hurling games and on Sunday from the EMS Copiers Division 1 semi finals and Division 2 final

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Camogie

In the All Ireland Intermediate championship, Kildare have one group game to play

Tomorrow at 5pm, they must beat Cork in Pairc Ui Rinn to avoid relegation

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St Pat's goalkeeper Josh Keeley has joined Tottenham for an undisclosed fee.

The 19-year-old has represented Ireland at underage level and made his first senior appearance for the Inchicore club last season.

Spurs have also completed the signing of Brazilian forward Richarlison from Everton for 60 million pounds.

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Manchester City have signed German goalkeeper Stefan Ortega Moreno.

The 29-year-old was a free agent after his contract at Arminia Bielefeld ((pron: bee-le-feld)) expired.

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Tonight, SSE Airtricity League Premier Division leaders Shamrock Rovers are away to Finn Harps.

Second placed Dundalk face UCD at Oriel Park, s Bohemians versus Derry City at Dalymount Park; St Patrick's Athletic play Drogheda at Richmond Park.

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Top seed Novak Djokovic plays fellow Serb Miomir Kecmanovic (pr: Kets-manno-vitch) in the third round of the men's singles at Wimbledon today.

In the women's singles, 2018 winner Angelique Kerber of Germany plays Belgium's Elise Mertens.
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Today’s racing is in Wexford from 5.15 and in Bellewstown from 5.30

REMINDER: to join Eoin Beatty and Clem Ryan for the Weekend Sport Preview this evening from 6.30pm: GAA, Soccer, Rugby, and more