Friday Morning: Action Tonight In Men's Senior, Intermediate & Junior County Championship

Games throw-in from 7.30pm this evening

GAELIC GAMES

Busy weekend on the local sporting front - tonight, in the Preliminary round of the Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship:

Athy v Carbury in Newbridge at 7.30pm

Celbridge v Kilcock in Raheens GAA Club, also at 7.30pm

Eadestown v Johnstownbridge in Manguard Plus Hawkfield, Pitch 1 at 8pm

In the Auld Shebeen Bar, Athy Intermediate Football Championship Preliminary Round:

Castledermot v St Kevin's in Manguard Plus Hawkfield, Pitch 2 at 7:30pm

Milltown v Ellistown in Sarsfields GAA Club at 7:30pm

Caragh v Nurney in Kilcullen at 7:30pm

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In the Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group 1 Round 2: 

Ballykelly v Grangenolvin in St. Laurence's at 7:30 PM

Kill v Straffan in Eadestown at 8:00 PM

Group 2:

Athgarvan v Castlemitchell in Moorefield at 7.30pm 

Kfm will have live updates of all those games on a sports special this evening in association with Pat Keogh Skoda Ballybrittas, the midlands number 1 Skoda dealer since 1996.

On Saturday again in the preliminary round of the Joe Mallon Motors SFC:

4 games in St. Conleth’s Park, Newbridge:

Raheens v St. Laurence’s at 12pm

Clogherinkoe v Sarsfields at 1.45pm

Moorefield v Naas at 3.30pm

Maynooth v Round Towers at 5.30pm

And at 6pm in Celbridge,

Clane v Confey

The Auld Shebeen Bar, Athy Intermediate Football Championship Preliminary Round:

5 games in Manguard Plus Hawkfield:

Leixlip v Ballyteague at 12pm

Suncroft v Allenwood at 1.30pm

Kilcullen v Two Mile House at 3pm

Sallins v Ballymore Eustace at 4.30pm

Rathangan v Monasterevin at 6pm

Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group 1 Round 2:

Robertstown v Rathcoffey in Sean Tierney Park, at 6pm

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Results last night in the Tom Cross Transport JFC Group 2 Round 2:

Cappagh beat Kildangan 7-12 to 0-6 

Rheban beat Ardclough 4-13 to 0-11

GOLF

Rory McIlroy is in second place with round two of the Open Championship underway at St Andrews.

McIlroy shot a 6 under par opening round of 66 to lie two shots behind the early leader - American Cameron Young.

McIlroy tees off just before 3pm.

Padraig Harrington is 3 under par, Shane Lowry and David Carey are even par, Seamus Power and Ronan Mullarney are 1 over and Darren Clarke is 7 over par.

Tiger Woods is 6 over and is set to miss the cut.

SOCCER

Sligo Rovers will face Motherwell in the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

They beat Bala Town 4-3 on penalties at the Showgrounds last night after the match finished 2-2 on aggregate.

Derry City are out - beaten 4-0 over both legs by Riga.

In the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division tonight, St Patrick's Athletic host Dundalk, with Drogheda United at home to Bohemians.

France are into the quarter finals of the Women's European Championship following a 2-1 win over Belgium.

Northern Ireland face England at St Mary's tonight, with Norway taking on Austria.

CYCLING

The thirteenth stage of the Tour de France leaves the Alps behind today, and heads for Saint Etienne.

Jonas Vingegaard continues to wear the leader's yellow jersey, with a lead of 2 minutes and 22-seconds.

RACING

The July festival at Killarney comes to a close today, with a seven race card underway at 2.15pm.

There's also a seven-race programme at Kilbeggan this evening, with the first going to post at 5.30pm.