Friday Morning Sport: Preparations Underway For 3 Kildare GAA Teams' Weekend Games.

The men and ladies footballers and the hurlers are all in action.

Preparations continue today for the three Kildare teams in action over the weekend.

Tomorrow evening at 5pm, the senior men’s footballers get their Allianz NFL Division 2 league campaign underway against Dublin in Croke Park.

Kfm will have live commentary of the game with Ger McNally and Peter McConnon in association with Hanlon Concrete Robertstown.

Also tomorrow at 1pm, the Kildare hurlers could win the Kehoe Cup with a draw or a win against Meath.

The game has been moved from Rathmolyon to Dunganny and Seamus Dillon will cover it for Kfm.

The team has been named and is as follows:

On Sunday, the women footballers will be hoping to build on their opening day success over Down in Division 3 of the league.

The Lilywhites play Longford at 2 o’clock in St Conleth’s and Tara Byrne will report for Kfm.

This morning’s Kildare Today will look ahead to all three games in detail with Sports Editor of the Leinster Leader, Tommy Callaghan.

Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece is into his first Australian Open men's singles final.

The third seed overcame Russian Karen Khachanov in four sets, 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3.

Novak Djokovic is hoping to reach a tenth decider in Melbourne this morning.

The current world number 5 takes on unseeded American Tommy Paul in the second semi final.

Play is due to get underway shortly.

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Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed, who were involved in a public spat this week - both share the lead at the weather delayed Dubai Desert Classic.

The pair are 6 under par.

Tom McKibbin is 2 over, with Padraig Harrington 9 over par.

They are in the clubhouse.

Shane Lowry is 1 under par after 3 holes of his opening round.

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The weekend's FA Cup fourth round action begins tonight with perhaps the tie of the round.

The Premier League's top two meet at the Etihad Stadium, with Manchester City playing host to Arsenal.

Kick-off there is at 8.

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Dundalk Stadium hosts its weekly all weather card this evening.

The first on a seven-race programme is off at 4.30.