Ireland's Grimes Just Misses Out On A Cycling Medal In Tokyo.

The transfer of Liam Scales from Shamrock Rovers to Celtic has been confirmed.

PARALYMPICS

Galway cyclist Ronan Grimes just missed out on a bronze medal at the Paralympics in Tokyo.

He was beaten by Colombia's Diego Duenas in the C4 4000 metres individual pursuit.

#ParaCycling Onto the road now for Ronan Grimes after a battling display in today’s C4 4000m IP, just narrowly missing out on the third spot.

Another PB for Ronan which should give him plenty of confidence going onto the Road on Day 7 and 10 of #Tokyo2020 #TeamIreland pic.twitter.com/famnl1hBjV

— Paralympics Ireland (@ParalympicsIRE) August 27, 2021

Earlier, Richael Timothy ended in 10th place in her discipline - the C1 to C3 500 metres Time Trial.

For the third time this week Limerick's Roisin Ni Riain has qualified for a swimming final.

The 16 year old made it out of the heats of the S13 400 metres freestyle.

Her final is just before a quarter to 12 Irish time.

#ParaEquestrian Michael Murphy and Cleverboy scored 61.429% in the Grade I Individual Test.

A result that leaves Michael in last place out of 8 riders who have competed so far. #TeamIreland | #TheNextLevel pic.twitter.com/9xLU5UOspQ

— Paralympics Ireland (@ParalympicsIRE) August 27, 2021

Kerrie Leonard finished 18th in the ranking round of Archery's Individual Compound Open.

Colin Judge was knocked out in the last 16 of the table tennis competition.

This afternoon, Greta Streimikyteruns in the heats of the T13 1500 metres.

SOCCER

The transfer of Liam Scales from Shamrock Rovers to Celtic has been confirmed.

The 23 year old spent two seasons at Tallaght Stadium.

The fee is believed to be in the region of 600 thousand euro and Scales will sign a 4 year deal at Parkhead.

🟢☘️⚪️ 𝑯𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒔 🟢🍀⚪️

We've reached an agreement with @ShamrockRovers to sign Irish defender, Liam Scales, subject to conditions! 🇮🇪

Full details ⤵️#WelcomeScales 📝

— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) August 27, 2021

A north west derby between Finn Harps and Derry City is the standout tie from tonight's FAI Cup second round fixtures.

There's an 8 o'clock start in Ballybofey.

Elsewhere, Cork City host St Patrick's Athletic and UCD take on Premier Division strugglers Longford Town.

Waterford have home advantage against Kilnamanagh, while Oriel Park is the venue for Dundalk's clash with St Mochta's.

All of those games kick off at 7.45.

GOLF

Rory McIlroy is tied for the lead after round one of the BMW Championship in Baltimore.

The County Down star shot an 8 under par 64 and shares top spot with Jon Rahm and Sam Burns.

Shane Lowry is back on 1 under.

🦅 Rory's memorable eagle
👀 Another co-lead for Rahm
🏃‍♂️ Some serious caddie hustle

It's all in The Takeaway from Thursday @BMWChamps presented by @FedEx. pic.twitter.com/POhAP1xHz5

— PGA Tour (@PGATour) August 27, 2021

RACING

Down Royal hosts a seven-race card this afternoon, with the first off at 3.55.

The first of eight races at the Curragh gets going at 4.15.

Our final meeting of our August Festival Of Racing takes place this evening.

💫 3 Group 3 races & the @paddypower Irish Cambridgeshire
Check out @thom_malone's tips below 🔻 pic.twitter.com/cnSRqGwCjc

— The Curragh Racecourse (@curraghrace) August 27, 2021