Kfm Morning Sport Round-Up: Rovers Out Of The Champions League.

Bernard O'Byrne has stepped down as CEO of Basketball Ireland.

SOCCER

Shamrock Rovers are out of the Champions League.

They beat Slovan Bratislava 2-1 on the night at Tallaght Stadium, but lost 3-2 on aggregate.

We win the match but not the tie unfortunately, with Slovan advancing on a 3-2 aggregate.#RoversInEurope pic.twitter.com/L1s8s0wMcE

— Shamrock Rovers FC (@ShamrockRovers) July 13, 2021

The Hoops now drop to the Europa Conference League.

In that League, Dundalk beat Newtown 1-0 to ease through 5-0 over both legs.


RUGBY

Conor Murray captains the British and Irish Lions this evening.

The tourists face South Africa 'A' in Cape Town from 7pm.

With the Springboks fielding 8 players that started the World Cup Final, Murray knows the serious business starts now.

GAELIC GAMES

The Connacht senior football final between Galway and Mayo will be held at Croke Park on July 25th, to allow for 18 thousand supporters to attend.

It took penalties to separate Mayo from Galway in the Connacht Under-20 football semi-finals last night.

Mayo won on spot kicks after the sides finished level after extra-time in Tuam.

Roscommon face Sligo at Dr Hyde Park this evening to decide who faces Mayo in the final.

Elsewhere last night, Kilkenny and Offaly won their Bord Gais Energy Leinster under-20 hurling quarter-finals, beating Laois and Kildare respectively.

Kilkenny will play Galway, and Offaly take on Dublin in the semi-finals.

There's a pair of quarter-finals down for decision this evening in the Electric Ireland Leinster Minor football championship.

Meath face Dublin in Navan, while Newbridge is the venue for Kildare's meeting with Wexford.

It's also quarter-finals night in the Electric Ireland Munster Minor Hurling championship.

Limerick await the winners of the Semple Stadium clash of Clare and Cork.

While the L-I-T Gaelic Grounds hosts the meeting of Tipperary and Kerry, with the winners playing Waterford.

BASKETBALL

Bernard O'Byrne has stepped down as CEO of Basketball Ireland, following a social media post he made about Raheem Sterling last week.

Bernard O’Byrne is stepping down from his role as CEO and Secretary General of @BballIrl with immediate effect.

Full statement ➡️ https://t.co/EiUWUidNH1 pic.twitter.com/G5MeKCpM8i

— Basketball Ireland (@BballIrl) July 13, 2021

HORSE RACING

There's a meeting at Killarney today, with the first off at 4.25.