Monday Lunchtime: Senior, Intermediate & Junior Weekend Results; Preliminary QFs Confirmed In Senior & Intermediate FC

In Premier League this evening, Manchester United host Liverpool from 8pm.

GAELIC GAMES

A review of this weekend's local GAA - Eoin Beatty has the results from the men's Senior, Intermediate & Junior football championships.

Preliminary quarter-finals for this coming weekend, in the Senior Football Championship have been confirmed:

Friday, 26th August

Eadestown V St. Laurence's in Hawkfield at 7pm.

Sunday, 28th August

Sarsfields V Moorefield in St. Conleth's Park at 5.30pm.

Intermediate Football Championship Preliminary Quarter-Finals:

Saturday, 27th August

Ellistown v Ballyteague at 3.45pm in St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge.

Sunday, 28th August

Sallins v Suncroft also at 3.45pm in St. Conleth's Park.

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Former All-Ireland winning Galway manager Micheal Donoghue has been confirmed as the new manager of the Dublin senior hurlers.

Donoghue - who guided his native county to the Liam McCarthy in 2017 - has been handed a three-year term.

He succeeds fellow Galway man Mattie Kenny, who left the role earlier this year.

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The Mayo County Board is set to confirm the appointment of the county's new senior football manager tonight.

Interviews for the position are believed to have taken place in recent days.

A meeting has been called for tonight to ratify the new boss.

Ray Dempsey, Kevin McStay, Mike Solan and Declan Shaw are all in the running to succeed James Horan.

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Pat Flanagan has been nominated to take over as Roscommon football manager.

The former Offaly, Sligo and Westmeath manager is currently in charge of Padraig Pearses.

He led the south Roscommon club to last season's Connacht club title.

Flanagan has also dismissed reports suggesting he was set to become Longford's new manager.

SOCCER

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says Manchester United's poor start to the season makes them more difficult to play against this evening in the Premier League.

The two rivals meet at Old Trafford with their hosts yet to register a point in their two opening games.

But Klopp says it's hard to predict what will happen:



Kick off at Old Trafford is at 8pm.

RACING

There's racing in Ballinrobe this afternoon.

The first of eight races goes to post at 4.30pm.