Monday Morning Sports Update

Keeping you up to date on GAA, Soccer, Rugby, Golf, F1 and Racing.

GAA

Naas have secured an eighth consecutive Kildare Senior Hurling Championship title.

The defending champions beat Maynooth by 3-13 to 11 points in yesterday’s UPMC Senior Hurling Final at Cedral St Conleth’s Park.

Maynooth led by two points at half-time, but a goal from Cathal Dowling put Naas ahead in the second half.

Further goals from Brian Byrne and substitute Fionn Maher in the closing stages secured an 11-point victory.

The result takes Naas to 14 senior county titles, moving them into second place on Kildare’s all-time honours list, behind Clane.

Milltown ended a 54-year wait for the Kildare Intermediate Football title this weekend.

They beat Suncroft by 2-10 to 1-12 in Saturday evening’s final replay.

Second-half goals from Colin O-Shea and Paddy Donoghue helped Milltown secure their first Intermediate title since 1972 and a return to senior football next season.

Elsewhere, Clane won the Minor Hurling A final, beating Naas by 2-13 to 2-12.

And Saturday’s Intermediate Hurling Final between Leixlip and Naas, along with the Minor Hurling B final between Coill Dubh and Sarsfields, were both postponed because of the weather.

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Soccer

The Ballon d'Or winners will be announced at a gala ceremony in London later.

Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe are the leading contenders to be named as the winner.

In the Premier League, Manchester United’s struggles continued as they were beaten 3-nil at home by Bournemouth.

The result leaves Michael Carrick’s side 16th in the table, just one point above the relegation zone, and without a win in eight games across all competitions.

Elsewhere, Liverpool moved into the top four with a 2-nil victory over Brighton, while Newcastle beat Crystal Palace by the same scoreline.

Hull City drew 1-all with Brentford, and Sunderland and Leeds finished scoreless.

On Saturday, Aston Villa ended Manchester City’s perfect start to the season, beating them 2-1.

Arsenal moved level on points with City at the top following a 2-nil victory over Everton.

And Tottenham beat Chelsea 2-nil at Stamford bridge for only the second time in 36 years.

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Rugby

In rugby, Leinster are likely to find out today if one of their players will face disciplinary action coming out of Saturday's win over their rivals Munster.

It's understood that the citing commissioner has been reviewing footage of an incident where it's alleged that a Munster player was grabbed in the groin area at a ruck.

This weekend, in the Energia AIL Division 1B, Instonians staged a comeback to defeat Naas 32-27.

Trailing 20-15 at half-time, the hosts fought back before scoring the winning try in stoppage time.

Highfield overcame MU Barnhall 17-15, with replacement Conor Galvin scoring twice.

In Kildare rugby, North Midlands Hosie Cup Semi Final: Athy 48 – 8 Clondalkin

North Midlands Lalor Cup Semi Final: Cill Dara 14 – 42 Clane

Golf

In golf, Waterford's Seamus Power will have the chance to win his third PGA Tour event this afternoon.

After yesterday's final round of the Bermuda Championship was cancelled due to poor weather, the winner will be decided in a play-off today if weather conditions calm down.

Power will face off against Austin Smotherman, and they're due to tee off at 1pm Irish time.

F1

In F1, Kimi Antonelli has been made to wait to be crowned the youngest F1 world champion.

The leader won last night's United States Grand Prix - but Lewis Hamilton's fourth place finish in Austin kept the title race alive for another week at least.

Racing

And racing today is in Galway and Wexford from 1pm.