Monday Morning Sports Update

Keeping you up to date on GAA, athletics, golf, soccer and rugby.

GAA

Weekend Results: beginning with yesterdays county football finals Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Final, Sarsfields 1-14 Maynooth 1-10;

Sarsfields are champions after a 7 year gap.

Kfm commentary of the senior final was in association with Hanlon Concrete Robertstown with Ger McNally and former Kildare star Johnstownbridge's Paul Cribbin.

Manguard Plus Minor A Football Final: Naas 4-11 Raheens 2-08; Naas are Minor A Champions for the 3rd successive year.

Friday, Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football A Final Clane 3-22, Eadestown 3-19.

On Saturday: AIB Leinster Club Intermediate Football Championship Milltown 2-18 Mostrim, Longford 0-01.

AIB Leinster Club Junior Football Championship St. Kevins 4-20 Muckalee (Kilkenny) 2-10

Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Relegation Final Kilcock 2-11 Allenwood 0-14. 

Allenwood relegated to Intermediate next season.

This morning's Kildare Today with Hannah Kelly and this evening's Kildare Scoreboard will review the weekend games and the rest of the Kildare sport.
 

In the Leinster club senior football championship, the Kildare and Dublin champions will meet in the next round:

Dublin's Cuala were 16-points to 1-11 winners against Offaly champions Tullamore at Parnell Park.

Cuala will play Sarsfields in the quarter final on November 14th in Parnell Park.

The Downs of Westmeath beat Longford's Clonguish by 2-17 to 1-18.

ATHLETICS

Widespread tributes have been paid to athlete Ciara Mageen, who died yesterday morning, a year after being diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer

The two-time Olympian and 2024 European 15-hundred metres gold medallist has been hailed as a "role model for all athletes" following her death at the age of 34.

Along with her European gold in 2024, she won European bronze in 2016, silver in 2022 and a silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

She holds Irish records in the 800 metres, 1000m, 1500m and mile.

The Olympic Federation say Ireland lost a hero, who had the "affection" of her teammates and competitors around the world.

GOLF
Ireland's Liam Nolan has secured a DP World Tour card for next season.

A final round of 67 at the Hotel Planner Tour's Grand Final has seen him finish in the top-15 - and with it a Tour card.

SOCCER

Arsenal have gone back to the top of the Premier League with a 1-nil win away to Liverpool.

It was the defending champions' first victory at Anfield in the top flight since 2012.

The result ends the hosts' five-match winning run in all competitions.

Celtic suffered a first defeat to Falkirk in 19 years, losing 2-nil in the Scottish Premiership.

Hib and Rangers will meet in the Scottish League Cup final, after Hibs beat neighbours Hearts 2-1

RUGBY

The Irish rugby coaching team are hopeful that Sam Prendergast will be fit to face Argentina on Friday.

The Suncroft player has been recovering from a wrist injury, sustained in Leinster's win over Munster last month.

Eadestown's Jimmy O'Brien is also available after injury for Friday's game

Reminder that this morning's Kildare Today with Hannah Kelly and this evening's Kildare Scoreboard will review the weekend GAA games and the rest of the Kildare sport