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GAA
Athy are Joe Mallon Motors 2025 county senior football champions.
In a pulsating game yesterday, they stopped Naas's 5 in-a-row beating them 1-17 to 0-18 points.
Naas led by 4 points after 20 minutes, but a goal from Barry Kelly: he scored 1-3, and points from Niall Kelly and Cathal McCarron saw Athy lead1-7 to 9 points at the break.
Midway through the 2nd half, Athy led by 5 points, but, Naas reduced that lead to 2 points in added time, and with the last kick of the game, Ryan Sinkey's two point effort to force extra time was just wide of the post.
Player of the match was Barry Kelly, whose 1-3 turned the tide for Athy.
Sallins are Intermediate champions, and will play senior next year, following Saturday's 1-19 to 0-12 points win over St. Laurences.
Naas are Minor A champions after yesterday's one point win over Maynooth by 1-16 to 3-9
The Naas captain is Cian McKevitt, while Liam Kenny was named Player of the Match.
This morning's Kildare Today will review the weekend games, while Kildare Scoreboard from 6.25pm will have manager and player interviews from yesterday, along with the rest of the Kildare weekend sport
SOCCER
Harry Maguire was the hero for Manchester United as they won away at Liverpool for the first time since 2016.
The defender's late header secured a 2-1 win.
Its Liverpool's fourth successive defeat in all competitions; they remain 4 points off Arsenal at the top of the Premier Division.
Aston Villa won their fifth game in a row beating Tottenham 2-1.
Today's game Brentford play West Ham from 8pm.
Athlone Town wrapped up the double as a Kelly Brady hat-trick gave them a 3-2 win over Bohemians in the Sports Direct Women's FAI Cup final.
Owen Farrell is not included in England's squad ahead of the Autumn Nations Series.
England host Australia on Saturday November 1st, before playing Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina.
RACING
Today's racing is in Gowran Park from 1:50pm.
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