The Kildare ladies footballers beat Leitrim in the All Ireland Intermediate Championship yesterday.
Gaelic Games
The Kildare ladies footballers were in All Ireland Intermediate Championship action this yesterday.
They beat Leitrim by 5-10 to 4-08 in Carrick On Shannon.
Kildare’s next Group A game is against Louth on Sunday 25th June in Hawkfield.
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In Round 3 of the Masters All Ireland Football Championship:
Kildare beat Louth yesterday in Coill Dubh GAA by 17 points on a score-line of 1-23 to 1-6.
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Attention now turns to Sunday where Kildare play Roscommon in round 3 of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship round robin.
Throw-in at Glenisk O’Connor Park, Tullamore is at 1:45pm.
Kfm will have full live commentary of the game with Ger Mcnally and Phillie Wolfe in association with Hanlon Concrete Robertstown.
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Last year's beaten finalists Cavan will play Down in the quarter-finals of the Tailteann Cup.
Antrim have been drawn at home to Carlow, while Meath will face Wexford.
Limerick are set to meet Laois, with all four matches to take place next weekend.
The specific fixture details will be confirmed later today.
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SOCCER
Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny has confirmed Tom Cannon is reflecting on his international future.
The Everton striker - who impressed during a loan spell with Preston last season - has been approached by England.
Cannon has already featured for Ireland, scoring on his under-21 debut versus Iceland in March.
Meanwhile, Ireland's under-21 friendly against Gabon in Austria tomorrow has been cancelled.
Jim Crawford's side will play Ukraine on Friday before a meeting with Kuwait next Monday.
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Aston Villa's Christian Purslow is stepping down from his role as CEO and director at the club.
He joined Villa in 2018 and helped oversee their return to the Premier League a year later.
Purslow has previously been employed by Chelsea and Liverpool.
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RUGBY
Zach Mercer and Danny Care have been named in England's first Rugby World Cup training squad.
Head coach Steve Brothwick has named 28 players in the initial selection ahead of the tournament, which begins in September.
There are no players from Premiership semi-finalists Saracens, Sale, Leicester or Northampton due to the "player rest" requirement.
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TENNIS
Novak Djokovic has played down suggestions he's the greatest tennis player of all time.
The Serb clinched a record 23rd Grand Slam title yesterday, after a straight sets win over Casper Ruud in the French Open final.
Djokovic is now the leading men's major winner, having moved ahead of Rafael Nadal on 22.
He could draw level with Margaret Court's tally of 24 if he wins at Wimbledon in July.
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RACING
There's an eight race card at Roscommon today where the first goes to post just after 4:35pm.
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A reminder to join us from 6.30pm for Kildare Scoreboard for a review of all the Weekend Kildare sport including the Kildare minors V Kerry and the Kildare ladies win over Leitrim.
It's The Final Day of The Premier League Season
Kildare Footballers Defeat Waterford in Round 2 of The Tailteann Cup
Second Day Of The PGA Championship Was Delayed Due To The Arrest Of Scottie Scheffler
Leinster And Ulster Teams For Tomorrow's URC Inter-Pro Clash Have Been Named
Free admission, a Centenary Celebration & Quality Racing on Sunday at Naas
Tailteann Cup Round 2 Kildare v Waterford Team Announcement
Christy Ring Cup Kildare vs London Team Announcement
