Saturday Sport, with Joe Mallon Motors, Sallins Rd., Naas

Group One Pretty Polly Stakes takes centre stage at The Curragh

RACING

The Irish Derby Festival continues at the Curragh this afternoon.

The second day of action sees an eight-race card get underway at 1.40.

The Group One Pretty Polly Stakes is the feature, which goes to the post at 3.25.

Kfm will broadcast live for the course between 2.00 and 6.00 today, in association with the Curragh Racecourse.

Pat Costello will bring us all the festive atmosphere from track side.

GAELIC GAMES

The All Ireland Football Championship quarter finals get underway at Croke Park this afternoon.

First up, defending champions Kerry take on Tyrone at 3.45

That’s followed by the all-Ulster clash of Armagh and Monaghan at 6.00

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The quarter-final line-up in the Ladies Senior Football Championship will be set by this evening.

It’s a straight shoot-out in Castlebar where the winners of Mayo and Laois will join Armagh in the last-8.

Cavan can still qualify from Group 3, but need to beat Kerry in Tralee.

And in Group 4, Cork play Tipperary with the winners joining Galway in the quarter-finals.

A home tie in the last-8 is on the line in Navan where Meath conclude Group 2 duties against Donegal.

The UPMC county senior hurling A and B championships begin this weekend.

Champions Naas beat  Celbridge by 1-22 to 13 points in the Senior “A” Preliminary Round at  Manguard Park last night.

Moorefield and Naas and Broadford and Celbridge meet in the Senior B Hurling Championship at Manguard Park tonight.

SOCCER

St. Patrick’s Athletic thrashed UCD 7-nil at Richmond Park to move within four-points of leaders Shamrock Rovers in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division title race last night.

The Hoops suffered a first defeat in six games, going down 2-nil away to Dundalk.

Derry dropped to third following a  1-1 draw at Shelbourne.

Sligo Rovers beat Bohemians 3-1.

While Cork City and Drogheda drew 1-apiece at Turner’s Cross.

BOXING

Two Irish fighters box for gold at the European Games this evening in Krakow.

Kellie Harrington is first between the ropes for her lightweight decider against Serbia’s Natalia Shadrina.

Following them, Jack Marley competes in the heavyweight final against Aziz Mouhidine.

CYCLING

The 110th Tour de France gets underway today.

There’s no Irish involvement ahead of today’s Grand Départ, with Bilbao hosting a 182-kilometre stage.


CRICKET

Australia will take a 221-run lead into the fourth day of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s.

They resume their second innings on 130 for 2.