Thursday Morning: Manchester City & Liverpool In Champions League Semi-Finals

City will now face Real Madrid; Liverpool to meet Villa Real

GAELIC GAMES

Kildare men's U20 footballers play Laois in the Leinster Championship this evening.

The team was announced yesterday. 

The game throws in at 7.30pm, in Manguard Plus Hawkfield.

KFM will have live coverage of the match with Ger McNally.

Brian Flanagan & his management team have named the U20 Football team to play Laois, in the Eirgrid Leinster U20 FC Q/Final.
Game throws in at 7.30pm, tomorrow,Thur, Apr 14th Manguard Plus, Hawkfield.
Support is very welcome.
See below link for tickets.https://t.co/lmEwAuqEgx pic.twitter.com/wpO9d0PoCN

— Kildare GAA (@KildareGAA) April 13, 2022

SOCCER

Manchester City and Liverpool are into the Champions League semi finals.

City drew 0-0 with Atletico Madrid in Spain, squeezing through 1-0 on aggregate.

They will now face Real Madrid.

City boss Pep Guardiola says his players were resilient:

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists qualifying for a Champions League semi-final should never be taken for granted.

They secured a last four tie against Villareal with a 6-4 aggregate victory over Benfica, despite a 3-all draw at Anfield in the second leg.

Klopp made seven changes to his team from Sunday's draw at Manchester City, and says he cannot criticise his players despite some poor defending last night:

Liverpool will play Villareal on Wednesday, 27th April in Anfield at 8pm.

The second-leg takes place on Tuesday, 3rd May in Estadio de la Ceramica at 8pm.

In the Europa League tonight, West Ham go to Lyon for the second leg of their quarter final, with the match tied at 1-1

Rangers host Braga at Ibrox, 1-0 down from the first leg.

Last night in the Leinster Senior League, Newbridge Town lost 3-2 to Lucan United

In other news, the former Colombia captain Freddy Rincon has died in a road accident in Cali.

The 55 year old played in 3 World Cups and lined out for Real Madrid and Napoli at club level.

GOLF

Tiger Woods will play in the JP McManus Pro AM at Adare Manor, on the 4th & 5th of July.

The 15-time major champion will join the likes of Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Collin Morikawa at the sold out event, which is in aid of charitable causes in the Mid-West.

We are over the moon to announce that Tiger Woods will be playing in the 2022 JP McManus Pro-Am. 🙌

More updates to follow… #JPProAm2022 pic.twitter.com/NSoycjF7at

— JP McManus Pro-Am (@JPProAm) April 14, 2022

Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell are in the field for the RBC Heritage on the US PGA Tour, with the tournament starting today in South Carolina.

Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow are 1 under par after their opening rounds at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii, 5 shots off the pace.

HORSE RACING

There's a meeting over jumps today at Clonmel, with the first off there at 4.15pm.