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Ireland captain Jonathan Sexton will face a disciplinary hearing today arising from his behaviour towards the match officials at the Champions Cup final.

RUGBY

Ireland captain Jonathan Sexton will face a disciplinary hearing today arising from his behaviour towards the match officials at the Champions Cup final between Leinster and La Rochelle in May.

The province are also under scrutiny for 'failing to exercise reasonable control' over Sexton.

If Sexton receives a ban it would affect his participation in Ireland's World Cup warm up games and maybe even the tournament itself.

Ireland face Italy, England and Samoa before the tournament begins against Romania in France on September 9th.

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Preparations continue for the Ireland U20's ahead of the World Cup Final against France tomorrow.

Four Kildare players are involved, with Suncroft's Sam Prendergast and Naas Rfc's Andrew Osborne in the starting lineup.

Sallins native Diarmuid Mangan and Naas' Oscar Cawley are among the replacements.

Kick-off in South Africa is at 6pm Irish time.

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SOCCER

St Patrick's Athletic lost 2-1 to Dudelange in their Conference League first qualifying round first leg tie in Luxembourg last night, but Mark Doyle's late goal gives the Saints hope ahead of the second leg in Dublin next week.

In the competition today, Dundalk play Bruno's Magpies in Gibraltar from 5pm Irish time this evening, with Derry City facing HB Torshavn in the Faroe Islands from 7.


There's exactly a week to go until the Republic of Ireland women's team begin their World Cup odyssey against Australia in Sydney.

The 'Girls in Green' lost their final warm up game by 3 goals to nil to France.

But manager Vera Pauw says no major tactical switches are needed for the tournament.

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Gaelic Games

Tonight in the Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group A

Rathcoffey play Ardclough at Manguard Park from 8pm.

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TENNIS

It's women's semi finals day at Wimbledon.

Elina Svitolina of Ukraine faces Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, with Tunisian Ons Jabeur  to play Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.

Play begins on centre court at 1.30pm.
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GOLF

Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Seamus Power, Padraig Harrington and Tom McKibbin are all in the field for the Scottish Open, which is now underway at the Renaissance Club.

Sweden's Ludvig Aberg is the early leader on 2 under par.
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CYCLING

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard wears the yellow jersey for stage 12 of the Tour de France into Belleville en Beaujolais later.
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HORSE RACING

A seven race jumps card at Downpatrick begins at 2.40pm.

A seven race flat card at Leopardstown starts at 5.15pm.