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Rory McIlroy has withdrawn from this week's RBC Heritage event on the PGA Tour.

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Rory McIlroy has withdrawn from this week's RBC Heritage event on the PGA Tour.

The four-time major winner missed the cut at last week's Masters, after rounds of 72 and 77 left him on five-over-par.

It's the second time this season McIlroy has missed a designated PGA Tour event, having also sat out the Tournament of Champions in January.

SOCCER

Bohemians beat Derry City to move six points clear at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division thanks to a 1-0 victory.

The Hoops beat UCD 3-0 to climb up to third, while St Pat's were 3-1 winners over Drogheda.

Shelbourne beat Sligo Rovers 2-1 and Cork City had a 1-0 win over Dundalk at Turners Cross.

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Manchester City's quest for a first-ever Champions League title resumes tonight.

The Premier League holders take on Bayern Munich in the first leg of their quarter-final tie.

Kick-off at the Etihad is at 8pm.

In this evening's other last eight encounter, Benfica host Inter.

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Leicester City have turned to Dean Smith to try and keep the club in the Premier League.

The former Aston Villa and Norwich boss has agreed a deal to take over as manager until the end of the season.

John Terry and Craig Shakespeare will also be part of the coaching team, as Leicester aim to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

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The Republic of Ireland play the second of their international friendlies against the USA in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

The game comes three days after Vera Pauw's side lost the first encounter between the sides 2-nil in Texas.

Kick-off in Missouri is at half-12 Irish time.
 

SNOOKER

Ken Doherty is out of World Championship qualifying.

The 1997 champion suffered a 10 frames to six defeat to China's Pang Junxu (pr: jun-joo) last night.

Doherty had taken a 4-nil lead during the first session.

Antrim's Jordan Brown is in action later against Si Jiahui .


RACING

A strong finish helped the Willie Mullins-trained I Am Maximus take the honours in yesterday's Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse.

Paul Townend was on board to guide the seven-year-old to victory, having gone off at a price of 8-1.

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There's racing at Dundalk this evening, where the first is off at a quarter-past-five.