Keeping you up to date on soccer, tennis and racing.
SOCCER
Cape Verde marked their World Cup debut with a major result against Spain in Atlanta last night.
Shamrock Rovers skipper Roberto Lopes starred in central defence, as they held the European champions to a scoreless draw.
Iran got their Group G campaign underway, after weeks of uncertainty over whether they would be able to line out at the tournament.
They came from behind twice to earn a point, in a 2-all draw with New Zealand in Los Angeles.
Uruguay also had to come from behind to avoid a shock defeat in their opener in Miami.
Maxi Araujo found the equaliser 10 minutes from time to draw 1-all with Saudi Arabia.
The other game yesterday also finished in a stalemate.
Egypt's Mohamed Hany deflected the ball into his own net against Belgium, with that game finishing 1-all in Seattle.
France, Norway and Argentina are among the teams getting their World Cup campaigns underway later.
League of Ireland teams will find out their opponents for their respective European qualifying campaigns later today.
Shamrock Rovers will be seeded for the opening-round draw in the Champions League qualifiers.
Just two wins will guarantee league-phase football for the third season in a row.
Derry City are in the hat for the Europa League draw, while Bohemians are among the teams in the Conference League draw today.
They're joined by Shelbourne in the qualifiers for the third tier in Europe, but won't find out their opponents until tomorrow.
TENNIS
It's the Round of 32 in the ATP 75 Challenger in Dublin today.
There are two Irish players in action - Peter Buldorini faces Mees Rottgering of the Netherlands and Conor Gannon is up against Australia's Bernard Tomic.
Former World No.3 Grigor Dimitrov gets his tournament underway at Elm Park from 12:30pm, this afternoon.
RACING
The first day of Royal Ascot 2026 begins today.
The Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes gets proceedings underway at half-past-two this afternoon.
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