Wednesday Morning Sport; With Joe Mallon Motors Sallins Rd., Naas

Tributes have been pouring in for former Cork GAA star Teddy McCarthy, who has died suddenly.

GAELIC GAMES

Tributes have been pouring in for former Cork GAA star Teddy McCarthy, who has died suddenly.

He was in his late 50s.

McCarthy remains the only player in history to win All Ireland senior hurling and football titles in the same year - a feat he achieved in 1990.

He was also named footballer of the year in 1989.

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All Ireland Senior Football Championship Group 3 Round 3.

Kildare v Roscommon.

Sunday, June 18th at 1.45pm in Glenisk, O' Connor Park, Tullamore.

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Celbridge have conceded the Senior Hurling League semi final to Maynooth.

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Elsewhere, David Power has stepped down as manager of the Tipperary senior footballers.

He guided them to the Munster crown in 2020.


GOLF

Rory McIlroy will speak to the media ahead of the Canadian Open today and the briefing will be dominated by the surprise news of a merger between the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.

The golfing bodies have come under one umbrella and litigation will end between the parties following defections of players to the breakaway LIV Tour - which was Saudi PIF backed.

McIlroy was the key public voice supporting the PGA Tour against LIV - but the new entity will be funded by the PIF.

Many PGA Tour players turned down offers in the millions to join LIV - while others that defected and cashed in may now be allowed back into the fold.

SOCCER

West Ham face Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League final in Prague tonight.

Kick off is at 8pm.

The Hammers haven't won a major trophy since 1980.


TENNIS

The semi-final line-ups at the French Open will be completed today.

First up, seventh seed Ons Jabeur faces Brazil's Beatriz Haddad-Maia in the women's singles at Roland Garros.

That’s followed by the meeting of defending champion Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff.

In the men's quarter-finals, fourth seed Casper Ruud faces sixth seed Holger Rune.

And Alexander Zverev goes up against the only unseeded player left in the men's draw - Tomas Martin Etcheverry.


RACING

There's an eight-race card at the Curragh, with the first off at 5.