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

The Republic of Ireland squad fly to Athens today ahead of Friday's European Championship qualifier with Greece.

GAELIC GAMES

In the Hanlon Concrete Senior Football League Division 2 this evening, games at 8pm, first named at home.

Allenwood V table toppers Maynooth

Clogherinkoe V Sallins.

The four teams are in the Division 2 Top Section.  A win for Sallins will move them to 2nd place above St. Laurences, but if Sallins lose and Allenwood win, they will go 2nd

Hanlon Concrete Senior Football League Division 3, both games at 8pm, first named at home

• Kill V Ballymore Eustace
• Caragh V Ellistown

The four teams are all currently in the Division 3 Bottom Section: a win for Ballymore might see them into the top section;

SOCCER

The Republic of Ireland squad fly to Athens today ahead of Friday's European Championship qualifier with Greece.

Goalkeeper Mark Travers didn't train yesterday due to illness, but the rest of the panel are fit.


It appears Brendan Rodgers is on the brink of becoming Celtic manager for a second time.

The 50 year old Antrim native is set to replace Ange Postecoglou at Parkhead.

Rodgers, who recently bossed Leicester, guided the Glasgow club to back to back domestic trebles in 2017 and 2018.


The Netherlands host Croatia in the first of the Nations League semi finals tonight.

Kick off in Rotterdam is at 7.45.

The winners will face Spain or Italy in the decider.


GOLF

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan is going to be absent from his duties with an undisclosed medical condition.

Chief operating officer Ron Price and executive vice president Tyler Dennis will assume the day to day operations of the Tour.

Monahan announced last week that the PGA Tour had done a deal with the DP World Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund to unify the professional game.

The drama around golf will be on the back burner for the rest of the week as the US Open starts in Los Angeles tomorrow.


ATHLETICS

Sarah Healy remains on course to qualify for the World Championships after claiming her first win on the Continental Tour Gold series.

The Dubliner was just under a second outside her personal best in winning the women's 15-hundred metres in Turku.

Sarah Lavin came fourth in the women's 100-metre hurdles.

Tom Barr was fifth in the men's 400-metres hurdles.

Mark English was tenth in the men's 800-metres.


HORSE RACING

There's a meeting at Limerick today from 5.30.