Wednesday's Sport Update

Results from last nights UPMC Intermediate Hurling Championship, Ladies Minor Championship Division 1 results, soccer and more

GAELIC GAMES

Last night in the UPMC Intermediate Hurling Championship Semi Finals it finished:

Naas 4-21 Moorefield 2-13

Naas will now play Leixlip in the final

In the Ladies Minor Championship Division 1 it finished:

Balyna 4-13 Eadestown 0-4

Celbridge 8-7 Sarsfield 4-13

Maynooth 4-18 Naas 0-10

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Former Tyrone boss Mickey Harte has been ratified as the new manager of Down club side Kilcoo.

Harte was most recently joint manager of the Offaly senior footballers alongside Declan Kelly - but stepped down in July.

This season's Down football final was the first that Kilcoo weren't involved in since 2011.

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SOCCER

The FAI have confirmed that the Aviva Stadium will host the second leg of Ireland's playoff to qualify for next year's World Cup.

Carla Ward's side eased past Kazakhstan 4-0 in Cork last night, for a 12-nil win over the two legs.

They'll now face Poland in December for a place at next summer's finals

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Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez has called out the club's hierarchy for not doing enough to strengthen the squad in the summer.

Michael Carrick's side were beaten 2-0 away to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, going behind just 49 seconds into the game.

Speaking afterwards, Martinez says he "expects more" from those running the club, adding that the solution was not to keep "changing managers."

Elsewhere, Arsenal made it two wins from two in the league phase, beating Lille 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium.

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In the Championship, Jack Moylan scored twice, while Callum Robinson also got a goal, in Cardiff's 5-1 win over Watford.

While leaders Swansea made it four wins in a row with a 1-nil victory over Millwall.

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Football fans in the UK say a landmark report on the state of club finances must be an "alarm call" leading to lasting change.

94 per cent of English clubs made losses last season, despite earning over 10-billion euros.

It also found 32 sides wouldn't survive more than a month without owners funding them.

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CYCLING
Lara Gillespie will begin her campaign at the UCI Track World Championships in Shanghai today.

The Wicklow rider claimed a rainbow jersey in the Women's elimination at last year's Worlds in Chile.

She's one of the favourites for the podium in the scratch, which gets underway just before 12 o'clock Irish Time.