Wednesday's Sport Update

Results from local sporting action along with soccer, rugby and tennis updates

GAA

Last night in the Ladies Minor Football Championships Division 1 finished

Balyna 5-11, Sarsfields 2-07
Naas 4-11, Celbridge 1-04
Maynooth 5-21, Eadestown 2-01

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Dublin have appointed four-time All-Ireland winner Ciara Trant as new manager of their senior ladies footballers.

She will bring fellow four-in-a-row winner Niamh Collins into her backroom team for 2027.

The under-21s will be co-managed by Dublin great Noelle Healy, and Declan Patton of St Brigid's.

SOCCER

Phil Foden scored a hat-trick as Manchester City comfortably beat AEK Athens 5-1 in the Champions League without the injured Erling Haaland last night.

The 26-year-old has struggled for form in recent seasons, and ended a 10-month wait for a Premier League goal at the weekend.

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Elsewhere, Liverpool made it three wins from three, coming from 2-nil down to beat Villarreal 4-3 at Anfield.

And holders Paris Saint-Germain got the better of Barcelona in a thrilling 4-2 win at the Parc des Princes 

RUGBY
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell will name his squad this afternoon for next month's Nations Championship tests.

Leinster back-rower Jack Conan will likely miss out after picking up a shoulder injury at the weekend, while Jamison Gibson-Park is also a doubt.

Ireland face Argentina, Fiji, and world champions South Africa at the Aviva Stadium in November.

TENNIS

Tennis world number nine Iga Swiatek has ended her season early after pulling out of the Ningbo Open with a thigh injury.

The six-time Grand Slam champion has missed out on the end of season WTA Finals and will finish the year without a major title for the first time since 2021.

Swiatek says she needs time to recharge after “one of the most challenging” seasons of her career.