Wednesday's Sports Update

Wednesday, 6 May 2026 at 08:54

By Tara Flanagan -Got a story? E-mail news@kfmradio.com

Kildare Under 20 team play tonight, soccer,rugby and golf updates

GAELIC
The Kildare under 20 football team to play Louth in tonight’s Leinster final in Parnell Park has been named.

The team and the rest of the panel can be viewed here.

Kildare and Meath booked their places in the semi-finals of the Leinster Minor Football Championship last night.

Kildare beat Westmeath by 5-15 to 12 points at Cusack Park

The Royals were comfortable 5-16 to 9 points winners over Offaly in Tullamore,

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SOCCER

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says they're determined to make history after reaching the Champions League final with a 2-1 aggregate victory over Atletico Madrid.

A 1-nil win in the second leg keeps the Londoners on course to be crowned the best team in Europe for the first time.

They'll face either holders Paris Saint-Germain or Bayern Munich in Budapest at the end of the month.

PSG take a 5-4 lead into tonight's second leg in Germany.

That's underway at 8.

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Damien Duff says he's hungry to get himself back into football.

The former Ireland international has been out of the game since leaving Shelbourne last summer.

He was recently taking a look at the set-up at Brentford, but speaking on Premier Sports last night, the former Ireland international denied he'd join Keith Andrews there.

Though he did admit that he'd have to look outside Ireland for his next job.

RUGBY

Ireland are back training ahead of their Women's Six Nations campaign resuming this weekend.

Scott Bemand's side are in Belfast on Saturday to face Wales, having fallen to a 26-7 defeat away to France two weeks ago.

GOLF

Two time winner Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from next weeks P-G-A Championship for family reasons.

The American golfer has played just one event this year on the L-I-V Tour and missed the Masters last month.

Mickelson became the oldest major winner when he claimed the P-G-A title in 2021.