South African Dean Burmester is already 7 under par through 13 holes on day one of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Galgorm Castle.
Burmester is already 5 shots clear of the field.
Damien McGrane is 1 under par through 2 holes, so he heads the Irish challenge.
Kai Havertz opened his Chelsea goalscoring account in fine style last night.
Their 80-million euro signing scored a hat-trick in their 6-nil demolition of Barnsley in the Carabao Cup.
Haven Hire Senior Hurling Championship
Ardclough 2-13 Éire Óg Corra Choill 1-14
Manguard Plus Minor B Football Championship Quarter Final
Sallins 3-16 Leixlip 0-11
Dundalk are hoping to take another step towards the group stage of this season's Europa League tonight.
They're in Moldova to face Sheriff in the third qualifying round from 7pm Irish time.
The Harvest Festival continues at Listowel today with an eight race card.
The first goes to post at 1.40.
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Munster last night confirmed a case of COVID-19 at the province.
An Academy player has been isolating since Monday after testing positive.
The unnamed player had been part of the wider training group, but hadn't been at the High Performance Centre this week.
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Leinster will begin their Pro 14 defence with the visit of the Dragons to RDS on Friday, October 2nd.
The fixtures for the new season were released this afternoon.
On the same night, Ulster will entertain Benetton.
Shane Lowry says his US Open performance gave him a sleepless night.
Last year’s Open Champion didn’t break 70 all week at Winged Foot and finished tied for 43rd.
Lowry’s been speaking ahead of this week’s Irish Open that gets underway at Galgorm Castle tomorrow.
Nairo Quintana says he has "nothing to hide" and has denied any wrongdoing after his hotel room was raided by authorities during the Tour de France.
The former Vuelta and Giro d'Italia winner insists that substances which were seized are “perfectly legal” vitamin supplements.
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