Friday Morning: Ryan Fox Leading Day 2 Of The Irish Open On 8 Under

Seamus Power & Niall Kearney both on 4 under

GOLF

New Zealand's Ryan Fox is the man to catch on day two of the Irish Open at Mount Juliet.

He lies on 8 under par.

Seamus Power and Niall Kearney head the Irish challenge on 4 under par in Kilkenny.

Padraig Harrington is getting his second round underway around now from 2 under par,

John Murphy is also 2 under.

Shane Lowry and Jonathan Caldwell are out this lunchtime from 1 under par.

GAELIC GAMES

Local GAA, this evening in EMS Copiers Senior Football League Division 3 St Kevin's play Rathangan, in Coill Dubh at 7.30pm. 

In the Reserve Football League Div. 6 venue change for Naas v Sarsfields - the game will now be played in Newbridge at 7.30pm. 

Straffan face Robertstown in the Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group 1.

The game in Hawkfield throws in at 8pm.

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Tomorrow, in the UPMC Senior Hurling Championship Preliminary Round to be played St. Conleth’s Park, Newbridge:

Ardclough V Maynooth at 3pm 

Clane V Confey at 4.45pm 

Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group 1

Grangenolvin V Kill at 6.30pm

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On Sunday Division 1 semi-finals of the EMS Copiers Senior Football League will be played in St. Conleth’s Park, Newbridge.

Naas v Raheens at 3.45pm

Followed by Sarsfields v Athy at 5.30pm

Division 2 Final Johnstownbridge v Leixlip

Throw-in at 2pm in Johnstownbridge.

All other games in the Division at 12pm on Sunday:

Clogherinkoe v Two Mile House in Clogherinkoe

Round Towers v Ballymore Eustace in Round Towers

Kilcullen v Kilcock in Kilcullen

Kfm will have live updates tomorrow and Sunday from the senior hurling and EMS Copiers Division 1 semi-finals & the Division 2 final.

Division 3 - all games at 12pm on Sunday

Ballyteague v Suncroft in Ballyteague

Caragh v Nurney in Caragh GAA's St. Farnan's Park

St. Kevin's v Sallins in St. Kevin's

Rathangan v Cumman Lúthcleas Gael Fíodh Almhaine in Rathangan

Elsewhere on Sunday, in the Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group 2

Cappagh play Athgarvan in Hawkfield.

Throw in at 1.30pm.

Then at 3pm in Group 1, Rathcoffey V Ballykelly.

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Kildare Camogie have one group game to play on Saturday.

On must beat Cork in Pairc Ui Rinn to avoid relegation.

Throw-in at 5pm.

RUGBY

New Zealand rugby have admitted Ireland prop, Athy's Jeremy Loughman, should not have been permitted back on the pitch after he suffered a head injury in the first minute of the first tour game against the Maori All Blacks.

They say there was a gap in communications related to critical video evidence which wasn't accounted for as part of the HIA process undertaken by the independent medical match day team.

Ireland's first test against New Zealand kicks off in Eden Park tomorrow morning - 8.05am, Irish time.

New Zealand have not lost in Eden Park since 1994.

Former Irish international Alan Quinlan is in Auckland and he feels it's a tall order for Ireland:

TENNIS

Top seed Novak Djokovic faces fellow Serb Miomir Kecmanovic in the third round of the men's singles at Wimbledon today.

Fifth seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain plays Germany's Oscar Otte.

In the women's singles, third seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia meets Diane Parry of France, with 2018 winner Angelique Kerber of Germany to take on Belgium's Elise Mertens.

SOCCER

SSE Airtricity League Premier Division leaders Shamrock Rovers are away to Finn Harps tonight.

That game has an 8pm kick off in Ballybofey.

The other matches begin at 7.45pm.

Second placed Dundalk face UCD at Oriel Park, it's Bohemians versus Derry City at Dalymount Park - and St Patrick's Athletic play Drogheda at Richmond Park.

CYCLING

The Tour de France begins with the Grand Depart in Copenhagen later today.

HORSE RACING

A seven-race card over jumps at Wexford begins at 5.15pm.

Bellewstown hosts another meeting on the flat, with the opener going to post just before 5.30pm.