Monday Lunch Sport

Naas, Maynooth and Celbridge into UPMC SHC Semi Finals; Next Weekends SFC/IFC/JFC Fixtures; Liverpool v Palace Tonight, KDFL Lumsden League Cup wins for Clane, Coill Dubh and Old Fort Celtic McCormack 7th in Euro Women's Marathon

Beginning with the UPMC Senior Hurling Championship over the weekend and we now know three of the four semi-finalists.

Naas beat Maynooth 4-26 to 1-8 and Clane defeated Coill Dubh 1-17 to 1-14 in Group A.

In Group B, Celbridge beat Leixlip 4-31 to 1-18.  Confey were 1-13 to 0-15 winners over Ardclough.

Naas will play the winners of Clane and Confey in the semi final and Maynooth play Celbridge in the other semi final.

Senior B Championship, the results:

Eire Og Corrachoill 7-19 Moorefield 1-8

Sarsfields 2-13 Celbridge 1-14

Naas 4-20 Kilcock 0-8

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Focus next weekend is on the final Group games in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Football championships.

Friday 19th August

2022 Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group 1 Noel Moran Cup 

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 2, Ballykelly V Kill 19:30, Referee: Fintan Barrett

Venue: Raheens GAA, Rathcoffey V Straffan 20:00, Referee: Liam Herbert

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Grangenolvin V Robertstown 20:00, Referee: PJ Cummins

2022 Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group 2 Noel Moran Cup

Venue: St Laurence's, Athgarvan V Rheban 19:30, Referee: Barry Moore

Saturday 20th August

2022 The Auld Shebeen Bar Athy Intermediate Football Championship Hugh Campion Cup Group D

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Monasterevan V Milltown 12:00, Referee: Paul Donnelly

Venue: Newbridge, Nurney V Suncroft 12:00, Referee: Matthew Redmond

2022 Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship Dermot Bourke Cup Group D

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Clogherinkoe V Confey 13:45, Referee: Henry Barrett

Venue: Newbridge, St. Laurence's V Kilcock 13:45, Referee: Fergal Barry

2022 The Auld Shebeen Bar Athy Intermediate Football Championship Hugh Campion Cup Group C

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Ballymore Eustace V Ballyteague 15:30, Referee: Colm Kearney

Venue: Newbridge, St Kevin's V Kilcullen 15:30, Referee: Fergus Devereux

2022 Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship Dermot Bourke Cup Group B

Venue: Newbridge, Sarsfields V Clane 17:30, Referee: Niall Colgan

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Raheens V Celbridge 17:30, Referee: Paddy Mc Dermott

2022 Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship Group 2 Noel Moran Cup

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 2, Cappagh V Ardclough 19:00, Referee: Ryan Moran

Sunday 21st August

2022 The Auld Shebeen Bar Athy Intermediate Football Championship Hugh Campion Cup Group B

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Rathangan V Ellistown 12:00, Referee: Owen Murphy

Venue: Newbridge, Caragh V Allenwood 12:00, Referee: Alan Archbold

2022 The Auld Shebeen Bar Athy Intermediate Football Championship Hugh Campion Cup Group A

Venue: Newbridge, Sallins V Leixlip 13:45, Referee: Ken Doyle

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Castledermot V Two Mile House 13:45, Referee: Frank Delaney

 2022 Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship Dermot Bourke Cup Group A

Venue: Newbridge, Maynooth V Naas 15:30, Referee: Raymond Kelly

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Eadestown V Athy 15:30, Referee: Brendan Cawley

2022 Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championship Dermot Bourke Cup Group C

Venue: Manguard Plus Hawkfield Pitch 1, Round Towers V Moorefield 17:30, Referee: Kieran Harris

Venue: Newbridge, Johnstownbridge V Carbury 17:30

Kfm will have live updates across Saturday and Sunday

Meanwhile the Annual Hurling for Cancer fundraiser takes place in St. Conleth’s Park tomorrow evening at 6pm

80 of the country’s top hurlers along with many celebrities will take part, with the teams being managed by Brian Cody and jockey Davy Russell.

The event is the brainchild of racehorse trainer Jim Bolger, the event has raised in excess of one million euro in recent years.

Kfm will be there broadcasting live from 5pm.  Admission is 10 euro and all proceeds go to the Irish Cancer Society

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Israel Olatunde has booked his place in the semi-finals of 100 metres at the European Athletics Championships in Munich.

The 20-year-old ran a personal best of 10.19 seconds to win his heat and was just 0.01 off Paul Hession's Irish record.

Olatunde will be in semi-final action tomorrow night.

Fionnuala McCormack finished 7th in the Women's marathon

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At the European Swimming Championships in Rome, Mona McSharry goes in the final of the 200-metre breaststroke shortly after 5pm.

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Liverpool are aiming for their first win of the season when they host Crystal Palace in the Premier League tonight.

Jurgen Klopp's side started with a 2-all draw at Fulham on the opening weekend.

KDFL Lumsden League Cup (Round 2)

Newbridge United      2          6          Clane United FC

Arlington FC               2          3          Coill Dubh AFC (AET)

Monasterevin AFC     1          2          Old Fort Celtic FC

Karina Donnelly Senior Cup (Prelim) Naas United FC                      3          0          Kilcock Celtic FC

KDFL Senior Division  Rathangan AFC                 3             2             Kildare Town AFC

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Today's racing is in Dundalk from ten-past-two and in Roscommon from half past 5.