Saturday Sport

A busy weekend on the local GAA front .

It is a busy weekend on the local GAA front .

There are two UPMC Senior Hurling Championship Preliminary Round matches down for decision at St. Conleth’s Park today

Maynooth meet Ardclough at 3.00pm

That will be following by the game between Clane and Confey.

Kfm will have live updates of both games with Seamus Dillon on Sportsbeat between 2pm and 6pm.

Grangenolvin and Kill play in Group 1 of the Tom Cross Transport Junior Football Championship in Newbridge at 6.30.

Kildare play their last All Ireland Intermediate Camogie championship Group game today.

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

Throw in on Leeside is at 5.00pm

Clare can reach the All Ireland Senior Hurling final for the first time in nine years today.

The Banner play a Kilkenny team who have been absent from the Liam McCarthy Cup decider since 2019.

Throw-in at Croke Park is at 5.30.

RUGBY

The Irish rugby team have suffered a disappointing defeat in the first test of their summer tour to New Zealand.

The All Blacks were 42 -19 winners at Eden Park in Auckland.

Keith Earls opened the scoring with a try for Ireland in the 6th minute, but the home side responded with four converted tries before the break.

Gary Ringrose and Bundee Aki got second and third tries for Ireland in the second half, but the home side ran out comfortable winners.

GOLF

Seamus Power is aiming to topple overnight leader Jorge Campillo on day 3 of the Irish Open.

The Waterford golfer tees off from 8-under par, 3 shots off the lead.

Next best of the Irish are Shane Lowry and Padraig Harrington on 3-under par, and they have just teed off their rounds.


HOCKEY

Four years on from reaching the final, Ireland's women are back at a World Cup.

And they start this edition as they finished the last - playing the Netherlands.

Tip-off in that Pool A encounter in Amstelveen is at half-past-6.

The other game in the pool is underway at 3.30, and sees Germany play Chile.


TENNIS

The Wimbledon last-16 line-ups will be completed later.

Women's singles top seed Iga Swiatek plays Alizé Cornet.

Two-time former champion Petra Kvitova meets fourth seed Paula Badosa.

Men’s singles second Rafa Nadal takes on Italy's Lorenzo Sonego.
CYCLING

Belgium's Yves Lampaert wears the leader’s yellow jersey for today’s second stage of the Tour de France.

The peloton are still in Denmark, and make the 202-kilometre trek from Roskilde to Nyborg.


RACING

There's an eight-race card at Naas today, with the first off at 1.25.

And the three-day meeting at Bellewstown comes to a close with the first of eight-races going to post at 4.35.