The Kildare Senior Men And Women Footballers Are Both In Action This Afternoon

The senior men travel to Sligo, while the women stay local in Manguard, Park, Hawkfield.

GAA

The Kildare Senior Men and Women footballers are both in action this afternoon.

The men play Sligo at 2 o'clock, hoping to build on last weekend's win in Division 3 against Fermanagh.

Kfm will have live commentary in association with Hanlon Concrete Products Robertstown.

The women play Dublin in Manguard Park Hawkfield also at 2 o'clock.

The Lilywhites were beaten by Waterford last weekend and face another tough challenge today against the reigning Leinster Champions.

Tara Byrne will provide updates for Kfm on Sportsbeat.

Yesterday, the hurlers played against Kerry in Cedral St Conleth's Park.

The full time score was Kildare 2-28, Kerry 0-17.

SOCCER

Arsenal will look close the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal to six-points this afternoon.

The Gunners are unbeaten in three games against Manchester City ahead of hosting the reigning champions at half-four.

A win for Pep Guardiola's City would see them move to within three points of their second-place opponents.

Manchester United go for a fourth straight victory in all competitions when they host Crystal Palace.

While Spurs are on a run of fourth successive league defeats heading into their game at Brentford.

RUGBY

Ireland head coach Simon Easterby has praised his team for finding a way to beat England in their Six Nations opener last night.

The defending champions recovered from falling 10-points to 5 down at half-time to pick up a bonus-point 27-22 win at the Aviva Stadium.

Bundee Aki, Jamison Gibson Park, Dan Sheehan and Tadhg Beirne went over for the Irish tries.

Next Sunday's opponents Scotland also opened with a bonus-point victory over Italy at Murrayfield
 

BASKETBALL

There was a top of the table clash in the Womens Superleague Basketball yesterday evening.

Leixlip's FloMax Liffey Celtics played SETU Wildcats in the Leixlip Amenities Centre.

The final score was SETU Wildcats 74, Leixlip's FloMax Liffey Celtics 54.

RACING

One of the most anticipated clashes of the Dublin Racing Festival will see Willie Mullins top mare Lossiemouth take on her own stable companion State Man in the Grade 1 Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown this afternoon.

State Man is seeking a third straight win in the race and he faces four rivals in all, with Lossiemouth, Winter Fog, Daddy Long Legs and Fils Doudairies completing the five-runner field.

In all, there are four Grade One races on the card today, where action kicks off at twenty-to-one.

Kfm Sport with Joe Mallon Motors Sallins Rd, Naas.
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