Thurs Lunch Sport: Kildare Minor Ladies Leinster A Champions.

beat Meath 2-6 to 0-8; One change on Ireland Rugby Team; Wimbledon Women's Semi Finals Day; BHA To Change Whip Rules

Kildare Ladies Minor Footballers are Leinster A champions.

Last night in Kinnegad, they emulated the Leinster winning feats of the Kildare Intermediates and U16’s this season.

The Darren Kendrick managed side beat neighbours and great rivals Meath by 2-6 to 0-8

The team capt is Castlemitchell’s Amy Larn

The manager’s daughter Ellie was emulating her sister Shauna who was on the Leinster Intermediate winning side this year

Kildare will play Galway in the All Ireland semi final in Kinnegat in two weeks time; Weds, July 20^th

Mack Hansen replaces Keith Earls in the only change to the Ireland side which lost the first test ahead of Saturday's second test against New Zealand in Dunedin.

Front row pair Rob Herring and Finlay Bealham have been named on the bench.


England give debuts to centre Guy Porter and wing Tommy Freeman for their second test with Australia in Brisbane on Saturday.

Sam Underhill replaces Tom Curry in the back row.


At the Women's European Championship tonight, Northern Ireland play Norway at Southampton's St. Mary's stadium, at 8.


Derry City and Sligo Rovers begin their Europa Conference League campaigns this evening.

Derry are home to three-time Latvian champions Riga at 7.45.

Sligo are in Wales to play Wales Premier runners-up, Bala Town at 7

In the SSE Airtricity Premier Division tonight, bottom side UCD play Bohemians in Belfield at 7.45.


It's women's semi finals day at Wimbledon.

2019 champion Simona Halep of Romania plays Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina.

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur plays  Germany's Tatjana Maria.

Play gets underway on Centre Court at 1.30.


The British Horseracing Authority declined to comment on reports it will consider disqualifying horses whose riders seriously breach whip rules in major races.

Racing's rulers are said to be preparing to publish a revised set of regulations taking into account recommendations from the BHA's whip consultation steering group, with the new rules the end product of a review process that included a public consultation last year.

The report in the Daily Mail suggests that any jump jockey who strikes their mount 12 times in a big race could have their horse disqualified and be suspended for up to a month, with Flat riders penalised in the same way if they were to strike their mount 11 times, although both codes would allow leeway if a rider demonstrates a need to ensure their safety or that of fellow riders.

Jump jockeys are currently limited to eight strikes of the whip with Flat jockeys restricted to seven before punishments are handed out.

In the Grand National in April, winning rider Sam Waley-Cohen was suspended for nine days and fined £400 for using his whip above the permitted level from after jumping the last fence and in the incorrect place on the run to the line.

Two cards at home today:  Limerick and Leopardstown both host seven race flat meetings this evening.
Limerick gets underway at 5.15, Leopardstown at 5.30.