Thursday Morning Sport; Joe Mallon Motors, Renault and Dacia, Sallins Rd., Naas

Thursday, 25 May 2023 08:00

The Kildare minor footballers are through to the Leinster Final.

Gaelic Games

The Kildare minor footballers are through to the Leinster Final after beating Meath last night.

A late point from Allenwood's Joey Cunningham sealed the win with a final scoreline in Hawkfield of Kildare 0-13 Meath 0-12 .

Kildare will play Dublin in the final after they beat Offaly by 6-15 to 1-8.

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Soccer

Brighton have secured a place in next season’s Europa League.

Last night's 1-1 draw with champions Manchester City means Roberto de Zerbi’s side are guaranteed a top-6 finish.

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is set to return for tonight's Premier League game with Chelsea.

United need one point from their last two games to secure a Champions League spot.

Kick-off at Old Trafford is at 8.

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Spain have been confirmed as the Republic of Ireland’s opponents in the quarter-finals of the Under-17 European Championships following their 1-1 draw with Serbia.

The Quarter final will be played in Budapest on Saturday, with a 7pm kick-off

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Golf

Tom McKibbin and John Murphy are both in the field for the KLM Open, which gets underway this morning.

Both Irish golfers are out at lunchtime.

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Cycling

The Giro D’Italia has its penultimate mountain stage today.

Ireland’s Ben Healy’s hold on the king of the mountains jersey is sure to be tested.

Eddie Dunbar begins the day fifth on general classification, 3-minutes and 3-seconds behind the pink jersey of Geraint Thomas.
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Racing

There’s a seven-race card at Limerick this evening, with the first off at 5.30.