GAA

There are a number of crucial games in both the Leinster and Munster Senior Hurling Championships on Sunday.

Kilkenny host Wexford at 2pm knowing the winner will head to the Leinster final.

At the same time, Galway and Dublin need to avoid defeat in Salthill if they are to stay in the championship.

Elsewhere, Antrim and Carlow face off in the relegation playoff at Corrigan Park.

It’s crunch time in the @MunsterGAA SHC! @WaterfordGAA, @LimerickCLG and @GaaClare have it all to play for while @OfficialCorkGAA will be watching and hoping from the side-lines!🥎 pic.twitter.com/3IdDzy8iLi

— The GAA (@officialgaa) May 26, 2024

All Ireland champions Limerick will be looking to book their spot in the Munster final this afternoon.

They face Waterford at 4pm in the Gaelic Grounds.

A Waterford win, and they would progress beyond the provincial stage for the first time since 2021.

Tipp and Clare meet at Semple Stadium meanwhile, with throw in is also at 4pm.

Soccer

Leeds boss Daniel Farke looks to get the better of his former player Russell Martin in this afternoon’s Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium.

Southampton manager Martin was captain during Farke’s previous spell in charge of Norwich.

The German had a feeling he’d end up facing him on the touchline one day.

Kick-off in London is at 3pm.

Tennis

The first round of the French Open is taking place at Roland Garros in Paris.

Men’s 6th seed Andrey Rublev leads Japan’s Taro Daniel 2-sets-to-1.

Elsewhere today year’s beaten semi finalist Carlos Alcaraz starts his campaign with a first round match against JJ Wolf.

And Andy Murray meets old foe Stan Wawrinka in the evening session.

In the women’s draw, Naomi Osaka leads Lucia Bronzetti of Italy 2-sets-to-1.

Cycling

Tadej Pogacar will be crowned Giro d’Italia champion today after another dominant display in the penultimate stage yesterday.

The Serbian goes into today’s final stage which is a procession in to Rome with an overall lead of nine minutes and 57 seconds.

Racing

The racing action continues at the Curragh this afternoon.

The Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas is the feature race with Aidan O’Brien’s ‘Opera Singer’ likely to be the favourite when that goes to post at 3:45pm.

The first of the 8 racecard goes to post inside the hour at 25-past-1.