GAA

The All Ireland Football series continues this afternoon.

Tyrone take on Clare in the opening game of the day at 1:30pm.

Half an hour later, it’s Meath vs Kerry at Páirc Tailteann.

It’s a 3pm start for the clash of Westmeath and Galway.

Monaghan and Louth throws in at 3:30pm while old rivals Derry and Armagh meet at 4pm.

Teams will be looking to book their spots in the next round of the Tailteann Cup this afternoon.

Down take on Offaly at 1:45pm with Sligo facing Antrim at 4pm.

The draw for the preliminary quarter-finals takes place this evening.

It’s the final day at Croke Park in the lower tier hurling championships.Fermanagh and Longford are meeting in the Lory Meagher decider.

The latest score there is Fermanagh 1-11 Longford 0-08.

That’ll be followed by the Christy Ring final between Derry and Kildare at 2:15pm.

The Nickey Rackard final finishes the triple header with Donegal against Mayo at 4:15pm.

Boxing

Two Irish boxers have booked their places at the Olympic Games this summer.

Jennifer Lehane was first to progress following a unanimous victory over Hungary’s Hanna Lakotar this morning.

Grainne Walsh will join her in Paris after another dominant victory over Ani Hovesepyan (Hov-is-ep-yan) of Armenia at the qualification in tournament in Bangkok.

Ireland now has 8 boxers qualified for the games, one more than went in 2021.

Daina Moorhouse is just in the ring now attempting to become the 9th Irish boxer to qualify.

Later, wins for Martin McDonagh and Aidan Walsh will see them on the plane next month.

Tennis

The French Open continues at Roland Garros today.

Carlos Alcaraz faces a tough test against Felix Auger Aliassime (PRON: Ah-zhay Ali-ah-seem) in the afternoon session.

Second seed Jannick Sinner also returns to the court taking on hometown boy Corentin Moutet.

In the women’s draw, world number one Iga Swiatek breezed into the quarter-final after a straight sets victory over Anastasia Potapova.

Golf

Rory McIlroy is looking to finish strongly at the Canadian Open this evening.

The Northern Irishman has won the tournament twice before and lies in a tie for 11th place ahead of the final round.