Here’s the latest from the day’s sporting action… Gaelic Games The GAA season has reached the knock-out stages, with Semple Stadium hosting two do-or-die encounters in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Kilkenny and Limerick await the victors of today’s quarter-final double-header in Thurles. Up first, Dublin face Cork from 1.15pm, before Clare and Wexford at […]
Mayo will face Derry next weekend in the preliminary quarter-finals of the All-Ireland football championship. Mayo finished second in their group after a last second point from Cormac Costello saw them draw with Dublin, while Derry finished third after just one win in the championship so far. Connacht champions Galway, who were also held to […]
In the battle between Mickey Harte and Jim McGuinness, Donegal got the better of Derry in a 4-11 to 0-17 win at Celtic Park. Donegal’s counter-attack and long kick outs gave Derry trouble all game, with Dáire Ó Baoill scoring the opening goal in the 19th minute, as Donegal took a 1-7 to 0-9 lead […]
Leinster’s Champions Cup title challenge gathered further pace with a 36-22 win over Leicester at the Aviva Stadium as they locked in a repeat of the last two finals against La Rochelle. The French giants, who edged out the Stormers in Cape Town, will return to Dublin for next week’s heavyweight quarter-final, 11 months on […]
This article originally appeared on pittsburghsportsnow.com. Thursday belonged to Pitt — and more specifically — to Ishmael Leggett. After building an early second-half 19-point lead on Wake Forest, things seemed to be heading in the right direction for Pitt, who was looking to make the ACC Tournament semifinals on Thursday with a win. The Panthers […]
Novak Djokovic equalled Roger Federer’s record by reaching a 58th grand slam quarter-final in style at the Australian Open. It appeared the world number one might do so by becoming the first player to claim a ‘triple bagel’ victory at the tournament when he won the first 13 games against Adrian Mannarino. The Frenchman looked […]
Teenage sensation Luke Littler started with a nine-darter as he moved into the semi-finals of the Bahrain Masters with a 6-3 win over Nathan Aspinall. The 16-year-old World Championship runner-up needed just three visits in the opening leg against fellow Englishman Aspinall. Littler’s first three darts found the treble 20 bed and he repeated the […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan relished the prospect of a “massive, dirty curry” after grinding out a 6-3 win over Barry Hawkins in a Masters quarter-final that lacked spice. The seven-times winner looked under the weather as he wore a thick coat for his post-match TV interview, muttering: “I fancy a curry – a massive, dirty curry. There’s […]
Teenager Luke Littler wants to “beat even more records” as he continues his dream World Darts Championship campaign with a quarter-final against Brendan Dolan on Monday. The 16-year-old has burst onto the scene at Alexandra Palace and became the youngest player to reach the last eight when he hammered five-time world champion and his hero […]