Gordon Elliott eyes Galway glory; GAA clubs shouldn’t shut down after one positive case

Saltonstall joined an exclusive Galway club when pulling off back-to back victories in a heart-stopping finish to claim Tuesday's festival feature - the Colm Quinn BMW Mile - for a second year running. Across the Irish sea, Stradivarius and Frankie Dettori secured a record fourth victory in the Group One Goodwood Cup, with Aidan O'Brien's Santiago, last month's Irish Derby winner, only third. In the unique circumstances of a behind-closed-doors Galway, many punters tuning into this evening's big race – shown live by RTÉ2 at 6.45pm – will still seek reassurance in Gordon Elliott's handful of runners. He's dominated the summer's most coveted steeplechase prize with three Tote Galway Plate victories in the last four years. Jockey Colin Keane is prepared to swap a 14-day isolation period on his return to Ireland in order to try to maintain Siskin's unbeaten record in The Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.

Malachy Clerkin writes this morning that the GAA needs to ensure its message is heard loud and clear by clubs - they are not required to shut down on the discovery of one positive coronavirus case. "A positive case is precisely that," he explains. "One case. No GAA club tests positive for Covid. But when a club takes it upon itself to shut everything down, people will take their own meaning." The Club Players' Association (CPA) has called on the GAA to re-engage on the matter of the fixture impasse over the coming two weeks, requesting a special congress, "remote if necessary", before the end of 2020 "so that any agreed change may be implemented in time for 2021".

Swansea and Brentford battle it out for a place in the Championship's playoff final tonight with the second leg of their semi-final. Brentford have suffered defeats in their last three fixtures to Stoke, Barnsley and then Swansea on Sunday which means they could be set for another campaign in the Championship unless a one-goal deficit can be overturned at Griffin Park tonight. Manchester City may have been able to avoid their European ban and the lengthy appeal process needed to overturn it had they been more forthcoming during Uefa's original case against them, according to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). The family of Jack Charlton have sent their thanks to the many Irish supporters who sent condolences and messages of support to them since the death of the former Republic of Ireland manager on July 10th.

Meanwhile Mark Adair has been omitted from Ireland's 14-man squad for their their first one-day international against England at the Ageas Bowl on Thursday afternoon. On Tuesday, the West Indies were bowled out for 129 as England completed an impressive comeback in their three-match series, winning the third match by 269 runs to retain the Wisden Trophy.