Ireland take on Portugal in their Group A World Cup qualifier tonight at 7.45pm (Irish time) at the Estadio Algarve. Check out your 'all you need to know' guide here. Stephen Kenny's team come in as massive underdogs and Ken Early thinks that maybe Ireland should be honoured to act as cannon fodder for Cristiano Ronaldo. A whole new chapter in his career could start with breaking the international scoring record tonight. Antoine Griezmann's shock transfer from Barcelona back to Atlético Madrid was the highlight of transfer deadline day. Check out all the major deals from across Europe's top leagues here.

On day eight of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Gary O'Reilly followed up on yesterday's bronze medal with a fourth place finish in the H5 road race. Niamh McCarthy finished fifth in the F41 discus final. In the pool, Róisín Ní Riain is into the 100m breaststroke - SB13 final at 11.09am, and Ellen Keane is into the finals of the 200m individual medley - SM9 at 10.40am. You can keep up to date with all of the latest from Tokyo here.

In his column this morning (Subscriber Only), Darragh Ó Sé is looking back on last weekend's All-Ireland football semi-final. He explains how a naive Kerry played a game that was right up Tyrone's street: "Never solve the other crowd's problem for them. Kerry had long enough to analyse what Tyrone do well." Seán Moran thinks Tyrone have a golden opportunity to truly inspire in the upcoming final against Mayo: "Beyond statistical detail, the outcome of the 2021 semi-finals is good news for counties in the chasing pack. Arguably that inspiration comes more from Tyrone than Mayo . . . "

Meanwhile, Germany's Alexander Zverev got his bid for a maiden Major off to a smooth start by beating American Sam Querrey 6-4 7-5 6-2 in the first round of the US Open. The win extended his unbeaten streak to 12, after he beat Novak Djokovic in the Tokyo semi-finals to win Olympic gold and walked away with the Western & Southern Open title earlier this month.