Galway and Waterford march on
Despite a spirited Dublin performance Derek McGrath's Waterford side proved too strong in Thurles.
Shane Bennett’s goal set the Déise charge alight as they pulled away from the Dubs in the second half.
McGrath’s side now head for the capital to take on Kilkenny where they will go in with no fear.
In the second match of yesterday's double header in Thurles Galway made a bad weekend for Cork GAA even worse as they thrashed the Rebels to set up a mouth-watering semi-final clash with Tipperary.
It’s been a long time since Joe Canning was either equalled or outscored by three Galway forwards but Johnny Glynn’s performance is sure to put a smile on Anthony Cunningham’s face as his side look to be rediscovering their 2012 form.
Nicky English was certainly impressed by the Galway performance and, as he explains in his column, did not see it coming after the Leinster final.
English thinks Galway are looking particularly dangerous as they no longer rely as much on the hurl of Canning.
The GAA players you’ve probably never heard of
Bríd Stack has won nine All-Irelands with that Cork football team in those 10 years. She has completed nearly 1,000 training sessions under Eamonn Ryan’s tutelage as well as winning six All Stars.
She is arguably one of the most successful players the game has seen, and yet she has never played a single intercounty game in Cork’s home ground.
More than 12,000 female intercounty players, in 52 county squads, in 1,500 clubs, all training on average five times a week across both codes of the Gaelic games - Niamh Towey takes a closer look at some of the country's finest GAA stars who fail to get the recognition they deserve.
Tough start for Ireland on road to Russia
Martin O’Neill’s Ireland side face the tough prospect of three away matches out of their first four when they begin their Russia 2018 qualifying campaign next year.
The squad will make the trip to Serbia, Moldova and Austria in the space of two months as O’Neill looks to be the first man to guide an Irish team to a World Cup since 2002.
Emmet Malone reports from St Petersburg on the dream draw but nightmare start for The Boys in Green.
Meanwhile Wales boss Chris Coleman has not downplayed any of his side’s opponents in Group D and praised the experience within the Ireland team.
Wales have made an astonishing rise up the world rankings over the last year and will prove a tough test for Ireland when they come to Dublin in March 2017.
The draw itself proved to be quite the marathon as Fifa made the most of every ball selected from the glass bowls - Dijbouti’s much anticipated clash with Swaziland being one of the more memorable encounters thrown up in the African zone.
Mary Hannigan endured the full three hours or so to give her take on proceedings.
Meanwhile Ken Early believes Ireland need a hero to make it to Russia 2018, despite the favourable draw.
Willett and Day maintain Open form
Last week’s Open Championship was one of the most hotly contested major championships in living memory and two of the players that were right up their in contention - Danny Willett and Jason Day - continued that fine form yesterday as they captured the Omega European Masters and the Canadian Open respectively.
Sheffield starlet Willett held of the challenge of young English prospect Matthew Fitzpatrick in the Swiss mountains to capture his second tour victory of the season.
Across the Atlantic it was a scintillating final round 68 that saw Jason Day capture the Canadian Open, holing a long birdie putt on the final hole to win by a shot from Bubba Watson.
At Sunningdale American tour veteran Marco Dawson made no mistake in a final round 64 to claim the Senior Open Championship ahead of Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie.
No stopping Froome’s victory march down Champs-Elysees
Chris Froome became the first British rider ever to claim two Tour de France titles yesterday when he crossed the finish line for the second time in three years in Paris city centre.
For Dan Martin the Tour was a huge learning curve as he struggled on occasions with a bout of illness.
Vettel vexes Hamilton and Rosberg
Sebastian Vettel was the somewhat surprising winner of yesterday's Hungarian Grand Prix after powering past Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at the first corner to go on and cross the finish line first - giving Ferrari a much-needed victory.
What to watch out for
Racing
The Galway festival begins today with full coverage on RTE2 from 5pm.
