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Morning Bulletin: Headlines from the Sports desk

OFF THE BALL Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill was on Off The Ball last night discuss...



Morning Bulletin: Headlines fr...
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Morning Bulletin: Headlines from the Sports desk

OFF THE BALL

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill was on Off The Ball last night discussing their qualifying successes so far on the road to Euro 2016, while Spanish football correspondent Graham Hunter tracked David Moyes' progress at Real Sociedad and Juan Mata return to Spain.

John Giles joined us as usual on a Thursday evening and reviewed Ireland v Poland, the latest Roy Keane controversy and Raheem Sterling's status at Anfield.

Mayo great Liam McHale was also on hand to analyse how Dublin's utilisation of a basketball coach could help them tackle blanket defences.

GOLF

Pádraig Harrington and Darren Clarke are 8 off the lead heading into day two of the Shell Houston Open. Both are 1-under after rounds of 71.

Scott Piercy leads by two strokes on 9-under while JB Holmes is second along with Alex Cejka on 7-under.

GAELIC FOOTBALL

Dublin won last night's Eirgrid Leinster Under-21 Football final against Kildare 3-10 to 1-12 in Navan despite kicking 14 wides.

Cormac Costello scored 2-2 while Colm Basquel got the other goal and Conor McHugh notched five points for the Dubs.

Mark Sherry scored Kildare's only goal while Niell Flynn scored 11 points.

Lilywhites senior star Niall Kelly limped off in the second half is highly unlikely to be available for their must-win relegation battle with Galway on Sunday in Tuam.

In other Allianz League team news, ahead of Kerry's trip to Tyrone Colm Cooper and Paul Galvin are included on the bench for the first time this season. Brian Sheehan returns from injury to start at centre forward.

Tyrone must win by at least two points to survive, a result which would almost certainly send the All-Ireland champions down to Division 2.

Sean Cavanagh and Ryan McKenna come back into the Tyrone side at the expense of Ronan O'Neill and Conor Clarke.

SOCCER

It's a busy night in the Airtricity League Premier Division, with second-placed Cork City hosting Derry City at Turner's Cross, while third-placed Shamrock Rovers are at home to Galway United.

Drogheda United take on Bohemians, and Sligo Rovers will be hopeful of registering their first League win of the season against a Bray Wanderers side that is in turmoil at the moment. 

RUGBY

Connacht's European Challenge Cup campaign resumes tonight at Kingsholm.

Robbie Henshaw has returned to the line-up for their quarter-final showdown with Gloucester, which gets underway at 7:45.

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