GAA
Mayo’s summer, coming from behind to defeat Kildare in the All Irish Soccer Qualifiers, continues.
With Oisin Mullin and Jordan Flynn’s final 10-minute goal, James Horan’s men won 2-13 to 14 points.
Earlier Claire took a late victory in the first qualifying in the evening.
Keeran Sexton scored 2-6 and beat Roscommon 2-15 to 1-17 on the banner.
Croke Park is here and senior soccer players will be competing in the All Ireland Quarterfinals on the weekends of June 25th and 26th. 💪🢟🔴 pic.twitter.com/4cDQn4i9HQ
— Mayo GAA (@MayoGAA) June 11, 2022
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Semple Stadium will host the major doubleheaders for the All Ireland Hurling Quarterfinals next weekend.
Wexford will face Claire this afternoon after winning Kelly 3-30 to 18 points.
Elsewhere, Cork came from behind to defeat Antrim 3-27 to 2-19 to book the last eight spots against Goalway.
Football
Ireland defeated Scotland 3-0 when Stephen Kenny’s men finally got their first elusive victory in the Nations League.
Alan Browne, Troy Parrott, and best player Michael Obafemi struck behind the net, scoring three important Group E points.
In another Irish group match, Ukraine beat Armenia 3-0.
Happy, Irish fan? 😅💚#COYBIG | #WeAreOne | #IRLSCO pic.twitter.com/v93ncxX2Lw
— FAIreland ⚽️🇮🇪 (@FAIreland) June 11, 2022
rugby
Ulster missed the place in the United Rugby Championship final after losing to the Stormers 17-15.
This means that there are showpieces across South Africa following the 27-26 victory against Renster in the Bulls last night.
The defeat is a continuation of Ulster waiting for the first trophy since 2006.
golf
Rory McIlroy is looking for a lead on the third day of the Canadian Open.
The defending champion will be 1 under par from 6 holes, 7 under par in a week and 3 shots off from new leader Tony Finau.
Shane Lowry is in the top 5 with 2 under pars in 10 holes and 6 under pars in tournaments today.
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Former Masters Champion Patrick Reed has become the latest hottest player in the LIV Golf Invitational Series.
He is the 19th PGA Tour member to enroll in a Saudi-sponsored tournament.
The 17 people who participated in the first event in Hertfordshire were interrupted by the tour after a tee off on Thursday.
Reed will play in Oregon at the end of the month.
F1
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won pole position at tomorrow’s Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix.
He finished ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in qualifying, with defending champion Max Verstappen in third place.
George Russell is in 5th place and Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton is in 7th place.
