Saturday sport: Dublin beat Galway in Salthill, Wexford beat Offaly
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Tom Lahiff was the hero for Dublin in the opening round of the All-Ireland Football Championship this evening.
His point after the hooter gave Dessie Farrell's men a 1 point win away to Galway in Salthill.
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Kerry opened their account with a 3-18 to 17 point win over Roscommon this afternoon.
Wicklow got their first win of their Tailteann Cup campaign.
They had to come from behind to beat Laois in the final game of the day by 21 points to 16 in Aughrim.
Earlier, Limerick held on to beat Antrim by 1-18 to 1-10 at Corrigan Park.
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Kildare got the better of Tipperary in Clonmel by 3-19 to 1-11 this evening.
Offaly made it two wins from two with a 1-18 to 1-13 victory over Waterford in Walsh Park.
Wexford kept themselves in the Leinster Hurling Championship on Saturday evening.
A late goal from Lee Chin saw them beat Offaly by 2-17 to 1-17 at Chadwick's Wexford Park.
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They need results to go their way next week if they're to progress to the All Ireland series.
Galway are still in the hunt for the Leinster final after strolling to a 28 point away over Antrim.
Golf
Rory McIlroy is attempting to move up the leaderboard on day 3 of the PGA Championship.
The Grand Slam winner is level par thru 6 holes and remains on 1 over par at Quail Hollow.
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Tom McKibbin has joined him on that score after a pair of costly bogeys on the back nine.
Si Woo Kim is the new leader on the course and leads by 1 on 7 under par.
Soccer
Manchester City will end the season without a trophy for the first time since 2017.
They were beaten 1-0 by Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final at Wembley.
Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson avoided a red card after a VAR decision where he appeared to handle the ball outside his area.
City boss Pep Guardiola was frustrated with the officials after the final whistle.
There's one game here at home this evening.
Longford Town have welcomed Finn Harps to Bishopsgate for a Men's First Division clash.
Into the second half, it remains scoreless so far.
Rugby
In the URC this evening, Leinster are in action at home to defending champions Glasgow Warriors.
They're into the second half at the Aviva Stadium where Leinster lead 7-0 thanks to Jimmy O'Brien's try in the corner.
Earlier, Connacht ended their season with a 22-12 win over Zebre.
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