Saturday sport: Dublin and Cork face off in All-Ireland football championship
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Football
Dublin and Cork face off once again in the All-Ireland football championship this evening.
They meet in the second of today's preliminary quarter finals with throw-in at Croke Park from 6.15pm.
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The Dubs have won all three of the sides' previous championship meetings.
Before that, Cavan face a long trip to Fitzgerald Stadium to take on Munster champions Kerry with throw-in at 3.30pm.
Hurling
Limerick face the unusual prospect of facing up to an All-Ireland hurling quarter-final this afternoon.
The Treaty find themselves in the last 8 after losing their Munster final crown to Cork earlier this summer.
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Dublin stand in their way of returning to the semi-finals with throw-in at Croke Park from 4pm.
That'll be followed by the meeting of Galway and Tipperary which gets underway in the Gaelic Grounds at 6.15pm.
Soccer
Shelbourne can go top of the Women's Premier Division for a few hours at least this afternoon.
They will overtake leaders Athlone Town with a victory away at second from bottom Sligo Rovers at 3pm.
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Defending champions Athlone welcome Peamount United in the late game at 7.30pm.
Two more games get underway at 3pm with Treaty United travelling to Bohemians and Waterford up against Galway United.
It's a 5pm start for the meeting of Shamrock Rovers and Cork City while Wexford versus DLR Waves gets underway an hour later.
Meanwhile, Harry Kane scored for Bayern Munich as they beat Boca Juniors 2-1 to become the first team to reach the knockout stages of the Club World Cup.
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Today's action at the tournament kicks off with a meeting of Germany's Borussia Dortmund and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa from 5pm.
That'll be followed by Italy's Inter versus Japanese side Uwara Red Diamonds at 8pm while the late game sees Ulsan HD of Korea against Brazilian club Fluminese.
Rugby
Andy Farrell says the lack of preparation time can't be used an excuse for the Lions' poor performance last night.
His side suffered an opening 4 point loss to Argentina in Dublin as they prepare to head Down Under.
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The game was characterised by a number of handling errors and slipped tackles from the nominal home side last night.
Head coach Farrell says opening day jitters can't take all the blame for the mistakes:
Next up for the British and Irish composite side is a game against the Western Force on Saturday.
Golf
Rory McIlroy will go out for his third round at the Travellers Champions from just after 6.30pm on the PGA Tour.
The Grand Slam winner sits on 5 under par after yesterday's round of 71 put him in a tie for 9th so far.
He's four shots behind the lead which is shared by Tommy Fleetwood, Scottie Scheffler and Justin Thomas.
Shane Lowry is also in the field, he'll tee off from 5 over par at 2pm Irish time.
Meanwhile, Leona Maguire is aiming for a top 10 finish at the Women's PGA Championship in the US later.
Her overnight second round of 74 saw her fall back to 2 over par for the week in Texas.
She's currently in a tie for 16th and 8 shots off the lead held by Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand.
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