11-05-2025
Sunday Sport: Louth and Meath to play in Leinster final
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Leinster Senior Football Championships
We are guaranteed a new Leinster Senior Football champion for the first time in 15 years this afternoon.
Meath and Louth clash in the provincial final and will renew their rivalry which kicked off in the 2010 Leinster final.
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The Royals were successful on that day thanks to a controversial Joe Sherdian goal.
Louth are in their third Leinster final in a row and that game gets underway at Croke Park at 4.15pm.
Before that, the Leinster Ladies Football Final pits Dublin against Meath at 2pm.
Tailteann Cup
Round one of the Tailteann Cup also continues this afternoon.
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First up, Sligo welcome Tipperary to Tubbercurry for a 1.30pm throw in.
Inaugural winners Westmeath kick off their campaign against Antrim at 2pm.
At the same time, Carlow make the trip to Fermanagh.
Connacht Ladies Football final
Rivals Galway and Mayo contest the Connacht Ladies Football Final this afternoon.
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They meet in the decider from 1pm at Tuam Stadium.
Joe McDonagh Cup
Laois and Kerry face off in round 3 of the Joe McDonagh Cup this afternoon.
The O'Moore County can take a step towards the final with a win over the Kingdom today.
The action gets underway in Portlaoise at 4pm.
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Golf
Shane Lowry is in a tie for the lead ahead of the final round of the Truist Championship on the PGA Tour.
He shot a 4-under-par third round of 67 overnight in Philadelphia which leaves him 14-under all round alongside Sepp Straka.
Rory McIlroy is in a tie for sixth on 8-under-par.
Seamus Power is in a tie for 40th ahead of the final round of the Myrtle Beach Classic.
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He'll resume from 4-under-par in South Carolina, nine shots off the lead.
Soccer
Arsenal will become the latest team to give champions Liverpool a guard of honour in the Premier League this afternoon.
The top two meet at Anfield at 4.30pm.
Elsewhere, Newcastle lead Chelsea 1-0 at half-time at St. James' Park.
Sandro Tonali with the goal for the home side there after just two minutes of play.
This will be followed by the meeting of Manchester United and West Ham at 2.15pm
At the same time, Nottingham Forest welcome Leicester City to the City Ground and Tottenham host fellow Londoners Crystal Palace.
Athletics
The Irish women's 4 x 400m relay team has qualified for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo later this year.
Sophie Becker, Rhasidat Adeleke, Rachel McCann and Sharlene Mawdsley have won in the repechage in China.
The men's race is just about to get underway with Ireland being represented by Conor Kelly, Cillin Greene, Christopher O'Donnell and Jack Raftery.
The mixed relay team have already qualified and they return to the track for their final just after 2pm.
