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James O’Connor will start at outhalf for Australia in the first Test against the British and Irish Lions in Brisbane on Saturday. Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images Australia name James O’Connor at outhalf for first Test

Robbie Deans includes three debutants for Brisbane clash

Manchester United players standing in an open-topped bus cheer during the team’s victory parade to celebrate winning the Premier League for the 13th time. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/Getty Images Swansea provide Moyes with first test

Defending champions Manchester United head for South Wales on the opening day of the season

Gale Force Ten ridden by Joseph O’Brien (left) leads on the way to winning the Jersey Stakes ahead of Montiridge ridden by Richard Hughes during day two of the Royal Ascot meeting. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA Jockey Doyle gets Royal seal of approval

Al Kazeem sets off dream treble for English jockey

Derval O’Rourke will miss the European Athletics Team Championships in Santryo with a lung infection. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images O’Rourke ruled out of European Team Championships

Cork athlete fails to shake off lung infection as Sarah Lavin called up

East of Ireland champion Paul Dunne. Photograph: Pat Cashman Dunne and Kearney through to last 32 at British Amateur
  • Golf
  • June 19, 2013, 15:29

Irish Close champion Cormac Sharvin defeated at Royal Cinques Ports

Soccer

David Moyes’s Old Trafford debut with Manchester United will come against José Mourinho’s Chelsea

Lively start tweeted United defender Rio Ferdinand

Joe Kinnear (right) with Derek Llambias (left) during the 2008-2009 season. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire Llambias resigns post at Newcastle

His decision comes just one day after the club confirmed Joe Kinnear as director of football

 

Gaelic Games

Peter Canavan: will be selling crazy again to the Fermanagh players. Photograph: Andrew Paton/Inpho Turning the season around for the qualifiers is where managers really earn their salt
  • Sport
  • Darragh Ó Sé
  • June 19, 2013, 12:00

Everything you’ve been preaching has to be reworked to get everyone believing again

Cork’s Daniel Goulding in action against Clare’s Ger Quinlan in the Munster football championship at Ennis last week. Munster has proved football’s most caste-ridden province. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho Traditional rigid system of inequality imprisons the modern GAA
  • Sport
  • Seán Moran
  • June 19, 2013, 09:00

Ailing championship structure badly in need of a revised format

Rugby

James O’Connor will start at outhalf for Australia in the first Test against the British and Irish Lions in Brisbane on Saturday. Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images Australia name James O’Connor at outhalf for first Test

Robbie Deans includes three debutants for Brisbane clash

George North dives over for his second try during the match between Combined Country and the British & Irish Lions at Hunter Stadium. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images Lions can look to North for first test

The Welsh wing has recovered from a hamstring injury and will be available to face Australia

Golf

East of Ireland champion Paul Dunne. Photograph: Pat Cashman Dunne and Kearney through to last 32 at British Amateur
  • Golf
  • June 19, 2013, 15:29

Irish Close champion Cormac Sharvin defeated at Royal Cinques Ports

US Open champion Justin Rose paid a visit to the New York Stock Exchange following his victory at Merion. Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images Rose will battle on despite hectic schedule
  • Golf
  • June 19, 2013, 18:38

US Open champion to tee in up at Travelers Championship

Racing

Gale Force Ten ridden by Joseph O’Brien (left) leads on the way to winning the Jersey Stakes ahead of Montiridge ridden by Richard Hughes during day two of the Royal Ascot meeting. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA Jockey Doyle gets Royal seal of approval

Al Kazeem sets off dream treble for English jockey

Camelot: can return to winning ways in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho Camelot has too much class for his Prince of Wales’s rivals

O’Brien star was beaten by Al Kazeem at the Curragh but can gain his revenge at the Royal meeting

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