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The Offload: Munster need a forwards coach? Isn’t Paul O’Connell available?

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Leinster head coach Leo Cullen was unhappy in victory with certain headline writing

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola celebrates winning the Premier League title following their 4-1 defeat of Brighton & Hove Albion at American Express Community Stadium. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

In the end Man City will be judged on Champions League expectations

English Soccer
10:00

Only Europe needs to be conquered by Pep Guardiola and his juggernaut team

Brooks Koepka battles to US PGA victory at brutal Bethpage

Brooks Koepka reacts to his putt on the 18th green to win the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York. Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

Golf
00:07

Word number one saw his seven shot lead cut to one on the back nine before rallying

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Israel Folau will not appeal decision to terminate his contract

Israel Folau has had his four-year contract with Rugby Australia terminated because of his controversial social media posts about gays and other so-called ‘sinners’ he believes are destined for hell. Photograph: EPA

Rugby
09:03

Folau says his decision is in ‘no way an acceptance of the judicial panel’s findings’

Billy Vunipola delivers to find salvation

Ken Early: City’s domination has been bought – and they’re paying the price

Pep Guardiola at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Pep looked less like a happy football coach watching his side make history and more like an anguished scientist whose prototype civil defence robot has just run amok at a trade show. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

English Soccer
06:00

It’s time to accept that oil-funded success and mass popularity will never go well together

Malachy Clerkin: A simple life without headbands or ham sandwich hang-ups

The bad gael loves nothing more than to go to a game on a Sunday in the summer. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

Golf
07:00

The po-faced reverence for GAA in Irish society drives the bad gael up the walls

Brooks Koepka: ‘DJ’ chants ‘actually kind of helped’

Brooks Koepka hugs his Irish caddie as he celebrates winning the PGA Championship. Photograph: Hilary Swift/The New York Times

Golf
09:31

Open Championship at Royal Portrush holds special resonance with his Irish caddie

Nicky English: Cork regain form after burning criticism

Limerick’s Peter Casey and Niall O’Leary of Cork during their clash at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

Hurling
06:00

Tipp’s work rate kept pace with their scoring which overwhelmed 14-man Deise

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry add a green hue to top-10

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland drives off the 10th tee during the final round of the US PGA Championship golf tournament at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York on Sunday. Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP

Golf
23:47

Lowry, McIlroy and Graeme McDowell glad to survive punishing course in tough conditions

Josh van der Flier: Isa Nacewa’s mindset on injury inspirational

Leinster’s Josh van der Flier in action against Munster in the Pro14 semi-final at the RDS. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho

Pro14
06:00

Leinster flanker ‘incredible’ in semi-final win despite it being his first game since surgery

Limerick shaken to the core as Cork demolish the apple-cart

Limerick’s Peter Casey and Niall O’Leary of Cork in their Munster GAA Senior Hurling Championship round 2 clash at Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, on Sunday. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

Hurling
06:00

All-Ireland champions left looking ordinary after Cork catapult themselves back in the mix

Leo Cullen: ‘We want to be in finals. We want to win finals’

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen: ‘I would say we don’t get all the selections right, but we try to get them right.’ Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

Pro14
06:00

As Leinster face Glasgow, manager shrugs off criticism of his player selection decisions

FAI appoints Noel Mooney to fill John Delaney’s former role

Noel Mooney, former goalkeeper with Cork City, Limerick and Shamrock Rovers, will officially take on the role of ‘general manager for football services and partnerships’.

National League
23:01

Mooney will be on secondment from Uefa for six months from beginning of June

Kieran McGeeney’s Armagh finally get over the line in Ulster

Armagh’s Kieran McGeeney watches his team beat Down in extra-time of their Ulster quarter-final clash. Photograph: Philip Magowan/Inpho

Gaelic Football
20:57

Down beaten after extra time, for first provincial win at the fifth time of asking

Seán Moran’s late strike levels to-and-fro thriller

Dublin’s Seán Moran celebrates scoring a late goal in the Leinster SHC match against Wexford at Parnell Park. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho

Hurling
20:23

Dublin get share of the spoils against Wexford at Parnell Park thanks to late goal

Tipperary rattle off another thrilling tune as the music fades for Waterford

Tipperary’s Séamus Callahan scores his side’s second goal during the Munster SHC game against Waterford at Semple Stadium. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho

Hurling
20:23

Liam Sheedy’s side hit 2-30 to continue brilliant start to Munster campaign

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Tipp’s work rate kept pace with their scoring which overwhelmed 14-man Deise

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Israel Folau will not appeal decision to terminate his contract

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In the end Man City will be judged on Champions League expectations

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It’s time to accept that oil-funded success and mass popularity will never go well together

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Open Championship at Royal Portrush holds special resonance with his Irish caddie

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