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Morning Sports Update

Sep 18, 2020 08:43 By radiokerrysport
Morning Sports Update
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SOCCER

Shamrock Rovers European campaign came to an end at Tallaght Stadium last night.

Rovers Rovers lost 2-nil at home to AC Milan in the second qualifying round of the Europa League.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring for the seven-time European champions at Tallaght Stadium.

Rovers boss Stephen Bradley has no regrets about their approach to the game

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Dundalk will travel to Moldova next week after beating Inter d’Escaldes 1-nil in Andorra.

Next up for the Lilywhites is the challenge of Sheriff.

Tottenham will be in North Macedonia to play Shkendija after coming from behind to beat nine-man Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2-1.

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Robbie Brady scored the winning penalty as Burnley beat Sheffield United in a shootout in the second round of the Carabao Cup.

Brighton hammered Portsmouth 4-nil, but Wolves were beaten 1-nil at home by Championship side Stoke City.

Bohemians will look to end a run of back-to-back defeats in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division tonight when they travel to Sligo Rovers.

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Before that, Derry City take on St. Pat’s.

The FAI is set to unveil former English FA commercial director Jonathan Hill as their new CEO in the coming days.

Swim Ireland's Sarah Keane was considered the favourite to fill the role after interim boss Gary Owens pulled out.

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Two of the biggest moves of the transfer window are expected to be completed today.

Gareth Bale will arrive in London to seal his move back to Tottenham from Real Madrid.

While Liverpool should announce that Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago has signed a four-year contract with the Premier League champions.

GOLF

Rory McIlroy's two shots off the lead after the first round of the US Open at Winged Foot in New York.

McILroy's 3-under par - two behind leader Justin Thomas.

Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell are both 6 over par - Amateur champion James Sugrue is 8-over.

McIlroy says he'll have to play conservatively for the next three days:

CYCLING

Sam Bennett says the race for the green jersey will go all the way to Sunday’s final stage of the Tour de France.

Bennett holds a 52-point lead over his nearest challenger Peter Sagan.

An intermediate sprint at Mournans could be followed by a sprint finish in Champagnole.

Primoz Roglic goes into the third-from-last stage with a 57-second lead in yellow.

RACING

There’s a seven-race card at Downpatrick today with the first off at 1pm.

While at Dundalk, an eight-race card gets underway at 5.30.

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