SOCCER
Liverpool will start their Premier League title defence at home to Championship winners Leeds United on the opening weekend.
Fulham - who went up through the play-offs - begin at home to Arsenal, while fellow newly promoted side West Brom play Leicester.
Manchester City and Manchester United's opening games against Aston Villa and Burnley will be rescheduled due to their European involvement.
The season will run from September 12th until May 23rd.
Liverpool legend John Barnes is looking forward to seeing Marcelo Bielsa bring his Leeds team to Anfield on the opening weekend.
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Bayern Munich will face Paris Saint-Germain in Sunday’s Champions League final.
Bayern’s tenth win in a row in the competition came at the expense of Lyon in last night’s semi-final.
Robert Lewandowski scored his 55th goal of the season in a 3-nil victory in Lisbon.
GOLF
Rory McIlroy will not play in the Irish Open in County Antrim next month.
The four time major winner will remain in the United States during the pandemic.
McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell are in the field for the Northern Trust tournament on the US PGA Tour in Boston today.
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On the European Tour, Cormac Sharvin is level par and Gavin Moynihan is 5 over par in the opening round of the Wales Open at Celtic Manor.
Max Kieffer and Joel Sjoholm (PRON: Show-holm) share the lead on 2 under.
Jonathan Caldwell and Paul Dunne are also in the field.
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Leona Maguire is 2 over par and Olivia Mehaffey is 5 over on day one of the Women's Open at Royal Troon.
Caroline Masson leads on 1 under.
GAELIC GAMES
A move towards a split inter-county and club season moved closer last night.
It's believed there was real support for the proposal at last night's meeting of the Fixtures Task Force.
The GPA have lobbied for a 23 week inter county season.
Further task force meetings are in the works, but any real change is unlikely to happen before 2022.
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All-Star Dublin midfielder Lauren Magee has become the latest Irish player to be confirmed for the 2021 Aussie Rules Women’s season.
The three-time All Ireland winner will join Dublin team-mates Sinéad Goldrick and Niamh McEvoy at Melbourne FC.
Lee Strand Co. Under 16 Hurling Championship First Round
South Kerry v Ballyduff @ Kilcummin, 5.45p.m.
Rathmore v Lixnaw at Rathmore, 6.30p.m.
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The Draws For The Dr O’donoghue Cup And Fr Galvin Cup 2020 takes place this evening.
Due to Covid 19 restrictions, only 6 members are allowed to attend the draw at the INEC Gleneagle Hotel.
It will be livestreamed on the “East kerry Facebook page” at 7pm
Motorsport
The long-term sponsorship agreement between cartell.ie and The Rally of the Lakes will continue for at least one more year following the sale of the car data firm to Independent News and Media (INM) in July.
INM’s Belgian parent company Mediahuis bought the vehicle history firm last month as a complement to its existing car sales website CarsIreland.ie. Locally, the international media firm also owns The Kerryman newspaper.
Cartell.ie, established in 2006, is the market leader in provision for after market services such as car parts and accessories, providing data and analytics to both consumers and the motor industry.
The Kildare based company has sponsored the Rally of the Lakes since 2010.
The Rally of the Lakes did not run this year as a result of pandemic related restrictions but is scheduled to run on May 1 and 2 next season. The event celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2019.
HORSE RACING
And there's racing today at Leopardstown and Killarney.
The fixture at Leopardstown begins at 12.55, with the first race at Killarney off at 4.15.
The Aidan O'Brien trained 'Love' is the favourite for the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks at York.
That goes to post at 3.15.
