Fixture details confirmed for mouth-watering All-Ireland ladies football semi-finals
The heat is on in the race for the Brendan Martin Cup.
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The heat is on in the race for the Brendan Martin Cup.
Both ties will be played on Saturday at venues outside of Croke Park.
The four senior provincial champions will be crowned on Sunday.
The ladies football semi-final line-up was confirmed this weekend, with all eyes on 25 August.
James Horan’s men were nine-point winners at Croke Park.
The curtain came down on Limerick and Leitrim’s campaigns.
Ireland duo Eddie Dunbar and Connor Dunne crossed in 43rd and 133rd respectively today.
Elsewhere, it’s LIT v NUIG, Mary I v CIT and UCC v IT Carlow.
There is little between Liverpool and Man City at the moment, while Tottenham remain in with an outside chance.
A closer look at the ladies football club championships: the state of play and the fixtures that lie ahead.
Reigning SFC 1 champions St Vincent’s face the in-form St Jude’s.
Westport will take on Breaffy in the stand-out tie of the last eight.
11-time champions Cork and Westmeath face off in the main event.
Seven of the eight quarter-finalists have been confirmed, but there’s plenty to play for still in the last round of group games.
It’s the last day of group games in the TG4 All-Ireland senior championship on Saturday.
Tipperary face Waterford while Galway and Dublin go head-to-head on Saturday 4 August.
The final group games take place across the country on Sunday.
All but six members of Munster’s matchday squad in Bordeaux will rest up this weekend.
Sunday is semi-final day in the Lidl Ladies National League, with decider spots up for grabs across the four divisions.
There’s a Division 1 and Division 2 clash on each billing on Sunday.
The LGFA confirmed the infringement this afternoon, with Mayo awarded the points.
Three in-a-row chasing Kilkenny face Galway in one of Sunday’s semi-finals, while All-Ireland champions Cork meet Limerick.
Tomorrow’s pool decider against Canada will be much more of a test than their opening two clashes.
There’s an All-Ireland quarter-final double-header down for decision in Nowlan Park today.
Mona Sheridan’s side face Waterford, with a quarter-final spot against Dublin on the line.
Young Munster and Lansdowne fell at the semi-final stage today.
Glen Rovers also added to the magic of this year’s championship by reaching their first Munster decider in 40 years.
As the season comes to a head, Leinster are aiming to finish strongly and claim a fifth Pro12 title.
Nigel Owens will take charge of Munster’s postponed trip to Paris.
Three of four Premier League clubs have made it out of the groups with Man United dropping into the Europa League.
Seamus Coleman, Cyrus Christie and Marc Wilson are doubts for the visit of Germany this week, while several others are definitely missing.
Martin O’Neill names his squad for the make-or-break qualifiers against Germany and Poland this afternoon.
Leinster have “made things hard” for themselves, but the veteran centre refuses to lose heart when the Champions Cup final is a step away.
Last year’s finalists both take three points from a brilliant match.
It’s not quite make-or-break yet but the significance of tonight’s game against Zimbabwe cannot be understated.
Manchester City joined Chelsea and Arsenal as the three Premier League teams into next Monday’s draw.
Leinster’s international want to finish the season top of the pile, and that means beating Edinburgh,
Three provinces are done with the Heineken Cup for good, but domestic league coming to the boil nicely.
Here’s the state of play in the nine groups ahead of the last two rounds of games.
The aspirations of the remaining sides competing in the All-Ireland senior football championship are assessed.