Tipp stop Kilkenny’s drive for five

Liam Sheedy’s Tipperary have denied Kilkenny a fifth All-Ireland title in a row after beating them 4-17 to 1-18 at Croke Park this afternoon.
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Liam Sheedy’s Tipperary have denied Kilkenny a fifth All-Ireland title in a row after beating them 4-17 to 1-18 at Croke Park this afternoon.

England’s Laura Davies fired a closing 70 to win the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open in Fohrenwald-Wiener Neustadt, Austria, this afternoon for her 75th career victory.

Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien has seen his horses take the first two races at this afternoon’s meeting in Leopardstown.

Bolton striker Ivan Klasnic was forced to miss this afternoon’s Barclays Premier League clash with Birmingham after failing a late fitness test on a thigh injury.

‘Big Brother’ winner Josie Gibson quit the show this afternoon after moaning that she has had enough.

All-Ireland SFC Semi-Final Dublin 1-14 Cork 1-15, Croke Park Cork are into the final of the GAA All-Ireland Football Senior Championship for the second year in a row after they saw off Dublin at Croke Park this afternoon.

Fulham have signed 28-cap Belgium striker Moussa Dembele from AZ Alkmaar on a three-year contract, the Premier League club announced this afternoon.

Arsenal were dealt another injury blow this afternoon with the news that France midfielder Samir Nasri would be out of action for around a month with a knee problem.

Joe Cole’s red card on his home debut for Liverpool will stand after the club did not appeal before this afternoon’s deadline.

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