SOCCER
Manchester United have one foot in the Champions League group stages after recovering from going a goal behind to beat Club Brugge 3-1 in their play-off tie tonight at Old Trafford.
A superb individual performance from summer signing, Memphis, helped United to take control of the tie at the first-leg.
An own-goal from Michael Carrick after just eight minutes gave the Belgian side a shock early lead.
But Memphis equalised just minutes later before curling home a sublime right-footed shot from the edge of the box to put the home side ahead shortly before half-time.
The Dutch winger then turned provider in the dying seconds when his in-swinging cross was headed home by Marouane Fellaini.
Meanwhile, Ireland manager Martin O'Neill has included three uncapped players in an extended 37-man squad ahead of next month's Euro 2016 qualifiers against Gibraltar and Georgia.
Eunan O'Kane, Alan Judge and Adam Rooney could all earn their first international caps during the two matches, although O'Neill has indicated that he intends to field his strongest possible side for both matches.
The first senior call-up for O'Kane has capped a memorable couple of days for the Bournemouth midfielder, who made his first Premier League start of the Cherries last night during their narrow loss to Liverpool at Anfield.
Meanwhile, O'Neill has also revealed that he expects Jack Grealish to make a decision on his international future "very shortly"
The Birmingham-born teenager has once again been left out of the Ireland panel as he continues to weigh-up his international allegiances.
GAA
The Cork county board has elected three former All-Ireland winners to help them in their search for a new senior football manager.
A five-man selection committee has been appointed to find a successor to Brian Cuthbert, who stepped down following his side's disappointing loss to Kildare.
All-Ireland winners John O'Driscoll, John Coleman and Nicholas Murphy will join county board Chairman Ger Lane and Secretary Frank Murphy in the search for a replacement.
Also at tonight's county board meeting, it was indicated that Jimmy Barry Murphy is set to remain in charge of the senior hurlers for at least another season.
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