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GALWAY RACES
Today's feature behind closed doors at the Galway Races is the Plate.
The Gordon Elliott trained 'Galvin' is the current favourite of 22 runners for the 2 mile 6 furlong chase at 6.45.
Irish 2000 Guineas winner 'Siskin' runs for trainer Ger Lyons and jockey Colin Keane in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.
That one goes to post at 3.15.
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SOCCER - CHAMPIONSHIP
West Bromwich Albion's Dara O'Shea says going out on loan has helped his fledgling career.
Defender O'Shea broke into the Baggies team in the second half of the season and the club were promoted to the Premier League last week.
He told OTB Sports last night that loan spells at Exeter and Hereford did him the world of good.
Meanwhile, the second leg of the Championship play off semi final between Brentford and Swansea City takes place at Griffin Park tonight.
Swansea lead 1-0 from the first leg.
Kick off is at 7.45.
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MAN CITY CAS
Manchester City showed a "blatant disregard" to Uefa's investigation into potential Financial Fair Play (FFP) breaches, says the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
This comes even though it found "no conclusive evidence that they disguised funding from their owner as sponsorship".
Last month, Cas overturned City's two-year ban from European competition, and the club's fine was also cut from 30m euros to 10m euros.
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SNOOKER
There will be two players from Antrim in the main draw of 32 for the World Snooker Championships when they get underway on Friday in Sheffield.
Jordan Brown beat Ryan Day 10-6 in his final round qualifier last night to progress, where he joins friend Mark Allen.
32-year old Brown will be making his debut at the Crucible.
The draw for the first round will be made at 11am this morning.
Meanwhile, three-time quarter-finalist Anthony Hamilton says the move to have fans at the event is ridiculous.
Hamilton, who has asthma, warned: “Let’s say one person gets ill and dies from the Crucible – it’s one person who died for no reason at all, just for entertainment. I think it’s ridiculous.”
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ROI V BULGARIA
The Republic of Ireland's Nations League match against Bulgaria in September could be called into question after players in the Bulgarian league tested positive for COVID 19.
The game is scheduled for Sofia on September 3rd.
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