Sunday sport: Meath to take on Donegal in second SFC semi-final
Meath and Ulster champions Donegal will fight it out for a place in the All-Ireland Senior Football final this afternoon.
Jim McGuinness' Donegal haven't been to the decider in 11 years, while the Royals are aiming to get to the final for the first time since 2001.
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Both teams are unchanged from their wins in the quarter-finals, with Donegal boosted by the return of defender Caolan McGonagle to their bench.
Meath boss Robbie Brennan has made one positional change for the game, with Matthew Costello moving to full-forward and Keith Curtis to the half-forward line.
Kerry await the winners in the All-Ireland final, and there's a 4pm throw-in time at Croke Park.
There are also a pair of semi-finals in the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies Football Championship.
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Monaghan and Laois meet at Pearse Park, and Carrick-on-Shannon is the venue for the clash of Tyrone and Leinster champions Westmeath.
Both last-four ties get underway at 2pm.
Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz could become just the fifth man in history to be crowned Wimbledon champion three years running this afternoon.
He's taking on world number one Jannik Sinner on Centre Court - a month after beating him 3-2 in a French Open epic to win the title at Roland Garros.
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Sinner is hoping to win his first title at Wimbledon, having won all his previous Grand Slams on hard courts.
Golf
Rory McIlroy is in pole position to win golf's Scottish Open, sharing the lead going into the final round.
The world number two will resume on 11-under par for the tournament, along with American Chris Gotterup, at the Renaissance Club.
US Senior Open champion Padraig Harrington is one-over-par into the final day, as he fine-tunes his preparations for The Open.
Leona Maguire is nine-under-par after 11 holes of her final round at the Evian Championship in France - and three shots off the lead.
Soccer
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says he has "maximum respect" for Paris Saint-Germain - but his team is ready to beat them to become world champions.
The sides meet in the Club World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey tonight.
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