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- Irish Times
Ireland's Ben Healy storms into Tour de France yellow jersey on Bastille Day
Ireland's Ben Healy has claimed the Tour de France yellow jersey from Tour favourite Tadej Pogačar after a gruelling stage 10. Healy, racing for EF Education-EasyPost, stuck with the leading group up to 3km from the line, at which point Simon Yates (Team Visma-Lease A Bike) powered on for the stage victory. Healy finished the stage in third, 31 second back on Yates. The 24-year-old is the first Irish man to wear the yellow jersey since Stephen Roche's Tour win in 1987, joining Seán Kelly (1983) and Shay Elliott. READ MORE Healy was part of the leading group throughout the gruelling 165.3km stage from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, which included seven Category 2 climbs, after the day's breakaway formed almost immediately after the 8.3km rollout from Ennezat. Healy was joined in the breakaway by fellow stage contenders Ben O'Connor and Yates, but also, crucially, his three ED Education-EasyPost team-mates, Neilson Powless, Harry Sweeny and Alex Baudin. As the stage ticked on, Healy's support pealed off, Baudin the last to let up leaving the Irish rider to fight to the finish in the leaders group solo with 35km to go.
The Irish Sun
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- The Irish Sun
RTE pundits argue over who is better prepared between Donegal and Kerry ahead of All-Ireland final
CORA Staunton and Tomás Ó Sé got into a heated debate on the Sunday Game following Donegal's hammering of Meath. The two RTÉ pundits argued over whether Jim McGuinness' side 3 The Sunday Game panel was split during this argument between Staunton and Ó Sé Credit: @TheSundayGame 3 Donegal rested some players late on in the match and that may stand to them come All-Ireland final day 3 Kerry may benefit from the recent challenges having not played a Division 1 team in the championship until facing Armagh in the quarter-final Donegal booked their place in the All-Ireland football final with a 3-26 to 0-15 victory over Meath while Kerry competed in a tighter but still comfortable Kerry legend Ó Sé believed neither team were particularly challenged in the semi-final but the Kingdom were in the better position of the two to go into the final. The five time All-Ireland winner said: "If you ramp up 3-26 against Meath, what benefit is that to them in a way? "Because would you be better off with a tight, tight game in the semi-final? Read more on GAA "I would argue the same for Kerry. Kerry's passage from quarter-final to semi-final was a little bit more difficult than Donegal's." Mayo icon Staunton thought the less intense fixture was ideal for Donegal especially with this year's congested inter-county schedule. The 11 time All-Star hit back: "I think Jim McGuinness will be very happy that he got 3-26 on the board today. "As I said earlier, he got players minutes, a good 20-25 minutes. He got a lot of his top players like Michael Murphy, Ryan McHuge, Peader Mogan, he got them off after 50 minutes. Most read in GAA Football "This is going to be their 11th championship game, the most there has ever been in any championship. So I think he will be happy that they will rest. "He has spoken a lot about 'we only had a week off' and the difficulties. I think he will be delighted that it wasn't a hard game and it didn't go down to the wire. 'Easiest interview I've ever had' jokes RTE GAA host after pundits go back and forth before Meath vs Donegal The Donegal GAA county board They were given just a six-day turnaround between the preliminary quarter-final against Louth and their quarter-final clash with Monaghan despite requesting for it to be played a day later. McGuinness himself "From my own point of view, you should never, ever make an excuse for a game before a game is played." The Donegal boss has had his complaints of the GAA's scheduling this season however, especially the decision for Ó Sé still thought Jack O'Connor's side had the better preparation for the final despite Staunton's point. He argued: "I just think Kerry are going to ask them a lot more difficult questions than the two previous teams have." The two sides will meet on July 27 to decide the Sam Maguire Cup winners for 2025.
Irish Examiner
2 hours ago
- Irish Examiner
Cork v Tipperary: What time, what channel and all you need to know about the All-Ireland SHC final
The All-Ireland Senior hurling championship final is upon us and it is an historic first final clash between Munster rivals Cork and Tipperary. It will be the sixth all-Munster final. The previous all-Munster finals were between Clare and Tipperary in 1997, Cork and Clare in 2013, Limerick and Waterford in 2020, Cork and Limerick in 2021 and last year's final between Clare and Cork. Cork secured their final spot after they defeated Dublin in the semi-final with Tipperary securing their final spot with a two point win over Kilkenny. Cork have reached the final for a second year in a row while Tipperary are in their first final since 2019. Cork will be hoping to bridge a 20 year gap since they last brought the Liam McCarthy Cup Leeside with the Premier county last winning the title in 2019. The two sides have already met three times this year with Cork winning twice to Tipperary's one win. Tipp won their league clash 2-22 to 1-21 in FBD Semple Stadium in February with Cork claiming the league final in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh 3-24 to 0-23 in April with Cork claiming the Munster round robin 4-27 to 0-24 in Páirc Uí Chaoimh also in April. Can Cork end their long wait to win the Liam McCarthy Cup or can Tipp bring the title back to the Premier County? Here's everything you need to know. Where and when is it on? The game will take place on Sunday July 20 in Croke Park with a throw-in time of 3.30pm. Where can I watch the game? The game will be shown live on RTÉ Two and BBC with coverage kicking off at 2.15pm. As well as that, you can follow the action as it happens with Examiner Sport's liveblog on Sunday afternoon. For those who are unable to get their hands on a ticket to the final, the Rebel's Fanzone is returning to SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The tickets for the event are free and will be available from Thursday at 7.30am. Who's the referee? Galway's Liam Gordon will be taking charge of the All-Ireland SHC final. This is Gordon's first senior final having taken charge of the 2019 U20 final between Cork and Tipperary, the 2020 Joe McDonagh final, the 2024 Munster hurling final and the 2025 AIB All-Ireland Senior club final. To date this season Gordon has been the man in the middle for Clare v Cork and Limerick v Cork in the Munster Championship, the Leinster championship clash between Antrim and Dublin and the All-Ireland quarter-final between Dublin and Limerick. The final will be the 18th Liam McCarthy cup game that Gordon will be in charge of since he first took up the whistle in 2020. Gordon's umpires will be Dublin's Seán Stack and Waterford's Thomas Walsh with Stack the standby referee. The sideline official will be Antrim's Colm McDonald and Wexford's Dickie Murphy will be the Hawk-Eye Official. What can I read about and listen to on Follow the build up to the final from our reporters and columnists in our dedicated All-Ireland Hurling Final hub. *** Anthony Daly, TJ Ryan and Mark Landers will be building up to the final with a special podcast recording on Wednesday. They will be joined by a special Tipperary guest to preview the historic first All-Ireland final meeting between the two sides. *** Therese O'Callaghan speaks to the Glen Rovers man about captaincy, the Rebels support and the traditional Tipperary rivalry. Watch here. Read More Keegan pivotal in helping Ryan find balance between leading and managing
