The latest updates from today’s sporting action…
Soccer
The Republic of Ireland meet Australia, Canada and Nigeria in Group B at next summer’s Women’s World Cup.
Vera Pauw’s charges will start their campaign against co-hosts Australia on July 20 in Sydney.
They then meet Olympic champions Canada six days later in Perth before taking on Nigeria in Brisbane on 31 July.
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Australia
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ
Nigeria
Canada
An exciting group, can’t wait for the tournament to start in July 2023 ๐คฉ pic.twitter.com/qkXGCK2doe
โ FAIreland โฝ๏ธ๐ฎ๐ช (@FAIreland) October 22, 2022
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Nottingham Forrest beat Liverpool 1-0 in the Premier League opener at lunchtime.
A goal from Taiwo Awoniyi in the 55th minute denied Jรผrgen Klopp’s team a chance of fifth place in the table.
Later, Chelsea host Manchester United from 17:30 after Manchester City host Brighton and Everton meet Crystal Palace, both of whom kicked off at 15:00.
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Manchester City beat Tottenham 3-0 in the first WSL clash of the day, with goals from Khadija Shaw and Lauren Hemp.
Meanwhile, Everton got the better of Aston Villa thanks to a goal from Lucy Graham.
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Here at home, four teams remain in contention to be crowned SSE Airtricity Women’s National League champions ahead of today’s penultimate round of play.
League leaders Wexford Youths, who have been seeking a first title since 2018, meet third-placed Peamount tonight.
Reigning champions Shelbourne meet Sligo at home, with fourth-placed Athlone Town hosting Galway.
Elsewhere, DLR Waves play Treaty United and Bohemians go to Cork City.
GAA
The first round of the Leinster Club Football Championship begins tonight when Carlow champions Palatine take on Wicklow Kingpins St Patrick’s at Netwatch Cullen Park from 20:00.
The @AIB_GAA Senior Club Football Championship begins this weekend.
On Saturday we have the Palatine & St. Patricks clash. Castletown, Portarlington, St. Mary’s and Colmcille then fight on Sunday.
Who takes the first step on #TheToughestJourney?
โ Leinster GAA (@gaaleinster) October 18, 2022
boxing
All five Irish boxers have successfully weighed in for their finals at the European Women’s Boxing Championships.
Kellie Harrington, Aoife O’Rourke, Amy Broadhurst, Caitlin Fryers and Tina Desmond will all walk through the ropes in Montenegro this afternoon.
Harrington hopes to follow in Katie Taylor’s footsteps and win gold medals at World, Olympic and European levels.
rugby
Munster will look to beat Leinster for the second time in ten games when they renew their rivalry in the United Rugby Championship (URC) tonight.
Jack O’Donoghue will captain the Reds in the absence of Peter O’Mahony, while Jack Crowley will start at full-back.
#Gameday
Here’s your team who will represent Munster tonight in Dublin’s Interpro derby at the Aviva Stadium ๐ช#LEIvMUN #BKTURC #SUAF ๐ด
โ Munster Rugby (@Munsterrugby) October 22, 2022
Johnny Sexton skips Leinster from the second half with Jason Jenkins called against his former side in the second row.
The game at the Aviva starts at 5:15 p.m.
golf
Defending champion Rory McIlroy is just two shots from the lead at halftime in golf’s CJ Cup.
He will tee off under par from nine, later fifth on the leaderboard.
Shane Lowry will be out from seven under while Seamus Power has a shot back at six under.
Jon Rahm and Kurt Kitayama share the lead with 11 under par.
Run
There is a seven race map at Leopardstown today with the first race starting at 1.35pm.
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