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Top spot in ladies' league up for grabs in Corofin
Donegal travel to Corofin on Sunday afternoon for a 2pm throw-in to face Galway in the final round of league fixtures in the Lidl Ladies National Football League. With both teams already confirmed for the semi-finals, along with All-Ireland champions Dublin and Cork, this game is effectively a dead rubber, but should decide who finishes in top spot.
History is on Connacht's side when they face Bordeaux for a European quarter-final
There is no rest for Connacht Rugby in their bid to achieve Champions Cup rugby this season. Still in the hunt in two competitions, they now return to Bordeaux where they became the first Irish team to win on French soil.
History on Connacht's side when they face Bordeaux in key Euro fixture
There is no rest for Connacht Rugby in their bid to achieve Champions Cup rugby this season. Still in the hunt in two competitions, they now return to Bordeaux where they became the first Irish team to win on French soil.
Path to the final
In what has been described by many observers as the greatest hurling championship in living memory, the Galway Advertiser takes a look back on how Micheál Donoghue secured their place in this Sunday's decider.
Galway hurlers must take down the Cats again to reclaim their Leinster title
This Sunday in Croke Park current All-Ireland and Leinster champions Galway will put their provincial title on the line when they face Brian Cody's Kilkenny in the 2018 Leinster hurling final (4pm).
Hurlers can use final round as a useful training exercise
Former Dublin All-Ireland winning football manager Pat Gilroy will have the Dublin hurling squad in Salthill on Saturday evening to take on Galway in the final round of the Leinster Senior Hurling championship round robin series (7pm).
Division one title race goes down to the wire
The race for the Masters division one title is going right down to the wire next week as Manulla and Ballina Town sit joint top of the table with just one game to go after Castlebar Celtic shocked the defending champions on Wednesday night.
Might Mitchels go looking for another magnificent win
Castlebar Mitchels renew acquaintances with Corofin in the Connachht Club final this Sunday in Tuam in what promises to be a mouth watering clash. Both teams know each other very well at this stage having crossed paths three times in the last number of years. Corofin needing extra-time last year to beat Castlebar in MacHale Park. Coincidently Mitchels have beaten the Galway kingpins twice in Tuam in what were rip-roaring encounters. Neither team seems to be at the level that they were a number of years ago, but they are still very evenly matched.
