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St Anne’s BC, Westport’s Ray Moylette will go into action today in the last 32 of the IABA World Championships in Almaty in Kazakhstan against Ermek Sakenov from Kyrgyzstan in the afternoon session.

By Linley MacKenzie

Connacht Rugby has signed four new players to its academy this week.

Two Galway players have secured their places on the Irish handball team for the upcoming World Championship.

Islandeady’s Ray Moylette will get his World Championships underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, today when he takes on Latvian Aturs Ahmetovs in the last 64 of the competition. Three wins for the St Anne’s club man who claimed the European Light Welterweight title during the summer will book his place in next year’s Olympics in London. Having won the European title Moylette has been ranked fourth by the AIBA in the World Championship, but his place in this week’s competition was only secured a few weeks ago when be defeated Irish champion Ross Hickey in a box off in the National Stadium.

Several television networks are to broadcast the recent Trail World Championships organised by Run Connemara in a development which has been hailed as a major boost for the event.

On Sunday September 4 Galway will host the first Ironman 70.3 event to take place in Ireland. This inaugural race, scheduled to finish in Eyre Square, will allocate 35 qualifying slots for the Foster Grant Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Florida.

On Sunday September 4 Galway will host the first Ironman 70.3 event to take place in Ireland. This inaugural race, scheduled to finish in Eyre Square, will allocate 35 qualifying slots for the Foster Grant Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Florida.

As Connacht gears up for Heineken Cup rugby, and season tickets are being snapped up, the pre-season fixtures, which take place in August, have been confirmed.

The countdown is on to the return of Mini on the international motorsport stage. The MiniWRC Team was presented to the public at the MiniPlant in Oxford recently.