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Athlone’s sporting prowess will be to the fore on the world stage following the landmark inclusion of former Buccaneers players, Robbie Henshaw and Jack Carty in the Ireland rugby squad prior to the start of the World Cup in Japan on Friday, September 20.

There only two women in the 87 years of the Camogie Senior Championship being contested, who have ascended the steps of the Hogan Stand and lifted the O'Duffy Cup while draped in the maroon of Galway; Imelda Hobbins in 1996 and current player Lorraine Ryan in 2013.

"When the whistle goes at the end of the match, you either are up there or you're not." Come 6pm on Sunday evening the Galway captain Sarah Dervan will know whether she will have climbed the famous steps of the Hogan Stand to hold the O'Duffy Cup aloft or whether she will be left on the hallowed turf of Croke Park, watching on as black and amber ticker tape falls to signify a Kilkenny victory.

Former professional rugby player and adventurer Damian Browne will deliver the keynote presentation at the 2019 BIG Leaders Summit in Galway on September 10.

The hunt for a new manager to take over the Galway senior football panel will be more difficult than many might expect, according to former All Ireland winning captain Ray Silke.

The Galway minor footballers face Cork this Sunday in the All-Ireland final in Croke Park in what is the curtainraiser to the senior match between Dublin and Kerry. Throw-in for the game is at 1pm.

Week two of the Premier League is over and it seems the big boys might not have it all their own way this season.

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Irish rugby lost a long-time advocate this week with the passing of Galway's Dr Anthony (Tony) Browne.

An interesting FAI Cup second round clash beckons for Galway United when Cork City provides the opposition at Eamonn Deacy Park tomorrow evening (7.45pm).