All set for the big one tomorrow? The Super Sunday to beat them all?

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

A ‘Super Sunday’ for Irish sport ended up with Ireland gate-crashing Poland’s party.

Roy Hodgson has expressed his pleasure that Wayne Rooney has settled his future before the World Cup and believes the Manchester United striker could be England’s captain for the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.

The venue might be Wembley but it’s definitely Germany not London calling tonight, as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund do battle in the final of the Champions League.

On a night when the legendary Lester Piggott cut the ribbon to officially open the new entrance building at Tipperary racecourse, it was Robert Tyner’s Young Finnegan who stole the show in the Healy Partners’ Architects Maiden Hurdle.

This is the most exciting National League I can remember in any format.

Three years ago Tipperary GAA adopted the policy of allowing the management to name the senior hurling captain.

This was the weekend that kept on giving for Team Ireland as our Paralympians lifted the country’s medal haul to a magnificent seven.

IT will be “super Sunday” in Courtmacsherry next weekend as the Cork seaside village hosts a county rowing championship and horse racing on the strand on the same day.

MICHAEL HALFORD introduced a smashing newcomer in Casamento, the first horse he has trained for Sheikh Mohammed, to win the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Tipperary last night.

JOSEPH O’BRIEN, rather than Johnnny Murtagh, takes the ride on Pirateer in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Tipperary this evening, but the son of Danehill Dancer still gets the vote.

THE Irish Greyhound Board yesterday announced a new tiered format for the allocation of race grants which is basically designed to encourage better class racing on all tracks.

NEIL CALLAN, a native of Kildare, rode his first winner at the track when guiding English challenger, Kevin Ryan’s Senor Mirasol, to a smooth victory in the Listed Danehill Dancer Stakes at Tipperary last evening.

TIPPERARY and Bellewstown house 16 races between them this evening and it has to be said that most of the contests have a more than puzzling appearance.

Wes Brown has catapulted Manchester United into the lead in their 'Super Sunday' clash against Liverpool at Old Trafford.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument when he hears it, and he’s got strong views of his own. Every Tuesday, he will be acting as referee on your opinions on the Premiership. Let him know what you think and he’ll argue the toss with you. We’ll be offering a free sports prize to the star contribution each week.

IN THE small hours of yesterday morning a giddy crowd of 250 gathered around televisions at the Lime Cafe Bar in Dún Laoghaire.

THE Premiership is set to test Hawk-eye technology in football with a view to remove doubts over goal-line decisions, the chief of the company that makes the product has said.

THE decision of Horse Racing Ireland to downgrade Tipperary’s John James McManus Memorial Hurdle in October From a Grade One to a Grade Two has raised more than a few eyebrows.

DAVENPORT DEMOCRAT gave Ruby Walsh an armchair ride on his way to success in the Dawn Pure Orange Juice Beginners Chase at the first stage of the Listowel Festival yesterday.

CHELSEA’s opening two games in defence of their Premiership title will be seen live on Sky Sports.

FRANCES CROWLEY'S Riverboatman made an excellent debut over jumps with a clear-cut victory in the 1560 111222 Live UK Commentary three-year-old Maiden Hurdle at a wet Tipperary last night.

THE improving Amid The Chaos has to be the choice to complete a hat-trick in the William Fry Solicitors’ Novice Hurdle at Tipperary this afternoon.

THE improving Amid The Chaos has to be the choice to complete a hat-trick in the William Fry Solicitors’ Novice Hurdle at Tipperary this afternoon.