Wexford 1-8 Laois 0-14

Westmeath 1-10 Laois 1-8

There will be three Irish athletes involved in the first day of track action at the Olympic Games in London today.

It has been a largely disappointing day for Team Ireland at the London Olympics today.

Team Ireland continued the good work at Weymouth today in their hunt for Olympic medals.

Laois manager Justin McNulty has given a vote of confidence to his players by naming an unchanged team for Saturday's showdown with reigning All-Ireland champions Dublin.

Ireland's Olympians are producing some phenomenal performances today at London 2012.

Team Ireland's Peter O'Leary and David Burrows finished 11th in their latest race of the Men's star class today, taking them to sixth place overall.

Annalise Murphy has today won her third race in the women's Laser Radial class.

Annalise Murphy is out to keep her good start going today in races 3 and 4 of the women's Laser Radial class.

Ireland's sailors have had an impressive day so far at the London Olympics.

Irish sailing duo David Burrows and Peter O'Leary have finished in second place in the first of four races this afternoon in the Men’s Star Class.

Irish Olympic High Jump hopeful Deirdre Ryan is eager to get back into competitive action ahead of London 2012, following an ankle injury which has ruled the Dundrum-based athlete out since January.

Laois 0-10 Down 2-11, Portlaoise

Allianz Football League Division 2: Donegal 2-6 Laois 2-9

A strong first half display helped Laois capture the Bord na Mona Shield title for the third time as they beat Wexford 1-15 to 1-6 at Wexford Park.

Meath, Kildare and DCU advanced to the Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup semi-finals this afternoon, while in the Shield competition Laois, DIT and Wicklow all claimed victories.

The Laois team to take on Tipperary in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier in Portlaoise (throw-in 7pm) has been named.

Laois will field an unchanged team in Sunday afternoon's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Dublin at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

Midfielder Padraig Clancy has failed to recover in time for Laois' Leinster SFC opener against Longford in Portlaoise on Sunday (throw-in 2pm).

Laois defender Peter O'Leary is hoping his side can deliver the knockout blow to Donegal's Allianz Football League Division 2 title aspirations tomorrow at Croke Park.

Laois manager Justin McNulty has named the same team that defeated Donegal two weeks ago for Sunday's Allianz Football League Division 2 final against the same opposition.

LAOIS 1-15 DONEGAL 1-11

Laois manager Sean Dempsey has stuck with the same team which drew with Meath last weekend, for Saturday's Leinster SFC quarter-final replay at O'Connor Park in Tullamore (throw-in 7pm).

Down 2-11 Laois 1-13, Pairc Esler

NFL DIVISION 2:

Laois manager Sean Dempsey has unsurprisingly shaken up his team for tomorrow's Allianz NFL Division 2 encounter with Armagh in Portlaoise (throw-in 7.30pm).

Fines totalling €14,000 and bans of 28 weeks have been handed out by the Leinster Council to Laois and Kildare, following the dismissal of seven players during last Sunday's fractious O'Byrne Cup quarter-final at Portlaoise.

Mountmellick clubman Colm Coss has been named at full-forward in the Laois team to take on Down in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC second-round qualifier in Newry (throw-in 7.30pm).

Laois 1-15 Louth 1-11

Monaghan 4-16 Laois 0-8

Wexford 0-10 Laois 2-16, Wexford Park

LAOIS 2-11 ARMAGH 2-8

Irish sailors Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne have failed to progress to the medal race in the Star class competition at the Olympics.

It was an exciting day in Qingdao where Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne produced another top ten result in the Star class to place 8th in their first race of the day.

The two races scheduled today for the Irish team of Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne in the star class have been rescheduled for tomorrow.

Dublin sailor Ciara Peelo has been eliminated from the Laser Radial class at the Beijing Olympics today.

It was another long day on the water for the remaining Irish sailors with just one race completed in both the Star and Laser Radial classes.

Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne finished 12th in Race 2 and 7th in Race 3 in the Star class today to lie in 9th place overall in the 10-race opening series in Beijing today.

Ireland’s Olympic sailing team of Ger Owens and Phillip Lawton have finished 15th in Race 8 in the 470 class today.

Tim Goodbody took 15th in Race 8 in the Finn class to place 21st overall in the 2008 Olympics sailing regatta today.

Irish cyclist David O'Loughlin has failed to qualify for the next stage of the men's individual pursuit.

Laois minor star Donie Kingston will make his senior championship debut for the O'Moore men on Saturday night against Longford at Pearse Park, throw-in 7pm.

THE Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) have set up a special tribunal to hear appeals resulting from the nomination of Star Class sailors Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne by the Irish Sailing Association (ISA) for the Beijing Games.