A first championship win over Kilkenny in 45 years progressed Limerick to an All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Cork after this pulsating contest.

That it has been 45 years since Limerick last overcame Kilkenny in the hurling Championship won’t play on the mind of John Kiely’s younger troops this weekend.

And so the great day dawns on a bitterly divided nation, writes Enda McEvoy. England are in a World Cup semi-final and the bitterly divided nation is… Ireland, of course. Are we, on the day Harry and Megs visited Croke Park, cheering for them?

So football is not coming home after all.

Tonight's highly anticipated World Cup semi-final converted even those who wouldn't normally bat an eyelid at the sight of Harry Kane kicking a ball around a field.

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France took the lead six minutes into the second half when Samuel Umtiti got to Antoine Griezmann's corner ahead of Marouane Fellaini and saw his header clip the Belgium midfielder on its way into the net.

Mesut Ozil’s father believes his son should quit Germany’s national squad after he was made a “scapegoat” for their shock first-round defeat at the World Cup.

How often have we heard, since the Waterford-Tipperary game, that umpires should be referees and not just friends or acquaintances of the official in question?

A strange affair in Navan.

Irish firms engaged in the trade of goods have reason to feel some relief with the latest Brexit negotiations, while recognising that huge potential pitfalls still remain, says Kyran Fitzgerald.

By Gerry Cox

The law of averages might be against Kilkenny but then they might argue theirs is the stronger commandment based on Cody’s ability to get it right second time around.

The contest between France striker Antoine Griezmann and Uruguay captain Diego Godin will be a feature of today’s quarter-final clash in Nizhny Novgorod. It also brings together Atletico Madrid club colleagues whose friendship is deep and personal.

It’s a rare bird, to be sure — a Rochestown Road home in Cork, modern, detached, on half an acre or more of grounds, along with waterfrontage, and a lofted boathouse with overhead apartment.

Earlier this month, an emotional Patrick O’Connor stood in the Kinane Stand tunnel and what he didn’t pour out on the field against Tipperary he gave up in an interview.

Late heartbreak at Oriel Park.

The Anyone-But-England brigade will be up bright and early tomorrow, whistling a merry tune and flexing the brims of their Panama hats.

The main talking point of the weekend from an officiating perspective took place at Dr Hyde Park on Saturday evening where Kevin McStay showed his frustration after Roscommmon didn’t get a free when Donegal’s Stephen McMenamin appeared to foul Diarmuid Murtagh.

Kevin McStay, who is looking at a lengthy sideline ban after appearing to push and throw a football at a linesman, believes match officials should come under the same scrutiny as players and managers.