WATCH: Your weekend of sporting action starts here

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WATCH: Your weekend of sporting action starts here

The bank holiday weather is

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Gaelic action of the weekend

The home-grown action this weekend centres around the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The main focus will be on Sundays quarter-finals, but the Round 4b qualifier double-header on Saturday evening, featuring Sligo, Tyrone, Donegal and Galway, should give us two entertaining battles.

Saturday August 1

Live GAA on Sky Sports 1 from 3.30pm. Sligo v Tyrone - throw-in 4pm; Donegal v Galway - throw-in 6pm.

Sunday August 2

The Sunday Game Live on RTE 2 from 1.30pm. Kerry v Kildare - throw-in2 pm; Dublin v Fermanagh - throw-in 4pm.

Irish competitors of the weekend

Bryan Keane and Aileen Reid are in Rio to fly the flag for Ireland at the

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Both triathletes are aiming to return there next year as Olympic competitors and hope this event will help prepare them for the real deal.

Live timing is available via www.triathlon.org/live with live video available via @worldtriathlon periscope.

The women’s race starts at 13:00 followed by the men’s race at 16:30 Irish time on Sunday, August 2nd.

Return of the weekend

We are still a week away from the

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Community Shield, Chelsea v Arsenal – BT Sport 2 on Sunday at 2.30

Spectacle of the weekend

The Special Olympics World Games have been taking place in LA all week and conclude on Sunday with the closing ceremony.

Irish athletes have been doing us

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Check out all the highlights of the closing ceremony on the Games official YouTube channel.

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