BOXING
A dominant performance from Joe Ward has seen the Westmeath man through to the gold medal match of the light-heavyweight division at the European Elite Championships in Bulgaria.
He put his Croatian opponent away after a unanimous decision in the ring this evening.
Michael Conlan also upgraded his bronze medal after a successful semi-final. He had a unanimous verdict victory over his Italian opponent.
Dean Walsh, meanwhile was on the wrong end of a unanimous decision but still goes home with a bronze medal.
GOLF
Rory McIlroy shot a 71 to finish on 2-under par after day two of the USPGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
He is five shots off the 7-under lead, which is now held by David Lingmerth, Russell Henley, Jason Day and Matt Jones.
With a score of 1-over looking to be necessary to make the cut, Rory McIlroy will likely shoulder the Irish charge all on his own this weekend.
Shane Lowry and Padraig Harrington could only get to 3-over this afternoon, with Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke well out of contention.
They ended today on 5-over and 15-over, respectively.
SOCCER
Man United have made it back-to-back 1-0 wins in the Barclay's Premier League.
They have beaten Aston Villa away tonight.
Adnan Januzaj scored the winning goal in the first half.
Here at home, there was action tonight in the Premier Division and First Division of the SSE Airtricity League.
In the top tier, Bohs won 3-0 against Galway United as Derry City went down 2-0 at home to Dundalk.
Limerick, meanwhile, have recorded another win after beating Cork City 3-2.
Sligo Rovers won 4-0 at Drogheda United, while St. Patrick's Athletic notched the only goal via a Greg Bolger close range finish in their match with Bray Wanderers to take their winning run to nine games.
Longford Town lost 3-1 at home to Shamrock Rovers.
That's it full time! Saints 1-0 victors tonight and we set new club record of 9 league wins in a row!
— St Patrick's Ath (@stpatsfc) August 14, 2015
In the first division, Athlone lost 4-3 at home to Waterford United while UCD had a 3-0 victory over Cobh Ramblers.
Finn Harps had a 1-nil win against Shelbourne, while Wexford beat Cabinteely 3-2.
GAELIC GAMES
Tipperary hurling boss Eamon O'Shea has made one change to his side for Sunday's All-Ireland hurling semi-final against Galway.
Michael Breen is the man who misses out as Conor O'Brien comes in at corner back.
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