Saturday sport: Lions thrash Western Force, All Ireland Football quarter-finals
Kenneth Fox
Rugby
The British and Irish Lions have strolled to a big victory to open their tour of Australia.
They stormed to a 54-7 win over Western Force in Perth.
Dan Sheehan, Garry Ringrose and Joe McCarthy all crossed over for tries for Andy Farrell's team.
Scrum-half Tomos Williams went off with what looked like a hamstring injury in the second-half.
The three-Test series against Australia begins on the 19th of July with 4 more warm up games to come.
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GAA
A place in the All Ireland Football championship semi-finals is up for grabs.
Rivals Donegal and Monaghan face off in the opening game of the day with throw in at Croke Park at 4pm.
Then Tyrone and Dublin face off at HQ with throw in at 6:15pm.
The final round of group matches takes place in the All-Ireland senior camogie championship this afternoon.
At 2pm in Group One, Cork will look to maintain their 100-percent record against Wexford while Tipperary go up against Clare from 3pm.
The clash between Galway and Waterford is just underway in Group Two while Dublin go up against Derry in an hour's time.
Semple Stadium in Thurles is the venue for tonight's All-Ireland minor hurling championship final.
Clare play Waterford, with throw-in at 5.15pm.
Soccer
Lee Carsley's England have the chance to win a second successive European under-21 Championship crown.
They take on Germany in the final, with kick-off at 8pm in Bratislava.
Chelsea are in last 16 action at the Club World Cup tonight.
Enzo Maresca's side face Benfica from 9pm Irish time in Charlotte.
Golf
Leona Maguire and playing partner Jennifer Kupcho hold a one shot lead heading into day 3 of the Dow Championship on the LPGA Tour.
Yesterday's excellent round of 60 leaves them on 13 under par so far and just ahead of Gemma Dryburgh and Cassie Porter
Maguire's team, nicknamed the Irish Goodbyes, will take to the course for their third round in Michigan just before 7pm Irish time.
Padraig Harrington is looking to win his second US Senior Open tournament in 3 years this weekend.
The Irishman is in a share of the lead after shooting a second consecutive round of 67 to lie on 6 under par after two rounds.
He's joined at the top of the leaderboard by Stewart Cink and Mark Hensby.
Harrington lifted the title back in 2022.
Racing
There's racing at the Curragh this afternoon.
The first is off at a 1:15pm.
Meanwhile, British racing legend Barry Hills has died at the age of 88.
The Englishman began training in 1969 and continued to have winners up until his retirement in 2011 with 3,000 victories in all under his belt.
His most notable successes were four victories across both Guineas, a St Leger, an Oaks and a Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Barry was also father to Classic-winning jockeys Michael and Richard Hills and has been remembered as "a great figure of our sport" by the British Horseracing Authority.
