Friday's Sports Update

Friday, 28 November 2025 09:29

By Tara Flanagan- Got a story? Email news@kfmradio.com

Including details of the 2026 Leinster Senior Football Championship Draw

Soccer results, GAA 2026 Leinster Senior Football Championship draw details and more.

GAA

The 2026 Leinster Senior Football Championship Draw has been made.

Kildare will play the winners of Laois vs Offaly in the Quarter Final.

The full Draw is:

Preliminary Round
Carlow play Wicklow
Westmeath play Longford
AND Offaly play Laois

In the Quarter-Finals
Kildare play winner of Offaly/Laois
Meath play winner of Westmeath/Longford
Louth play Wexford
Dublin play winner of Carlow/Wicklow

In the Semi-Finals
Winner of Kildare/Offaly/Laois to play the winner of Meath/Westmeath/Longford

Winner of Louth/Wexford to play the winner of Dublin/Carlow/Laois

SOCCER

Aston Villa have moved closer to progressing automatically to the knockout stages of the Europa League after last night's 2-1 win at home to Young Boys.
Nottingham Forest are looking good for a play-off place after easing past Malmo 3-nil.
Celtic picked up their first away win in Europe for four years in coming from a goal down to get a 3-1 victory at Feyenoord ((pron: fire-nord)).

Rangers' hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the competition are hanging by a thread after drawing 1-ALL at home to 10-man Braga.

RUGBY
After the end of the Autumn Nations Series, both Leinster and Ulster return to URC action tonight.

Leinster - who have lost three of their five games so far - are in Newport against The Dragons.

And in Belfast, Ulster play Benetton.

Both games kick off at 7.45.

GOLF

Anna Foster is best of the Irish heading into day two at the Anda-lu-cia Costa del Sol Open.

She's two-under-par, which is four shots off the lead.

Kildare’s Lauren Walsh is one-under, with Sara Byrne a shot further back.

RACING
There's an eight-race card in Dundalk this evening.

The first goes to post at 10-to-5.