Wednesday Morning Sport: Kildare Beat Carlow In Leinster U20 Championship; England & Ukraine Through To Quarter-Finals EURO 2020

Wednesday, 30 June 2021 08:25

Kildare beat Carlow by 1 point

Gaelic Games

In the Leinster Under 20 hurling championship last night, Kildare beat Carlow by a point, with the match finishing 1-23 to 3-16.

Elsewhere, Laois beat Westmeath by 4-33 to 4-27.

Antrim defeated Down by 3-17 to 1-13.

Kildare will now play Wexford in Newbridge next Tuesday, 6th July.

With Laois meeting Antrim in Navan on the same day, both matches have a 7.30pm throw-in.

This evening in the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, Kildare play Carlow at NetWatch Cullen Park at 7.30pm.

Soccer

England will play Ukraine in the European Championship quarter finals in Rome on Saturday.

Manager Gareth Southgate says focus has already switched to the weekend:

Goals by Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane gave England a 2-0 win over Germany at Wembley yesterday evening.

With Ukraine beat Sweden 2-1 after extra time at Hampden Park.

Rafael Benitez is expected to be confirmed as the new Everton manager later today.

The Spaniard won the Champions League with rivals Liverpool back in 2005.

It's understood he has agreed a 3-year contract to replace Carlo Ancelotti at Goodison Park.

Tennis

Defending champion Novak Djokovic plays Kevin Anderson in the men's singles at Wimbledon today.

Andy Murray and women's second seed Aryna Sabalenka are also in action.

Rugby

New British and Irish Lions captain Conor Murray says there's plenty of former Irish captains he can lean on.

The 32 year old Munster scrum half has replaced Alun Wyn Jones as skipper for the three tests in South Africa.

Horse Racing

There's a flat meeting at Tipperary today, with the first off at 4.40pm.

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