Kenneth Fox
GAA
The line up for the All-Ireland Club Hurling final is complete.
Na Fianna of Dublin have dramatically defeated Loughrea of Galway 0-17 0-16 in Thurles.
Earlier, Cork’s Sarsfields booked their place in the decider with a 18-points-to-17 victory over Derry Champions Slaughtneil in Newbridge.
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— The GAA (@officialgaa) December 15, 2024
It was also All-Ireland Club Camogie final day at Croke Park.
Galway’s Sarsfields claimed a fourth All-Ireland senior Camogie title.
They demolished first time finalists Truagh/Clonlara of Clare 1-16 0-6.
Soccer
An extraordinary ending at the Etihad stadium saw Manchester United score twice in the final five minutes to come from behind to defeat Manchester City by two goals to one.
Amad Diallo’s 90th minute winner came just two minutes after he won a penalty which was converted by Bruno Fernandes for the visitors.
City have now lost eight out of their last 11 games in all competitions.
At half time in the two late kick offs, Tottenham are dismantling Southampton 5-0 at St Mary’s.
James Maddison opened the scoring after just 36 seconds for the visitors, and added another in stoppage time.
With Hun-Min Son, Dejan Kulusevski, and Pape Sarr adding further goals.
While at Stamford Bridge Chelsea are on course to close the gap at the top to just two points as they lead Brentford 1-0.
Spaniard Marc Cucurella’s header putting the blues in front just before half time.
Earlier Crystal Palace had a 3-1 away at Brighton.
Gary O’Neil’s lost his job as Wolves manager following their 2-1 defeat to fellow Premier League strugglers Ipswich.
The result left them second from bottom and four points from safety.
Celtic won the Scottish league cup on 5-4 penalties at the expense of old firm rivals Rangers.
It finished 3-3 after full and extra time at Hampden Park.
Rugby
Connacht have made it two wins from two in the Challenge Cup.
They have beaten Perpignan 31-18 in France.
Darts
Luke Humphries begins the defence of his PDC World Darts Championship title tonight.
He awaits the winner of the round one clash between Thibault Tricole and Joe Comito.
Ireland’s Keane Barry gets his campaign underway at the Alexandra Palace against Kim Huybrechts in the first round.
