Galway have control in the first of today’s All-Ireland Senior Football championship preliminary quarter-finals.
The Tribesmen are 1-16 to 1-06 up on Down at half time in Newry.
Shane Walsh has scored 1-5 in the first half.
Elsewhere a provincial winner will exit the Championship in the 4pm game in Ballybofey as Donegal host Louth.
The Tailteann Cup semi-finals are taking place at Croke Park this afternoon.
OisÃn McConville’s Wicklow are 1-09 to 0-11 down to Allianz National League Division Four champions Limerick at the break.
At 4:00 it’s Fermanagh against Kildare.
Tailteann Cup
Croke Park will play host to the semi-finals of the Tailteann Cup this afternoon.
Wicklow boss Oisin McConville has rubbished suggestions that his team are in ‘bonus territory’ ahead of their match against Division Four champions Limerick at 2pm.
Then at 4pm it’s Fermanagh against Kildare.
Minor football
It’s also semi-final day in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.
Connacht champions Roscommon face Tyrone at Breffni Park at half-one and there’s a half-three throw-in time for the meeting of Mayo and Kerry in Ennis.
Golf
Rory McIlroy has ground to make up if he’s to win golf’s Travelers Championship this evening.
The world number two is seven-under-par after three rounds, and nine shots adrift of leader Tommy Fleetwood.
Shane Lowry goes into the final day in Connecticut from one-over.
Meanwhile, Leona Maguire is in a tie for 6th ahead of the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – the third major of the year.
She’ll tee off from two-over-par later on in Texas, eight shots off the lead that is held by Australian Minjee Lee.
Hockey
Ireland have been beaten 9-1 by a rampant Spain in their final FIH pro-League game of the season in Antwerp.
Ben Nelson with a late consolation goal there for Ireland on what was a tough day for them.