Andre Greipel won the sprint finish on stage five of the Tour de France while Tony Martin retained the yellow jersey. Source: Laurent Cipriani

HomeRory McIlroy withdrew from the Open with an ankle injury and will not defend his title at St Andrew’s next weekRTÉ and Sky Sports came to a compromise which allows the Munster football final replay to be shown on TVMikey Carton left the Dublin senior hurling panelConor McGregor‘s fight against Chad Mendes is set to be the UFC’s highest-grossing event in the USAwayRaheem Sterling reportedly pulled a sickie and missed Liverpool trainingBBC and ITV joined forces to keep the Six Nations away from Sky and on free-to-air TVTottenham Hotspur announced a 10-year deal with the NFL to host American football in LondonAndy Murray set up a Wimbledon semi-final against Roger Federer while Novak Djokovic also booked his place in the men’s final fourEngland finished on 343-7 after winning the toss on the first day of the first Ashes testThe best thing we shared

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On the record

– PGA Tour golfer Scott Stallings explains why he turned himself in for a doping violation

Where we were today

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Murray Kinsella was in Belfast where he caught up with Irish international trio Andrew Trimble, Jared Payne and Tommy Bowe.

The fixture listSt Pat’s, Cork City and UCD are all in Europa League second leg actionIt’s ladies day at Wimbledon with Serena v Sharapova and Muguruza v Radwanska in the women’s singles semi-finalsIt’s another flat day at the Tour de France as stage six takes the peloton the 192 km from Abbeville to Le HavreShowbiz, baby!

Conor McGregor was showing off his football skills in the latest episode of UFC Embedded

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