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Christopher Nkunku heading for Chelsea exit door as striker set for AC Milan medical

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Breaking - | Ben O'Connor to be confirmed as Cork's new senior hurling manager next Tuesday - 18:25

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Cycling -- Chris Froome undergoes surgery after suffering serious injuries in training crash

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Premier League -- RB Leipzig's Xavi Simons heads for London as Chelsea and Spurs battle it out for Dutch attacker

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Irish News -- Man charged after 'military grade' assault rifles and €770k drug seizure was 'essential cog' in crime group, court hears

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Volunteer Met Police officer guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a child

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Gardaí lead raids in UK after seizure of €21m of cocaine on ship in Limerick

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Politics -- Academic who came under fire from Michael D Higgins considered for Fianna Fáil presidential run

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News -- Funeral of Donegal boy (9) who died in tragic incident hears of his caring nature and mischievous ways

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Ladies Football -- Parents 'disgusted' as GAA club asks teenage girls to stop wearing short shorts due to male coaches feeling 'uncomfortable'

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Irish Business -- This Working Life: 'I'm the only Irish person here and I do get slagged off – but I lean into it. It's a great team'

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Soccer -- Meet the Irish players that helped Grimsby pull off the shock of the season by knocking out Manchester United from League Cup

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Irish News -- Former Sinn Féin press officer jailed for child sexual offences is released from prison

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Life -- Cian Healy on how he got hooked on knife-making: 'I found I could just disappear into the work'

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Irish News -- First group of Palestinian students to arrive in Ireland today as over 50 offered scholarships

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World News -- Tánaiste welcomes move to allow Irish peacekeepers to stay in Lebanon until 2027

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News -- 'A pure gent of a man who would do anything for anyone' – Tributes paid to Offaly man who died in road crash

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Soccer -- Former Shamrock Rovers CEO John Martin expected to replace Marc Canham in FAI

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Irish News -- More than 2,600 school secretaries and caretakers stage strike action

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Premier League -- Image of Ruben Amorim's 'wally in a brolly' moment will haunt him forever after Grimsby nightmare

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Book Reviews -- Britain and Ireland's relationship examined: The British 'take the Irish for granted, whereas they are obsessed with us. We don't remember the past and they cannot forget it'

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Money -- Petrol and diesel prices dip as back-to-school season begins

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Politics -- Ivana Bacik defends Catherine Connolly as presidential pick despite attack by former Labour leader Alan Kelly

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News -- Terry Wogan's son hits out at Labour chancellor after late father's £3.75m home fails to sell

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Crime -- Man pleads guilty to money laundering after six years on the run

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Middle East -- Dr Mahmoud Abumarzouq niece Yaqout laughing while surrounded by rubble in a tent in Gaza

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Irish News -- Asian hornet nest found near Cork city as public advised not to approach suspected sightings

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Weather - latest - | Weather warning for six counties as Met Éireann warns of localised flooding and thunderstorms

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Irish News -- RTÉ HR executive at centre of sweetheart deal scandal to leave Donnybrook station

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Celebrity News -- Isabelle Duff: What the reaction to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's OTT engagement says about romance in 2025

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Irish News -- 'I wouldn't go looking for one' – what Irish shoppers really think of the Labubu craze

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Gaelic Football -- Ranking the greats, part four: The top 30 football and hurling managers of last 50 years (numbers 15-11)

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CAO offers 2025: Full list of first-round points by college course

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John Walshe: CAO offers leave many students frustrated as high achievers lose out to those with inflated grades from previous years

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What now after your Leaving Cert results? Here's how to plan your next steps – whether you got top points or not

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Leaving Cert results: Can I appeal my grade, how do course offers work and what are the key CAO dates?

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CAO college offers: Everything you need to know

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'I left school at 17 without completing the Leaving Cert, but now I am doing an apprenticeship to be an accountant'

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Europe - latest - | Tánaiste condemns overnight Russian missile attack on Kyiv as at least 15 dead, including three children

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Europe -- Mass Russian drone and missile attack kills 15 and injures 48 in Ukraine's capital

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Analysis -- 'An open war on free media' – Israel slated over death toll of journalists in Gaza

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World News -- Two children dead and 17 people injured in shooting at Catholic school being investigated as domestic terrorism

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Europe -- Russian soldiers breach key industrial region of Ukraine for first time

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World News -- Australian politician threatens journalist at press conference for mentioning his Lebanese heritage

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Catherine Prasifka: Donald Trump's 'gotcha politics' made him king – now Gavin Newsom is after his crown

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The Irish Independent's View: Be bold, believe in yourself and success will come calling

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Sophie White: It's easier to skip to a funny meme than face stories of trauma, suicide and genocide, but it's important for humanity to witness them

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Frank Coughlan: Any commercial station might snap up 'The Traitors', but RTÉ's bar should be set higher

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Mary Kenny: New Netflix whodunnit 'The Thursday Murder Club' kills off old myths about ageing

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Letters: Teachers will always smooth the way in our ever-changing educational landscape

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News -- Kerry farmer battling to save fourth-generation farm gets court reprieve

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News -- Nitrates Derogation loss could slash milk payments by €555 million annually

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News -- Methane emissions rise in Brazil, the world's largest beef exporter

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Comment -- Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: People moan about the price of milk but they happily pay twice as much for a litre of water

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Farm Property -- 62ac grass holding in Cork-Limerick borderlands with handsome farmhouse for €800,000

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Irish News -- Gardaí issue appeal after body of unidentified man found in Dublin city

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Dublin News -- Two north Dublin beaches shine in new IBAL litter survey

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Dublin News -- The Office' star Steve Carell visits Gravediggers pub in Dublin

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Sligo man (64) charged with possession of child sexual abuse material

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Plans for largest-ever housing development in Ennis stall as Clare locals express 'huge' concerns

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Tipperary shop targeted in attempted break-in just days after opening

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Owners of thriving Wicklow family pub to sell up after 28 years

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How this successful entrepreneur refused to be defined by his lack of third level qualifications

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Four star hotel on Donegal's coast on the market with €4.9m price tag

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Boston bar started by a Kerry man in 1909 voted best Guinness in America

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Indo Sport podcast: Shaun Patton | Donegal's All-Ireland final heartache, his unique GAA journey, the art of goalkeeping

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Seachtain: Gaeilge ón Áras: Should an tUachtarán speak Gaeilge?

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The Big Tech Show: Paedophiles, fascists and nihilists: How unsafe is Roblox for kids?

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Radio -- 'Loss is like dodging fire on a battlefield,' Michael Palin on the death of his wife

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Radio -- Declan Lynch: 'Online gambling has finally captured that half of the human race which had always eluded the bookies'

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Theatre & Arts -- Ferdia Walsh-­Peelo: 'It's mad to imagine how much influence Dracula has had and it's extra cool it was written by an Irishman'

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Health Features -- An Irish filmmaker on making a documentary in Ukraine: 'Sirens go off and people don't break their conversation'

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Beauty -- Louise McSharry: I wish I'd stayed true to myself and what I wanted instead of cosplaying the role of the perfect bride'

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Tanya Sweeney: Taylor Swift's $500,000 engagement ring doesn't mean more than my mother's simple wedding band

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Orla Dempsey: Guess missed the point with its AI model – it's their imperfections that made the supermodels legendary

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Real Health Podcast -- Your morning checklist and the importance of making your bed

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Life -- 'I've learned how to be strong': Photographer on battling breast cancer, losing her mum and stealing buns from Bono

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Health & Wellbeing -- Elevate Fit Fest's Kate Duggan: 'People still want the craic but not the hangover. It's the buzz of a festival without needing to spend two days in bed'

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Health Features -- Stay Well: What is a slipped disc and does it always require surgery?

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Travel News -- Ryanair to raise bonuses for catching passengers with oversized bags

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Europe -- 'Tourism whack-a-mole' – why summer holidays in Greece may never be the same again

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World -- When nature tourists go wild: 'He had smuggled a penguin back to the ship in his backpack'

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'From soot-covered hellhole to achingly cool in just 25 years' – a chic French city break dream

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Eileen Magnier on life after RTÉ: 'A year on, I have never felt so healthy, so free and so energised'

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'I said I'd take a stab at becoming a historian' – how one man's hobby led him to unearth Ireland's forgotten homes

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Irish News -- Vigil held in Dublin in solidarity with journalists in Gaza

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Education -- Random selection for college courses is 'least worst' system, says James Lawless

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Irish News -- Man (40s) dies after getting into difficulty while swimming in Co Wicklow

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Irish News -- Firefighters remain at scene of large blaze at Balbriggan waste facility as residents told to 'keep windows closed'

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Irish News -- The verdict is in on the Labubu doll craze sweeping the world

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Irish News -- Children who are bullied have 'poorer wellbeing and higher depression' as teens, research shows

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Irish News -- Louise Richardson being considered by Fianna Fáil for party's presidential nomination

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Courts -- Man pleads guilty to money laundering after six years on the run

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Irish News -- Children who are bullied have 'poorer well-being and greater depression' as teens, ESRI report says

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Irish News -- Women referred by CervicalCheck among patients whose pre-cancerous cells were wrongly graded by consultant at Drogheda hospital

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Mary Regan: Jim Gavin is the one with the army past, but is Billy Kelleher Fianna Fáil's real action man?

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Letters: Simply sitting and getting through the Leaving Cert exams is an achievement

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Suzanne Dowd: Ireland needs to get ahead of Big Tobacco and regulate all nicotine products, including pouches

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The Irish Independent's View: World leaders are speaking out against Israel, but where are the actions to support their words?

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Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: Every delay in BreastCheck and other services has the potential for a late diagnosis

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Saoirse Hanley: My new Dakota Johnson-inspired hair has taught me that with great fringes comes great responsibility

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Charlie Weston: Health insurance premiums are rising again, so it's important to challenge your insurer to get a better deal

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Ksenia Samotiy: Why falling in love with Ireland has reinforced in me why Ukraine's freedom is so vital

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Chrissie Russell: The strange comfort of mocking Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian's tasteless decor

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David W Higgins: Why slashing Vat may not be the answer for Ireland's struggling hospitality sector

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The Irish Independent's View: BreastCheck figures highlight further failures in women's health

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Letters: It is ludicrous to suggest removing the Triple Lock would be good for Ireland

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Fionnán Sheahan: Jim Gavin is a proven winner on big stage but Billy Kelleher is a disruptor in Fianna Fáil presidency saga

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Yaniv Korman: Jewish history is blinding us Israelis to the truth of the horrific human suffering in Gaza

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Frank Coughlan: A recent Ryanair delay reminded me that while we all like a whinge, no one really likes to complain

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Irish News -- Adrian Weckler: Can you tell if this is real or not - and what does this mean for us?

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Technology -- Adrian Weckler: Google's AI videos are so good you won't believe your eyes – though you might be right not to

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Technology -- Drone delivery firms and residents need a 'framework', says Manna's Bobby Healy

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Business -- Tourism spend down in July compared to previous years, according to latest figures

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League of Ireland -- As Shamrock Rovers prepare for European night, teenagers' transfer fees and Uefa prize money lift club into profit

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Business -- Hotel group Dalata sees stable revenue despite fall in tourist numbers

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Media -- Mediahuis Ireland appoints Sheena Peirse as CEO, succeeding Peter Vandermeersch

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Podcasts -- The secret millionaire: Dublin game developer Dáire Bohan (23) on why he hid his wealth from friends, family and even his girlfriend

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Irish Business -- Bruce Springsteen concert helps drive Páirc Uí Chaoimh revenues to over €5.5m

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Money -- Ask a money coach: 'I pick up the bill for my friends a lot, and I'm happy to, but I wish they weren't so tight in return'

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Irish Business -- Imperial Hotel in Cork records pre-tax profits of €1.7m as revenues climb to €17.25m

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World Business -- Nissan shares fall as Mercedes-Benz pension cuts stake

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Europe -- Orsted looking to reassure investors over €8bn share sale

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Premier League -- Manchester United's most humiliating defeats post-Alex Ferguson – and where Grimsby shock ranks

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Rugby World Cup -- 'My teammates have taken the mickey out of me' – Ireland's smiling assassin Eve Higgins

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Gaelic Football -- Joe Murphy confirmed as Carlow football manager for next three years

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International Soccer -- Liverpool's Trent Kone-Doherty and Shamrock Rovers starlet Michael Noonan named in Ireland U21 squad

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Soccer -- Swiss prosecutors end 10-year Fifa case against Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini

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Tennis -- Emma Raducanu gives swift US Open win and Carlos Alcaraz's haircut a thumbs-up

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Premier League -- 'He's not going to get rid of those traits' – Roy Keane reopens his attack on Bruno Fernandes as he questions Ruben Amorim

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Premier League -- Arne Slot reveals secrets of Liverpool success, how he was inspired by Lance Armstrong and why he turned down Spurs

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Tennis -- Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic on course for US Open semi-final battle as Aryna Sabalenka chases silverware

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Other Soccer -- WATCH: League of Ireland clubs prepare for Super Thursday as they chase €7.5m European bonanza

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