RL Today: Challenge Cup in numbers & duo receive bans following final
There were some impressive numbers and performances from Saturday’s Challenge Cup final at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. (Rugby Football League)
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Tens of thousands of Liverpool fans turn Paris red
Liverpool supporters, most without tickets, thronged Paris on Saturday, turning avenues and cafe terraces red in their team's colours ahead of the Champions League final against Real Madrid. With each club allocated space for just 20,000 supporters in the Stade de France, tens of thousands of the travelling fans were without tickets. The ticketless red-shirted Liverpool supporters packed into a fanzone set up in the east of the city where the match will be shown on giant screens later.
Derry vs Donegal: Rory Gallagher - Gaelic football's ultimate 'outsider'
There aren't any posters of Rory Gallagher on the walls of the homes of GAA purists.
McGrath and Reidy among five Ulster departures
Ulster have confirmed that Ireland internationals Jack McGrath and Sean Reidy are among five senior players departing at the end of the season.
Iain Henderson wary of history repeating in Ulster’s trophy drive
Ulster won the right to host a last-eight contest by beating the Sharks in the final regular season league game to finish third in the table and while there are numerous advantages to playing in Belfast, Dan McFarland’s side crashed out of the Heineken Champions Cup on home soil earlier this season despite leaving France with a six-point advantage from the first leg.
Sarah Lavin wins in Germany as Andrew Coscoran finishes third in Spain
Sarah Lavin triumphed in the final of the 100m hurdles in Anhalt on Wednesday evening, while her fellow Tokyo Olympian Andrew Coscoran was third in the 1500m at Iberoamericano meeting in Spain in a season's best time.
URC quarter-final dates, times confirmed as Bulls v Sharks given unusual kickoff slot
The United Rugby Championship quarter-final kick-off times have been confirmed, with the Bulls and the Sharks getting the awkward 13:45 slot on Saturday, 4 June.
Chelsea learn valuable Antonio Conte lesson on final day as Roman Abramovich era concludes
Chelsea were riding the crest of a wave between the Champions League final last May and the first competitive ball being kicked in Belfast against Villarreal.