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Alexandra Bell keeps medal hopes alive after difficult 800m heat

By Will Jennings in MunichAlexandra Bell battled through one of the worst tactical races of her career to keep her medal hopes alive at the multi-sport European Championships. The Leeds middle distance star finished second in her Thursday morning heat as a time of 2:02.43 hauled her into the semi-finals as an automatic qualifier. Ad But Bell struggled to pull together a cohesive race plan and only narrowly scraped past Irish ace Louise Shanahan at Munich's Olympic Stadium.

Snyman not expected back for start of URC season

Munster say they do not expect RG Snyman to be available for the start of the United Rugby Championship season, although the lock is continuing to reintegrate to training.

Japan v Ireland, first Test - All You Need To Know

A first summer tour of its kind for Irish women's rugby, and the first of a two-Test series against Japan.

Sentencing for ex-Ireland player Anthony Stokes delayed after he catches Covid

Sentencing for former Republic of Ireland and Celtic player Anthony Stokes, who pleaded guilty to stalking his ex-partner, has been delayed after the footballer contracted Covid, a court has heard.

Nebraska Cornhuskers name Casey Thompson starting QB against Northwestern Wildcats

Nebraska has named Casey Thompson, a transfer from Texas, as its starting quarterback for next week's season opener against Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland.

Jemimah Rodrigues out of The Hundred with wrist injury, Gaby Lewis replaces her

Rodrigues was a part of the Northern Superchargers side. "Northern Superchargers batter Jemimah Rodrigues has unfortunately been forced to end her season in The Hundred due to injury," the tournament's official website said. Rodrigues, who was part of India's silver medal-winning side at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, had earlier injured her wrist during a league stage match against Barbados at the quadrennial event.

Seamus Derbyshire pleased to show he belongs on European stage

Seamus Derbyshire is glad he finally showed that he belongs to the big stage that is the European Championships in Munich, following the 400m hurdles semifinals. The Stoke hurdler finished fourth in his semifinal heat with a time of 49.63s, just behind European bronze medalist Thomas Barr of Ireland, which was only good enough for 15th in the overall standings. Ad He said: «I think I did a lot better than I did yesterday in the heats, which was what I wanted to.

Clare Cryan books place in 3M Springboard final

Clare Cryan is into this afternoon's 3M Springboard final (3.45pm Irish time) after advancing from the preliminaries at the European Aquatics Championships in Rome.

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Alexandra Bell keeps medal hopes alive after difficult 800m heat

Snyman not expected back for start of URC season

Japan v Ireland, first Test - All You Need To Know

Sentencing for ex-Ireland player Anthony Stokes delayed after he catches Covid

Nebraska Cornhuskers name Casey Thompson starting QB against Northwestern Wildcats

Jemimah Rodrigues out of The Hundred with wrist injury, Gaby Lewis replaces her

Seamus Derbyshire pleased to show he belongs on European stage

Clare Cryan books place in 3M Springboard final