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Bullish McIlroy aiming to end 'solid' season on a high

Rory McIlroy will draw on his success off the course as he bids to win an unprecedented third FedEx Cup title and $18 million first prize in the Tour Championship. McIlroy and Tiger Woods, who are the only two-time winners of the event, have been instrumental in introducing the significant changes announced by the PGA Tour on Wednesday in response to the threat posed by LIV Golf. But McIlroy must now turn his attention to on-course matters as he bids to overturn a significant handicap under the controversial system used for the season-finale at East Lake.

Leah Paul leads Ireland to ODI series win over Dutch

A superb innings of 137 by Leah Paul helped Ireland inflict a crushing 210-run win on the Netherlands on a record-breaking day to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the one-day international series.

O'Brien's Roaring Gallagher storms to Bellewstown win

Just over three years on from the death of Roaring Lion, one of his progeny, Roaring Gallagher, made a promising winning debut for Joseph O'Brien in the Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden at Bellewstown on Wednesday. Always to the fore in the one-mile contest, the €50,000 purchase knew his job at the business end and secured the victory in a professional manner in the hands of Declan McDonogh, to become the first Irish winner sired by the four-time Group One winner. Owning Hill-handler O'Brien has been known to run some of his smarter juveniles at this venue and assistant trainer Brendan Powell is of the opinion Roaring Gallagher is well worth his name mentioning in the same company.