Saturday sport: Leinster Hurling Championship comes to a head

The Leinster Hurling Championship round-robin section concludes this evening.

Wexford need to beat Kilkenny at Nowlan Park to keep their hopes of staying in the championship alive.

Galway can confirm their place in the decider by avoiding defeat at home to Dublin, while Laois and Westmeath battle to avoid relegation.

Throw-in for all three matches is at 6pm.

Here's the Wexford team, proudly supported by @Zurich_Irl, for Saturday's crunch tie v Killkenny. Tickets through https://t.co/a0tlNVGl9f and the usual SuperValu and Centra stores. The match will be shown live on @SkySports, while there will be commentary on @SouthEastRadio pic.twitter.com/twpf12s0FV

— Wexford GAA (@OfficialWexGAA) May 19, 2022

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It is also finals day in hurling's lower tiers.

Longford play Louth in the Lory Meagher decider, while Roscommon and Tyrone meet in the Nicky Rackard showpiece.

Kildare and Mayo clash in the Christy Ring final, with all three matches taking place at Croke Park.

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It is a historic afternoon in football, as the first-ever Tailteann Cup game takes place.

Wicklow and Waterford meet in the southern section preliminary round.

Throw-in is at 3pm in Aughrim.

Will Zalatoris has a one-shot lead at the halfway point of the PGA Championship.

The American shot a second round 65 at Southern Hills last night to move to nine-under-par.

Rory McIlroy is four-under into the weekend with Seamus Power level-par and Shane Lowry two-over.

McIlroy feels he's still in contention heading into today's third round.

Derry City missed the chance to move back to within four points of SSE Airtricity League Premier Division leaders Shamrock Rovers last night.

They were beaten 2-1 by Dundalk at the Ryan McBride Brandywell, with Patrick Hoban scoring the