The Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with ‘The Irish Times’ sports team
: Limerick are in a great place, Kilkenny are still searching for form, and Clare need to be careful.
The PGA Tour has indefinitely banned the 17 golfers involved in the controversial Saudi Arabian-backed rebel series that began at the Centurion Club on Thursday. Philip Reid writes of a: “For a first offering, it wasn’t at all bad if a little head-spinning in working out exactly who was doing what at any given time with action switching from one player at various parts of the course, unsurprisingly perhaps given the shotgun start which had all 48 players teeing off simultaneously on 16 holes.
to qualify for next year’s European Championships in Romania and Georgia following Sweden and Italy’s 1-1 draw in Helsingborg on Thursday evening. A win over Italy on Tuesday however would secure Ireland top spot, and their first ever qualification for the tournament. Lisa Fallon writes that Jim Crawford’s