Sunday sport: Galway beat Kerry, Cluxton in surprise Dublin return

Stephen Cluxton's made a shock return to the Dublin footballers after being named on the bench for the Allianz Football League match against Louth at Croke Park.
Sunday sport: Galway beat Kerry, Cluxton in surprise Dublin return

GAA

Monaghan have pulled off the great escape and survived the drop from Division 1 of the Allianz Football League at the expense of Armagh.

The Farney men edged out Mayo in Castlebar by 2-14 to 0-14.

Meanwhile, it was a cagey affair up in Omagh, but Tyrone came out on top against rivals Armagh by 0-18, to 0-16.

The Orchard County men will join Donegal in Division 2 next year after a 0-21 to 9 points loss to Roscommon.

Stephen Cluxton watched from the bench as Dublin footballers secured promotion to the top tier after seeing off Louth by 0-16 to 1-06 at Croke Park.

Captain Sean Kelly was man of the match for Galway as they hung on to see-off Kerry by 1-13 to 0-14 at Pearse Stadium.

Kilkenny are through to the Division One National Hurling League final.

Derek Lyng's charges led from start to finish as they got the better of Cork by 2-22 to 0-22 in their semi-final at Nowlan Park.

The Rebels had Eoin Downey sent off in the 2nd half.

The Cats will play Limerick in the decider.

Rugby

France have beaten Italy 22-12 in the TikTok Women's Six Nations game in Parma.

Soccer

Northern Ireland will look to make it two wins from two in their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign when they host Finland tonight.

They saw off San Marino with a 2-nil win in their Group H opener on Thursday.

Defender Craig Cathcart - who is deputising as captain - says expectations are higher than ever.

That kicks-off at 7.45pm.

England meanwhile beat Ukraine 2-0 in a comfortable Wembley victory, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka scored.

Golf

Rory McIlroy's 1 up on Cameron Young after 17 holes of their semi final at the WGC Match Play in Texas.

The match between Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns has gone to sudden death.

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