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1. Ciara Mageean reveals cancer diagnosis<\/a><\/p>\n European 1500m champion and Irish record holder Ciara Mageean revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer. On social media the 33-year-old confirmed she had started treatment, adding she’s “ready to face this with the same fight I’ve always brought to the track”.<\/p>\n 2. Katie Taylor triumphant in trilogy fight against Amanda Serrano by majority decision<\/a><\/p>\n Katie Taylor emerged victorious from her trilogy fight with Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden to seal a clean sweep of wins in their rivalry. The three judges scored it 95-95 97-93 97-93 in her favour as she retained her undisputed WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO women’s super lightweight titles.<\/p>\n 3. Liverpool star Diogo Jota dies in car crash<\/a><\/p>\n More dark news in July. Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota died at the age of 28 with his brother Andre Silva, also a professional footballer. The car in which they were travelling crashed in Zamora, Spain.<\/p>\n 4. GAA to investigate after scoreline confusion in All-Ireland hurling semi-final<\/a><\/p>\n This was almost the second GAA saga of the summer, if the score was closer. The GAA was awaiting the report of referee James Owens after it emerged Tipperary were 4-20 to 0-30 two-point winners over Kilkenny in today’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final, one point less than the scoreboard in the stadium suggested. A Noel McGrath effort at the end of normal time was waved wide by the umpire, but given as a point on the scoreboard, apparently putting Tipp four up, 4-21 to 0-29, at the time.<\/p>\n 5. All-Ireland hurling final: All you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n One of our preview pieces ahead of hurling final and, no, Conor Neville did not predict how second half would go.<\/p>\n 6. Ben Healy takes yellow jersey at Tour de France after heroic third place in stage 10<\/a><\/p>\n Ben Healy became the fourth Irish cyclist to wear the famous Yellow Jersey as he led the Tour de France after 10 stages of this year’s race. A monster Bastille Day stage through the Massif Central delivered the fireworks as Healy put in a huge shift in the break to maintain a sizeable gap over the chasing peloton, fighting his way to third on the stage and then counting the seconds until Tadej Pogacar crossed the line.<\/p>\n 7. Tipperary crush Cork with second-half final masterclass to claim All-Ireland crown<\/a><\/p>\n “Coronation hijacked,” as Eoin Ryan put it in his All-Ireland hurling final report. Tipperary famously holding Cork to two points in a shocking second-half collapse from the Leesiders.<\/p>\n 8. Swaggering Kerry sweep past Donegal to win 39th title<\/a><\/p>\n Written off in mid-summer, Kerry won their 39th All-Ireland title with a bravura display of attacking football to overcome a Donegal side whose characteristic efficiency deserted them. David Clifford scored 0-09 despite having the ball for 43 seconds in total.<\/p>\n 9. Ireland’s Ben Healy storms to Tour de France stage victory<\/a><\/p>\n More from Healy’s magical Tour de France. Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) produced an aggressive, highly impressive ride, peeling away on a solo attack to take his first victory in the famous race on the 201.5 km stage six from Bayeux to Vire Normandie.<\/p>\n 10. T<\/a>adhg Beirne starts among eight Irish for Lions Test opener<\/a><\/p>\n Team news ahead of the British & Irish Lions’ opening Test win over Australia, with the XV set to feature a record eight Irish players, as head coach Andy Farrell put faith in his Ireland and Leinster core.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 1. 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