{"id":454149,"date":"2026-05-18T00:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454149\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T00:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:46:07","slug":"sunday-sport-westmeath-crowned-leinster-champions-armagh-claim-ulster-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/454149\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday sport: Westmeath crowned Leinster champions, Armagh claim Ulster title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAA<\/p>\n<p>Westmeath are celebrating their second-ever Leinster Senior Football Championship success.<\/p>\n<p>Mark McHugh&#8217;s side won by 2-28 to 26-points after extra-time in the final at Croke Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Lake County had 13 different scorers as they secured the Delaney Cup for the first time since 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Armagh have ended their 18-year wait to be crowned Ulster Football champions.<\/p>\n<p>After losing the last three finals, Kieran McGeeney&#8217;s team have their hands on the Anglo-Celt Cup following an extra-time win over Monaghan at Clones.<\/p>\n<p>Ois\u00edn O\u2019Neill and Tiernan Kelly scored the goals in a 2-28 to 25-points victory.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH THE FULL-TIME HIGHLIGHTS\u2b07\ufe0f\ud83c\udfa5<\/p>\n<p>The drama is over.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udde1The Anglo-Celt is Armagh bound \ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n<p>Geezer&#8217;s Orange Army have made it over the line and are Ulster Champions for the first time since 2008\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udfd0\ud83c\udfc5<\/p>\n<p>FULL-TIME SCORE AFTER EXTRA-TIME:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Armagh_GAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Armagh_GAA<\/a> 2-28<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monaghangaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@monaghangaa<\/a> 0-25\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/me7aZxcrA1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/me7aZxcrA1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The GAA (@officialgaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialgaa\/status\/2056079201284116697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Limerick have sealed a place in the knock-out stages of the All-Ireland Hurling Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Gearoid Hegarty and Peter Casey proved crucial as they beat Waterford by 2-29 to 2-20.<\/p>\n<p>The defeat ends Waterford&#8217;s chances of progressing from the round-robin and also ends All-Ireland champions Tipperary&#8217;s reign.<\/p>\n<p>Dublin have successfully defended their Leinster Senior Ladies Football title.<\/p>\n<p>Goals late in the game from Niamh Crowley and Caoimhe O\u2019Connor sealed a 2-12 to 2-6 win over Kildare at Croke Park.<\/p>\n<p>Golf<\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy has picked up an early birdie to move to four-under-par after the first two holes of his final round at golf&#8217;s PGA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Smalley remains the man to catch on the last day of the second major of the season &#8211; he&#8217;s on six-under.<\/p>\n<p>Padraig Harrington is one-over through 12 holes, with Shane Lowry finishing today on two-over-par.<\/p>\n<p>Soccer<\/p>\n<p>West Ham have lost 3-1 at Newcastle in a big blow to their hopes of avoiding Premier League relegation.<\/p>\n<p>It means a Tottenham win at Chelsea on Tuesday would send them down.<\/p>\n<p>Brentford remain in with a chance of qualifying for Europe after scoring a late goal to draw 2-2 against Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland&#8217;s 3-1 victory at Everton also keeps them in the hunt for continental football.<\/p>\n<p>But Brighton&#8217;s bid took a blow, as they conceded deep into injury time in a 1-0 defeat at Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United were 3-2 winners against Nottingham Forest earlier, while Wolves held Fulham 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>Rugby<\/p>\n<p>Ireland captain Erin King says it&#8217;s &#8220;hard to put it into words&#8221; how much it meant to overcome Scotland in the Six Nations at the Aviva Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>A record crowd of more than 30,000 watched on as Scott Bemand&#8217;s team ran in eight tries in winning by 54 points to 5.<\/p>\n<p>World champions England sealed a fifth successive Grand Slam with a 43-28 victory over their title rivals France this evening.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAA Westmeath are celebrating their second-ever Leinster Senior Football Championship success. 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