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Published: Sun 25 Aug 2024, 9:35 AM

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Soccer

It is Chelsea 2 Wolves 2 at half-time in one of two early Premier League games this afternoon.

Nicholas Jackson and Cole Palmer have hit the back of the net for the Blues so far.

Meanwhile, Matheus Cunha and Strand Larsen have the home team on level terms.

Bournemouth lead Newcastle 1-0 thanks to a Marcus Tavernier strike.

Brentford head to Liverpool in the Premier League this afternoon with two of their opponents' former players looking to make their mark.

Fabio Carvalho and Sepp van den Berg have both made the switch from Anfield to the Londoners - and could feature at Anfield.

Kick off at Anfield is at 4:30pm.

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Here at home, Shamrock Rovers and Galway United can go third in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division this evening.

A victory for either side will see them close the gap to the top to 8 points.

Kick off at Tallaght Stadium is at 7pm.

The game between Dundalk and St Pats which was due to take place today, will now be played on Thursday 5th September.

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Celtic sealed a comfortable 3-0 win at St Mirren to continue their perfect start to the Scottish Premiership season.

Captain Callum McGregor opened the scoring, before goals from Reo Hatate and Alistair Johnston.

Midfielder Matt O'Riley wasn't in the squad amid speculation that he will join Brighton.

Golf

Leona Maguire has fallen down the leaderboard on the final day of the Women's Open.

The Cavan native is 1 over through nine holes so far to move back to 1 over all round at St Andrews.

Korea's Jiyai Shin is still the woman to catch on 7 under par.

Rory McIlroy is in with a shout of a top five finish ahead of the final round of the BMW Championship.

The Northern Irishman lies in a tie for ninth on 5 under par and will get his Sunday off just after 5.30pm.

Shane Lowry is a shot further back and tees off just after 5pm.

American Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley leads the way by a shot on 12 under par.

Athletics

Rhasidat Adeleke is back on the track in Diamond League action today.

The Tallaght sprinter is in Poland for the meeting in Silesia.

She goes in the heats of the women's 400 metres at around 3:45pm.

Sarah Healy is involved in the 1500 metres while Nick Griggs takes part in the men's 3 thousand metres.

F1

World champion Max Verstappen is looking for his first Grand Prix win since June this afternoon.

The Red Bull driver goes in his home race from 2nd place on the grid at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Lando Norris starts from pole position with his McClaren teammate Oscar Piastri in third.

Lights out in Zandvoort is at 2pm.

Published: Sun 25 Aug 2024, 9:35 AM

Last updated: Sun 25 Aug 2024, 5:04 PM

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