Saturday sport: Clare head to hurling semi-finals after victory over Wexford

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Saturday Sport: Clare Head To Hurling Semi-Finals After Victory Over Wexford
Clare’s Diarmuid Ryan and Oisin Foley of Wexford during the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in Thurles. Photo: James Crombie/Inpho
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Kenneth Fox

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Clare have completed the hurling semi-final line-up with a 1-24 to 3-14 victory over Wexford at Semple Stadium.

Earlier, Galway defeated Cork by a point to book their place in the All-Ireland Hurling semi-final. It finished Galway 2-19 Cork 1-21 as the Rebels could not find the equaliser.

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Jack Grealish and Conor Whelan hit the back of the net for the Tribesmen, while Shane Kingston responded for Cork.

Meanwhile, Patrick Horgan was a half-time substitute for the Rebels.

Clare have Peter Duggan and Rory Hayes available for their clash with Wexford at 3:45pm.

Golf

Rory McIlroy says he's "proud" to have recovered from a poor second round start to remain in contention at the US Open golf.

He is four-under-par at the halfway stage, just one shot off the joint pacesetters Collin Morikawa and Joel Dahmen.

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The top of the leaderboard is stacked and contains several major champions.

Rory McIlroy is back out on course for his third-round at just after 08;20pm Irish time while Seamus Power tees off from one-over at 5.55pm.

Soccer

Sligo Rovers host Finn Harps in the SSE Airtricity League Premier League this evening.

A win for the team would see them move above Bohemians into fifth place.

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Finn Harps are seeking just their third win of the campaign in the 7.45pm kick-off at the Showgrounds.

Longford take on Cork City in the First Division at 7.30pm with Cork hoping to get a victory to return to the summit of the second-flight.

Swimming

Nicole Turner and Ellen Keane are both through to finals this evening at the World Para Swimming Championships.

Turner, who has already secured a bronze medal this week, has won her S-6 500-metre butterfly heat in Portugal.

Earlier, Paralympic champion Keane also came first in her heat in the 100-metre breaststroke SB8.

Roisin Ni Riain’s latest attempt at a hat-trick of medals comes in the final of the 200-metre individual medley SM13 just before 6.30pm this evening.

Tennis

Former women's world tennis number one Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from Wimbledon. The 24-year-old said it was due to a leg injury.

Osaka had previously described the tournament as an "exhibition" after ranking points were axed.

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