Saturday sport: Donegal face Tyrone in Ballybofey, Championship play-off final
Kenneth Fox
GAA
There are four first-round games to look forward to in Saturday's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship action.
Newly-crowned Leinster champions Louth take on Monaghan in Newbridge from 4:45pm.
Before that, beaten finalists Meath host Cork at Páirc Tailteann, where throw-in is at 3pm.
It is a 5pm start for the meeting of Ulster rivals Armagh and Derry at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds.
While Ulster champions Donegal kick-off their campaign with Tyrone the visitors to Ballybofey from 7pm.
Carlow and Laois will duke it out for a place in the final of the Joe McDonagh Cup.
The loser at Netwatch Cullen Park will miss out on the decider, if Kildare win at home to Down at the same time.
If Kildare lose, then a draw would see both Carlow and Laois through to the final and into the All-Ireland series.
Kerry and Westmeath square off in Tralee, where the winners will secure their Joe McDonagh status for another year.
All of today's games throw in at 2pm.
Just days after a motion was passed allowing players to wear shorts, the Camogie All-Ireland Championship gets underway on Saturday.
Clare and Wexford get the Group 1 action up and running at Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg from 2pm.
It is a 4pm throw-in at Páirc Uí Rinn when defending champions Cork host Limerick.
In Group 2, Kilkenny travel to Owenbeg for a 2 o'clock meeting with Derry.
While Kenny Park is the setting for Galway against Dublin from 4pm.
Soccer
Katie McCabe's Arsenal will bid to end a 17-year wait for Champions League glory this evening.
The Gunners take on holders Barcelona in Lisbon from 5pm.
Sheffield United and Sunderland do battle this afternoon for the final spot in next season's Premier League.
The Championship play-off final gets underway in Wembley at a minute past 3pm.
Rugby
Bordeaux-Begles and Northampton Saints contest this afternoon's Investec Champions Cup final.
Kick-off at the Principality Stadium is at 2.45pm.
Last night, Bath claimed the Challenge Cup honours, beating Lyon 37-12 in Cardiff.
Meanwhile, the EPCR has confirmed that teams from the Champions Cup and Super Rugby will play in the first-ever Club World Cup in 2028.
16 major clubs will form the inaugural edition of the tournament - the Champions Cup quarter-finalists, seven Super Rugby sides, plus a Japanese club.
EPCR chairman Dominic McKay has revealed a second edition will be staged in 2032, with plans for the tournament to be staged every four years.
F1
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc remains the driver to beat at Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix.
He was quickest again in third practice in Monte Carlo, ahead of defending world champion Max Verstappen and McLaren's Lando Norris.
Lewis Hamilton suffered a crashed before ending fifth.
Qualifying for the race is at 3pm.