Saturday sport: Dublin beat Derry to reach quarter-finals, Galway come back to beat Armagh
Kenneth Fox
GAA
Derry have been eliminated from the All Ireland Football Championship.
They could not find a way past Dublin who came away from their round three fixture with a 22 point to 20 win.
The Dubs finished in second behind Armagh who suffered a one point loss to Galway.
A Shane Walsh free in the dying seconds was enough to hand his side a 2-22 to 27 point win and keep his side in the championship..
Meanwhile, Kerry have missed out on top spot in Group 2.
They were beaten by Meath by 1-22 to 16 points in their final group game.
Elsewhere, it has finished Cork 0-19 Roscommon 0-17 in the other game in that group.
That means, Roscommon will exit the championship with Meath topping the group and Kerry and Cork progressing.
The All Ireland hurling championship journey for Kildare is over.
The Joe McDonagh Cup winners were beaten by Dublin in their preliminary quarter final in Newbridge.
The Dubs will now play Limerick in the next round after getting past their neighbours by 3-25 to 13 points.
Earlier, Tipperary eased into the last 8 with a 3-32 to 18 point victory over Laois.
Next up for them is a quarter final tie against Galway.
Fermanagh have booked their spot in the last four of the Tailteann Cup on Saturday evening.
They held on to beat Sligo by 21 points to 1-16 in their quarter final at Brewster Park.
Later, a semi final spot is up for grabs between Kildare and Offaly at 6:30pm.
Rugby
Leinster have won the Grand Final of the URC this evening.
The hosts beat the Bulls by 32-7 after leading from the front at Croke Park.
Fintan Gunne, Josh Van Der Flier, Jack Conan and Jordie Barrett all crossed over for tries while Sam Prendergast kicked two penalties.
It ends a four year trophy drought for the Blues while the Bulls have now lost their last three deciders in this competition.
Soccer
Wexford FC have closed the gap to the top two in the Women's SSE Airtricity Premier Division.
Two goals from Kylie Murphy helped the side to a 4-1 victory away at Treaty United.
Elsewhere, DLR Waves got their first win of the season as they got the better of Sligo Rovers 1-0.
Meanwhile, Galway United scored late on to beat Cork City 4-2.
Sligo Rovers can pick themselves up off the bottom of the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division table this evening.
They welcome Waterford in the only top flight game of the day.
Kick off at the Showgrounds is at 7:45pm.
Before that, Cobh Ramblers make the trip to the First Division's bottom side Longford Town at 7:30pm.
Golf
Rory McIlroy hasn't seen his luck improve during his third round at the US Open.
The reigning Masters champion is 2 over par thru 13 holes and now lies on 8 over par for the week.
Sam Burns remains the player to catch, on three-under.