Saturday sport: Kerry outlast Tyrone to reach semi-final, Mayo overcome Cork
GAA
Another buzzer-beater goal for Kerry, but one that masks a genuine gut-check of the defending All-Ireland champions.
A third weekend on the bounce and following the highs of last Saturday, they were never going to reach those heights again, but their character was questioned all the way to the final whistle by Tyrone.
Darren McCurry tried to hunt them down with 10 points as a second-half substitute, but Kerry, largely through the dash of Gavin White and the scoring abilities of David Clifford and Dylan Geaney, kept ahead of the hounds.
In front of a 48,735 crowd, substitute Armin Heinrich dribbled in a goal seconds from the hooter sounding much to the relief of the poor Kerry crowd in attendance.
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After the most dramatic of games in Croke Park, it is @Kerry_Official who advance to the All Ireland semi-finals following victory over @TyroneGAALive â¡ï¸@Kerry_Official 2-25@TyroneGAALive 0-27#KERvTYR pic.twitter.com/Y4tGwtYDlo
— The GAA (@officialgaa) June 27, 2026
Mayo were the first team into the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Football Championship.
Andy Moran's side overcame the challenge of Cork, 23 points to 18 at Croke Park.
Ryan O'Donoghue top-scored with 8 points in the game, Darragh Beirne with one score less.
WATCH: FULL-TIME HIGHLIGHTS ðº@MayoGAA are the first team of the weekend to book their place in the All Ireland semi finals after an impressive victory over @OfficialCorkGAA â¡ï¸@OfficialCorkGAA 0-18@MayoGAA 0-23#CORvMAY pic.twitter.com/YTaQDiWe3s
— The GAA (@officialgaa) June 27, 2026
Clare and Kilkenny are through to Monday's All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship quarter-final draw.
Clare beat Offaly by 16 points to 1-8 in Birr, with Róisín Begley hitting 10 points for the Banner.
Kilkenny made 11 changes but still saw off Wexford by 1-12 to 1-7 at Chadwicks Wexford Park.
And Limerick struck a last-gasp free to draw 3-12 to 1-18 with Dublin — a result which sends Dublin into a relegation final against Wexford.
Soccer
The final round of World Cup group matches continues tonight, with qualification places still up for grabs.
England close out their Group L campaign against Panama at 10 o'clock, while Croatia meet Ghana at the same time.
From 12.30am Portugal can wrap up first place in Group K with victory over Colombia, as DR Congo chase a last-32 spot against Uzbekistan.
The night's action concludes at 3am, when Argentina face Jordan looking to maintain their perfect record, while Austria and Algeria battle it out for a place in the knockout rounds.
Galway United will face Shelbourne in the final of the All-Ireland Cup.
They saw off Peamount on a penalty shootout, after it looked like they were going out, before Anna McGough scored late in second half stoppage time to make it 1-1.
Earlier, Shels hammered Bohs 4-0 at Tolka Park.
Treaty United are in action against Sligo Rovers tonight in the SSE Airtricity Womens Premier Division.
It was scoreless coming to air.
Earlier, Waterford and Cork City played out a scoreless draw, and Wexford beat Shamrock Rovers 4-2.
Sligo Rovers will be hoping to add to Shelbourne's woes in the SSE Airtricity mens Premier Division tonight.
The two sides meet in the Showgrounds, with the action underway in 45 minutes time.
The visiting reds are without a manager since sacking Joey O'Brien this week.
Golf
Shane Lowry is 2 under so far on his third round of the Travellers Championship on the PGA Tour.
The Offalyman is 9 under for the tournament, with Scottie Scheffler leading on 16 under.
Cricket
Orla Prendergast scored over a half-century of runs as the Irish women's cricketers won a T20 World Cup match for the first time.
Fielding first, they restricted West Indies to 128 runs, and achieved the 129 chase with six wickets remaining in Bristol.
