The back pages are really packed this morning, and you have to love it.
The big football news is obviously Bayern Munich’s cruise into the Champions League final thanks to that Olic hat-trick Lyon last night, while Manchester City’s goalkeeping crisis is set to continue as a move to recall Joe Hart who is on loan at Birmingham was blocked. There is also plenty of build up to wet the appetite for tonight’s mouth-watering tie between Barcelona and Inter Milan at the Nou Camp.
In Rugby Leinster coach Michael Cheika won’t risk playing Jonathan Sexton against Toulouse unless he “is fully fit†to face the French outfit. Nonetheless Sexton has been named in the squad that was announced yesterday. Meanwhile Munster still sweat on the fitness of Paul O’Connell and it remains to be seen whether he will be ready to face Biarritz in their crunch Heineken Cup semi-final on Sunday. To view our youtube buil-ups to both semi-finals and for all the latest news check out JOE rugby.
In GAA news Kerry have been rocked by the news that former all-star defender Aidan O’Mahony is taking a break from the game for “personal reasons†and will not feature in the championship. In hurling, Galway manager John McIntrye has slammed the timing of their National League final meeting woth Cork which takes place at 7pm in Thurles on Sunday, and Cork dual-star Eoin Cadogan has defending representing the rebels at both codes in light of his latest injury that keeps him out of both league finals.
