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Sport in brief: July 3, 2024
MEN’S FOOTBALL: League of Ireland table-toppers Shelbourne are at basement-dwellers Drogheda tomorrow evening while second-placed Derry put their six-match unbeaten run on the line at Sligo Rovers.
Derry are two points behind Shelbourne and have played a game more.
In tonight’s other fixtures Waterford host St Patrick’s Athletic, reigning champions Shamrock Rovers play Dundalk and Galway United are up against Bohemians.
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