Sport Headlines May 27th

Ireland step-up their preparations for Euro2016 later tonight as they play host to The Netherlands in a warm-up friendly.

The visit of the Dutch is one of just two matches for manager Martin O'Neill to finalise his tournament squad, with another match against Belarus next Tuesday at Turners Cross.

England manager Roy Hodgson is set to hand a debut to Marcus Rashford as they play Australia at the Stadium of Light with Northern Ireland beginning their Euro2016 preparations as they host Belarus at Windsor Park.

All of those games will kick-off at 7:45.

It's expected Jose Mourinho will be paraded as the new Manchester United manager later.

He's signed a contract to take over at Old Trafford.

Graeme McDowell and Shane Lowry are just four shots off the lead at the start of day two at the BMW PGA Championship.

The pair are both on 3-under par at Wentworth, which leaves them in a share of 10th place.

Scott Hend, Y.E Yang and Joost Luiten share the lead on 7-under, with Masters champion Danny Willett just a shot further back.

Cork Midfielder Daniel Kearney has taken to social media to deny rumours that he has left Kieran Kingstons panel in the wake of Sunday's Munster Championship defeat to Tipperary.

The Sarsfields clubman tweeted last night dismissing speculation, saying that rumours suggesting he had left the Rebel set up were "totally false" with "no basis".

Kellie Harrington will become just the fifth Irish boxer to contest a senior world championship final this morning when she returns to the ring at the Women's World Championships in Kazakhstan.

The Dubliner will face the Asian Light Welterweight champion Wenlu Yang of China for the gold medal.

The boxing in Astana starts at 10am, Irish time.

Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka are among the players in action today at the French Open.

Murray will be hoping to improve on the form that he has shown so-far this week at Roland Garros as he faces Ivo Karlovic of Croatia while Wawrinka will play home favourite Jeremy Chardy.

The An Post Rás will depart Clonakilty this morning as Stage 6 takes riders on a 159km journey via Coachford, Mallow and Rathcormac as they finish in Dungarvan today.

There's racing today at Down Royal.

The first of a seven-race card will go to post at 5.35.