Sports Headlines May 19th

The 2016 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open will tee-off this morning at the K Club.

With new sponsors and increased backing, the tournament which is hosted by the Rory Foundation now boasts an impressive four-million euro prize fund which has attracted some of the big names of European golf to County Kildare

Tournament host Rory McIlroy says that he's hoping to fill-in one of the most glaring omissions from his impressive CV.

He'll be will be one of the afternoon starters today when he's joined by defending champion Søren Kjeldsen and England's Andy Sullivan on the first tee at 1:25.

Paul McGinley, Padraig Harrington and 2009 champion Shane Lowry will be among the players to begin their challenge this morning.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp believes his players will learn from the disappointment of being beaten in the Europa League final.

They lost 3-1 to Sevilla in the Swiss city of Basel.

It means they won't play European football next season.

12 Clubs are represented on the Cork Intermediate Hurling Team to face Tipperary in their Championship opener in Thurles on Sunday.

Bishopstown's Brian Murray captains the side that retains four of the players who started the All Ireland Final defeat to Galway last summer; Kevin Kavanagh, Donnacha O'Donovan, Kevin O'Neill & Noel McNamara.

The team can be viewed in full here.

In a result from the RED FM Senior Hurling League, Bishopstown beat Killeagh 22 points to 1-11 last night.

In rugby 3 Cork Club players picked up awards at the Ulster Bank League Awards at the Aviva Stadium last night.

Cork Con's Conor Kindregan was named the Player of the Year for Division 1A.

Charlie O'Regan won the 2A player of the year after his performances with UCC, while Highfields Paddy O'Toole picked up the 2B Player of the year.

There's more Irish swimmers in the pool this morning at the European Swimming Championships in London.

Fresh from her fourth-place finish last night in the 100m Breastroke, Fiona Doyle will be back in action this morning in the heats of the 200m Breaststroke with Mona McSharry also set to feature.

Meanwhile, Shane Ryan, Curtis Coulter and Jordan Sloan will all be involved in the heats of the 100m Freestyle.

There's racing today at Clonmel.

The first of an eight-race card will go to post at 5pm.