PSG are the first team into this year's Champions League semi-finals after a dramatic injury-time comeback against Atlanta. The Italian underdogs had led 1-0 until the 89th minute, before Brazilian defender Marquinhos equalised for the French champions and in the third minute of added time substitute Eric Choupo-Moting turned the ball home to send PSG into the last four for the first time since 1995. There they will face either RB Leipzig or Atletico Madrid who meet tonight, in another one-off quarter-final in Lisbon. Kick off is at 8pm. Defending champions Shamrock Rovers will face Cork City in the only all-Premier Division tie in the second round of the FAI Cup following Wednesday's draw.
Dublin football coach Paul Clarke has stepped away from Dessie Farrell's management team with Ballyboden St Enda's Director of Coaching Brian O'Regan coming in. Clarke was one of the links with Jim Gavin's five-in-a-row All-Ireland winners, and a former All-Ireland winner himself as a player. There has been no elaboration on why he decided to leave. The GAA Museum at Croke Park has launched an extensive schedule of events to mark the centenary of Bloody Sunday later this year. Seán Moran explains that schedule will begin with the Museum Summer School this weekend, the programme will run until the 100th anniversary on November 21st.
In her column this morning Sonia O'Sullivan explains how David Walsh's book the Russian Affair lays bare one of sport's greatest scandals. The book gives an insight into the life of a Russian couple and whistleblowers Vitaly and Yuliya Stepanov who lifted the lid on the systematic doping and cover-up by the Russia Anti-Doping Agency: "it does make you think as well if there was such a faulty system of drug control at the start of the millennium, what was going on before to maintain any form of control of what athletes were using to boost their training?" Also in this morning's Women in Sport pages, Joanne O'Riordan writes about Orreco and Dr Georgie Bruinvels who are changing the conversation around periods in sport with the FitrWoman App which helps athletes track their periods and symptoms.
Meanwhile Ronnie O'Sullivan moved into a 5-3 lead over Mark Selby in their snooker World Championship semi-final after an evening session marred by a series of costly kicks. Bad news for golf fans, as tournament organisers have confirmed no spectators will be allowed at Augusta National for this year's US Masters which is set to take place from November 12th-15th.
