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Drogheda United are sweating on the fitness of centre-halves Conor Keeley and James Bolger as well as striker Warren Davis for Friday's pivotal Premier Division clash at home to Waterford (kick-off 7.45pm). Keeley and Bolger both missed last Friday's Louth derby, which ended in a 1-1 draw, while Davis was forced off in the first half, and with Jason Bucknor also likely to miss out and Scott Brady, Bridel Bosakani and Owen Lambe sidelined in the longer term it leaves manager Kevin Doherty short of options for the visit of the Blues.

The man, who was wearing a Guns and Roses t-shirt and said to be in his 20s, was captured on CCTV from inside the apartment block. The apartment's occupant, a man in his 60s, woke to the fire. There was an altercation between the suspect and the man in his 60s, at the front door of his apartment. The suspect is seen swinging a bottle at the man who sustained a broken hip and a head injury in the incident.

Jack Moylan has been called into the Republic of Ireland squad for Thursday's friendly international against Qatar at the Aviva Stadium. The former Shelbourne player scored a hat-trick on his debut in a 5-0 win over Grenada in Murcia earlier this month. Republic manager Heimir Hallgrimsson issued an updated squad list on Monday following a series of withdrawals. His side will also face World Cup co-hosts Canada at Stade Sapoto in Montreal on Friday, 5 June.

Head coach Jesse Marsch has called 32 players to Canada's last pre-tournament training camp this week in Charlotte, N.C. Junior Hoilett, James Pantemis, Kamal Miller, and Theo Bair are not among them. Their sad fates are already sealed. Six more players will start camp and not make the squad, either. When 26 luckier ones fly to Edmonton on Saturday to continue their preparations for the tournament of their lives, the final cuts will head home.

Barcelona may be preparing for important changes in the coaching staff this summer after Hansi Flick identified physical conditioning as one of the club's biggest weaknesses. According to AS, the German coach is understood to have requested the arrival of an additional fitness specialist ahead of next season as part of his plans to raise the team's competitiveness at European level.