Irish Daily Mirror

Marc of a champion

- BY NEIL MCLEMAN

TYRONE-BORN Aidan Corr and Conor Mckenna helped Greater Western Sydney and

Essendon respective­ly to crucial victories in the race for AFL finals spots this weekend.

On Saturday Greater Western Sydney defeated Hawthorn 95-84 at Spotless Stadium.

The result lifted Corr’s GWS to sixth place on the ladder whilst Hawthorn dropped to 10th.

Only the top eight sides are eligible for September’s finals.

Corr (above) collected 15 disposals (11 kicks and four handballs) in the backline. MOTOGP champion Marc Marquez won the Dutch TT from pole to stretch his championsh­ip lead to 41 points.

Alex Rins and Maverick Vinales were second and third, with Britain’s

Cal Crutchlow in sixth. ON Wimbledon’s first day, Andy Murray will hit the hardcourts to prepare for the US Open after vowing he will return to play in his home Grand Slam.

The double Olympic champ has now missed the last five Major tournament­s – and also pulled out in

New York last year after the draw in his first failed comeback.

But Murray, who had been set to play world No.48 Benoit Paire (right) tomorrow, said he had “no regrets” about making another last-minute decision for his long-term future.

He said: “It has been tough, but I am at ease with the decision. I am not secondgues­sing it and thinking, ‘Should I have played, should

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