SOCCER
In the Youth’s Inter League Kilkenny & District League were 4-1 winners over Carlow & District League at Derdimus.
Wayne Rooney is now Manchester United’s all-time leading goalscorer with 250 goals.
He scored a late equaliser in their 1-1 draw with Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.
It finished Stoke 1 Manchester United 0 at the Britannia Stadium.
Stoke: Juan Mata OG (18 mins), Wayne Rooney (94 min)
It ended West Brom 2 Sunderland 0 at the Hawthorns.
Weat Brom: Darren Fletcher (30 mins), Chris Brunt (38 mins)
It finished Crystal Palace 0 Everton 1 at Selhurst Park.
Everton: Seamus Coleman (87 mins)
It ended Bournemouth 2 Watford 2 at Dean Court.
Bournemouth: Joshua King (46 mins), Benik Afobe (81 mins).
Watford: Christian Kabasele (23 mins), Troy Deeney (62 mins).
It finished Middlesbrough 1 West Ham 3 at the Riverside.
Middlesbrough: Cristhian Stuani (26 mins)
West Ham: Andy Carroll (9 mins, 43 mins), Jonathan Calleri (90 mins)
At lunchtime, Swansea pulled off a major shock to win 3-2 at Liverpool and move out of the relegation zone.
Fernando Llorente scored a brace for Swansea before a Roberto Firmino double pulled Liverpool level.
Gylfi Sigurdsson secured the win for Swansea.
CAMOGIE
It was disappointment for Presentation De La Salle In Their Leinster Senior Schools Camogie Final today.
They lost out to Scoil Mhuire of Trim by 3-12 to 5-2.
GOLF
Paul Dunne is four shots off the pace after day three of the Abu Dhabi Championship.
The Wicklow man is 9 under par after a third round 73.
Tyrell Hatton leads the way on 13 under par.
Waterford’s Seamus Power is also in a fine position heading into the weekend of the CareerBuilder Challenge on the PGA Tour.
He’s in a tie for 21st on 7 under par after a round of 70 last night.
RUGBY
Kilkenny fell to yet another defeat in Division 1A of the Leinster League today.
It finished 34-29 in favour of Malahide at Foulkestown.
Ulster’s Champions Cup campaign is over following a 26-22 loss to Bordeaux at Kingspan Stadium.
Andrew Trimble, Franco van der Merwe and Darren Cave went over for Ulster while Paddy Jackson kicked two conversions and apenalty.
Yann Lesgourgues and Marco Tauleigne with the tries for Bordeaux while former Leinster player Ian Madigan kicked the conversions and two penalties.
Exeter are also out after a 48-26 defeat at Clermont.
TENNIS
Rafa Nadal survived a scare at the Australian Open this morning.
The Spaniard, who won the title in 2009, came from 2 sets to 1 down to beat Germany’s Alexander Zverev by 3 sets to 2.
There were also third round wins earlier for Dominic Thiem, David Goffin, Milos Ronic and Gael Monfils.
In the women’s singles, Britain’s Johanna (pron: YO-HANNA) Konta secured her place in the last-16 with a straight sets win over former world number one Caroline Wozniacki.
Six-time champion Serena Williams beat fellow American Nicole Gibbs 6-1 6-3.
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SNOOKER
Ronnie O’Sullivan remains on course for a record seventh Masters snooker title after beating Marco Fu 6-4 to reach the final.
The man from Hong Kong was knocked out despite making a break of 141 in the fifth frame.
O’Sullivan will now face Barry Hawkins or Joe Perry at London’s Alexandra Palace tomorrow.
They meet in the second semi-final this evening.
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RACING
2014 Champion Hurdle winner Jezki returned from a 632-day absence with a comfortable win at Navan.
The 11-8 favourite, with Barry Geraghty on board, won the Race Displays Event Signage Hurdle.
