Saturday sport: Tipperary beat Waterford in Thurles, City keep pressure on Arsenal

GAA

The top two met in Thurles tonight in Division 1B of the Allianz Hurling League.

The home side Tipperary came out on top 4-22 to Waterford 0-25 this evening.

Jake Morris scored a hat-trick of goals in a comfortable victory for the Premier county.

Watch the Full-Time Highlights of Tipperary v Waterford in the Allianz Hurling League here on #GAANOW pic.twitter.com/6EUOZSxQ5f

— The GAA (@officialgaa) March 11, 2023

Soccer

Manchester City have kept the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal with a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Erling Haaland's late penalty reduced the gap at the top to two points.

Boss Pep Guardiola expected their hosts to make it hard for them - and they did.

FULL-TIME | 3️⃣ points ✅

🦅 0-1 🔵 #ManCity pic.twitter.com/rpbjHRX1lw

— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 11, 2023

Earlier Tottenham boosted their chances of a top four finish with a 3-1 victory over Nottingham Forest.

Chelsea made it three straight wins in all competitions by getting past Leicester by the same score.

Bournemouth climbed out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 triumph at home to Liverpool.

Celtic became the second side through to the Scottish Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win at Hearts. relegation zone.

At Dalymount Park, Shelbourne have beaten Bohemians 2-0 in round 2 in the League of Ireland Women's Premier Division.

Jenna Slattery got the only goal of the game as Galway beat Cork City 1 - 0.

At PRL Park it finished Peamount 1 - 0 DLR Waves.

At Tallaght Stadium, it was Shamrock Rovers 6, Treaty United 0.

At Ferrycarrig, it ended Wexford Youths 3, Sligo Rovers 1

Rugby

England have suffered a humiliating 53-10 loss to France in the rugby union Six Nations.

It ends Steve Borthwick's side's hopes of winning the title as the defending champions won their first match at Twickenham since 2007.

Earlier Wales have sealed a bonus point and their first victory of the campaign after a 29 -17 win over Italy in Rome.

Golf

World No 2 Scottie Scheffler leads the way on 12 under par at the Players Championship at Sawgrass.

Scheffler holed from the rough as he secured a stunning eagle at the second.

Shane Lowry is someway back on level par.