Saturday sport: Man City through to FA Cup final; Leinster fall to Bulls

Michael Bolton

Updated: 10pm

Here's the latest updates from the day's sporting action...

Soccer

Fulham beat Leeds 2-1 at Craven Cottage in the Premier League's early kick-off.

In the 3pm kick-offs, Aston Villa played out a 1-1 draw against Brentford and Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest 3-2.

Leicester took a 2-1 win over Wolves, while Crystal Palace and Everton's meeting ended in a draw.

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In the FA Cup, Manchester City beat Sheffield United 3-0 in the FA Cup semi-final.

Riyad Mahrez claimed a hat-trick, starting with a penalty just before the break before he added two more in the 61st and 66th minutes..

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In the Scottish Premier League, top-placed Celtic drew 1-1 against Motherwell.

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Barcelona have beaten Chelsea 1-0 in the Women's Champions League semi-final first leg at Stamford Bridge.

Caroline Hansen provided the only goal of the game after four minutes.

Rugby

Ireland have suffered another heavy loss in the TikTok Women's Six Nations, this time at the hands of Grand Slam-chasing England. The Red Roses put 48 points past the hosts at Musgrave Park to no reply.

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In the United Rugby Championship, Leinster's unbeaten run has come to an end after they suffered a heavy 62-7 defeat against the Bulls.

Elsewhere, Munster took a 22-22 draw against Sharks.

In the late game, Connacht lost 29-27 to Glasgow Warriors.

GAA

Kerry have got their Championship campaign off to a winning start, beating Tipperary 0-25 to 0-5 at Fitzgerald Stadium.

In the day's late game, Clare beat Limerick 1-16 to 0-16 in the other final-four clash.

Earlier at Markievicz Park, Sligo beat New York 2-16 to 0-6 in the Connacht Senior Football Championship.

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In the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship it ended all square on 1-19 apiece between Dublin and Armagh at Corrigan Park.

Elsewhere, Kilkenny beat Westmeath 0-29 to 0-7, while Galway took a home win over Wexford, ending 0-24 to 2-12 at Pearse Stadium.