Saturday sport: La Rochelle win Champions Cup final, Manchester City win Premier League

The two sides meet in the decider for the second season in succession this evening
Saturday sport: La Rochelle win Champions Cup final, Manchester City win Premier League

Rugby

La Rochelle have defeated Leinster 27-26 in the Champions Cup final at the Aviva Stadium.

The French outfit have won their second successive crown after coming back from 17-0 down in the first half.

Boxing

Dublin's 3Arena is the venue for Katie Taylor's first professional fight on Irish soil tonight.

The undisputed lightweight champion meets Chantelle Cameron, who is the undisputed super-lightweight champion.

Their bout will get underway after 10pm.

Gaelic games

Donegal have beaten Clare 0-14 to 0-09 in the All-Ireland football championship group stage in Ennis.

Mayo defeated Kerry 1-19 to 0-17 points in the All Ireland Senior Football Championship Rd1 game at Fitzgerald Stadium .

In Group Two, Galway defeated Tyrone 0-16 to 0-13 in Salthill.

Kilkenny lead Dublin by 0-18 points to 0-16 in the Leinster hurling championship clash at Nowlan Park.

Tailteann Cup

Limerick have defeated Carlow 1-19 to 0-14 at Cullen Park, while Cavan have overcome London 0-18 to 2-06 in Ruislip.

In Group Three, Waterford play Meath. And in Group Four Leitrim host Fermanagh while Antrim take on Wexford.

Soccer

Premier League

Manchester City were crowned champions without playing tonight - as Arsenal lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest.

Tottenham have been booed off in their final home Premier League game of the season after losing 3-1 to Brentford. The defeat means Spurs could yet fail to qualify for Europe.

Liverpool have drawn 1-1 with Aston Villa in a blow to their Champions League hopes.

Manchester United defeated Bournemouth 1-0 Casemiro with an early strike at The Vitality.

Wolves and Everton shared the points in a 1-1 draw, and it finished  2-2 in the game between Fulham and Crystal Palace.

Aberdeen have missed the chance to secure third place in the Scottish Premiership after losing 2-1 at Hearts.

The Republic of Ireland have their under-17 European Championship campaign back on track.

Colin O' Brien's charges have seen off Wales 3-0 in Budapest. Ireland lost 5-1 in their opener against Poland.

Golf

Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy are both within striking distance of the lead ahead of day three at the US PGA Championship.

Both players are level par, with Scottie Scheffler, Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland sharing the lead on five-under.

Padraig Harrington will resume from three-over.

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