Sunday sport: McIlroy two behind in Irish Open, Arsenal win North London derby

Rory McIlroy has kicked off his final round at the Irish Open with two birdies at Royal County Down
Sunday sport: McIlroy two behind in Irish Open, Arsenal win North London derby

Golf

Rory McIlroy is two shots off the lead at the Irish Open.

The Northern Irishman is seven under par, with Rasmus Højgaard leading on nine under.

Offaly man Shane Lowry finished with a three-under round of 68 to leave himself one under all round.

Waterford's Seamus Power finished up on one over par for the week.

Tom McKibbin is now up to two over par playing the last while teenager Sean Keeling ended up 13 over par.

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Europe are facing an uphill battle to retain the Solheim Cup, with the final day singles underway.

The US are up 10-6 heading into the final pairings as they look to win their first title since 2017.

The hosts trail in 4, lead in 3 and are level in 3 of the matches already underway.

Cavan's Leona Maguire is up against Team USA's Ally Ewing with their matchup just kicking off.

Soccer

Arsenal have won the first North London Derby of the season.

Gabriel's header put them 1-0 up on Spurs and it was enough for victory.

There is a 4:30pm kick off for the meeting of Wolves and Newcastle at Molineux, with the score currently 0-0.

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe says the rest of the season is about "unity" following reports of friction between himself and the new sporting director.

Formula One

McClaren driver Oscar Piastri has taken the win in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this afternoon.

The Australian outlasted pole sitter Charles Leclerc of Ferrari to take the victory.

Piastri's teammate Lando Norris passed title rival Max Verstappen to finish in 4th and 5th place respectively.

A late crash between Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez will be investigated by the stewards.

 

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