Saturday Sport: Newcastle and Manchester City draw; Irish provinces in URC action
Manchester City again dropped points in the Premier League title race.
Anthony Gordon's second half penalty helped Newcastle to a 1-1 draw at home to the champions at lunchtime.
It means Arsenal have the chance to capitalise as they lead Leicester City 2-0 at half time in their 3pm game this afternoon.
Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring at the Emirates before a second from Leandro Trossard.
A win for the Gunners would see them join City at the top of the table.
Elsewhere, Chelsea are 4-2 up on Brighton thanks to four goals from Cole Palmer.
Brentford lead West Ham 1-0 in their London Derby.
Everton are 1-0 down to Crystal Palace at Goodison Park and Nottingham Forest and Fulham are level 0-0.
There’s a 5.30 start at Molineux where Wolves take on Liverpool.
In the Women's Premier Division, Athlone can take another step towards a potential double if they win at home to Shamrock Rovers tonight.
Galway and Shelbourne can close the gap to the top to two-points - they meet at Eamonn Deacy Park at 4:45pm.
At the minute, Cork City are 1-0 down to DLR Waves and Peamount and Sligo Rovers are level 1-1.
It's still scoreless between Bohemians and Wexford.
Rugby
Munster are leading Zebre in the URC this afternoon.
It's 21-15 to the visitors in Parma.Gavin Coombes has scored on his 100th appearance for the province.
Earlier, Ulster were beaten 35-22 by the Lions in Johannesburg.
Later, Connacht look to bounce back from opening day defeat, when the Sharks come to Galway for a 7:35 start.
The Rugby Championship is on the line as South Africa and Argentina are doing battle at the Mbombela Stadium.
That game is just underway.
Earlier, New Zealand ran out 33-13 winners over Joe Schmidt's Australia in Wellington.
AFL
Conor McKenna joined Tadhg Kennelly with both an All-Ireland and an AFL title to his name.
The Tyrone man came off the bench in the final quarter as the Brisbane Lions thrashed Sydney Swans by 120 to 60 in the Grand Final.
McKenna lifted the Sam Maguire with Tyrone back in 2021.
Golf
Shane Lowry has made a move during round 3 of the Open De Espana of the DP World Tour.
The Offaly man shot a 3 under round of 68 today, to leave himself 4 under all round.
He lies in a tie for 15th place and 7 shots off the lead of Spaniard Angel Hidalgo
