Saturday sport: Leinster maintain 100% start to the season, Everton draw with Fulham

Caelan Doris, Josh Van Der Flier and a penalty try gave the Blues their 6th win of the season.
Saturday sport: Leinster maintain 100% start to the season, Everton draw with Fulham

Rugby

Leinster maintained their 100 per cent start to the URC season thanks to a 24-6 point win over the Lions at the Aviva Stadium.

Caelan Doris, Josh Van Der Flier and a penalty try gave the Blues their 6th win of the season.

They are the only unbeaten team left in the competition.


Munster suffered a heavy defeat in Durban with a 41-24 loss away at the Sharks.

At the minute, Ulster have travelled to Cardiff while Connacht have welcomed The Dragons to Galway.

Connacht lead 7-0 in their game thanks to a Paul Boyle try.

Ulster are also 7 points to the good with Cardiff down to 14 men after a yellow card for Evan Lloyd.

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Soccer

Manchester City went top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win against Southampton this evening.

City Manager Pep Guardiola says he was impressed by how difficult the top-flight's bottom side made it for them:

Everton scored deep into stoppage time to rescue a 1-1 Premier League draw against Fulham.

Beto got the goal for the Merseyside club, after Alex Iwobi opened the scoring at Goodison Park.

There was a seven-goal thriller in west London, where Brentford came from 2-0 down to beat 10-man Ipswich 4-3.

Wolves also managed to turn around a 2-goal deficit in their 2-2 draw at Brighton.

Aston Villa were held 1-1 by Bournemouth.


Aberdeen have gone three points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership with a 1-nil win against Dundee United.

Peter Ambrose broke the deadlock in the 84th minute.

Celtic can return to the top of the table if they can get the better of Motherwell tomorrow afternoon.

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Snooker

Kyren Wilson booked his spot in the final of the Northern Ireland Open.

The reigning World Champion beat China's Pang Junxu 6-4 in their best of 11 frame semi final in Belfast.

The other last 4 encounter is underway with defending champion Judd Trump 2 frames up on Elliot Slessor at the Waterfront Hall.

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