Sunday sport: Liverpool face United at Anfield, Ballina Stephanites going for three in a row
Kenneth Fox
Soccer
Tottenham and Aston Villa are level 1-1 at halftime in the early Premier League game on Saturday afternoon.
Rodrigo Bentancur opened the scoring inside the first five minutes before Morgan Rogers equalised for Villa.
A win would see the North London side leap into the top four.
Meanwhile, Liverpool could cut Arsenal's advantage at the summit of the Premier League back to one point, with victory over Manchester United this afternoon.
Kick-off at Anfield is at 4:30pm.
Anfield arrivals 📸 pic.twitter.com/vdwNm7Tu55
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 19, 2025
Celtic suffered a 2-0 defeat away at Dundee in the Scottish Premiership.
It means the defending champions remain five points off early leaders Hearts.
Away fans forced the match at Dens Park to be halted temporarily by throwing objects onto the pitch in protest at the Parkhead board.
Bohemians are looking for their first-ever victory in the Women's FAI Cup final on Saturday afternoon.
They are coming up against league champions Bohemians, who have reached the decider for the fourth year in a row.
That game has just kicked off at Tallaght Stadium.
GAA
Ballina Stephanites will hope to win their third Mayo Senior Football Championships in a row.
They take on Westport at MacHale Park from 4pm.
Meanwhile, in Down, Kilcoo are going for their seventh title in a row and 13th in 14 years as they take on Carryduff at Pairc Esler in Newry at 3:30pm.
Elsewhere, Midleton do battle with Sarsfields in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship final at 3:15 and Naas take on Athy in the Kildare Senior Football Final at half-3.
Kilcormack Killoughey are Offaly hurling champions for a third year in a row after a 1-24 to 2-14 victory over Shinrone.
Golf
Shane Lowry finished in a tie for third on the final day of the DP World India Championship
The Offaly man shot a 4-under round of 68 to end on 18 under par in New Delhi.
Tommy Fleetwood stormed to victory with a final round 7 under 65 leaving him 2 shots clear at the top on 22 under par.
Rory McIlroy finished on 11 under par after shooting a final round 71 on Saturday morning.
Swimming
It was another good night for Irish swimmers at the World Aquatics World Cup in the USA.
Ellen Walshe added a gold medal to her total by taking the victory in the final of the 400 metre Individual Medley in a national record time.
The Dubliner has also won two silvers and a bronze at this event already.
Mona McSharry also improved her week by picking up silver in the 100 metre Breaststroke after three fourth placed finishes recently.
