Soccer
Manchester City have beaten Aston Villa 3-1 to reduce Arsenal’s lead at the top of the Premier League to three points.
The two front-runners meet in London on Wednesday night.
Earlier, Marcus Rashford was on the scoresheet once again as Manchester United beat Leeds 2-0 at Elland Road.
Rangers are through to the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup after beating Partick Thistle 3-2 at Ibrox.
Rugby
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has praised the replacements in the panel after yesterday’s 32-19 win over France in the Six Nations Championship.
Andy Farrell has had to deal with many injuries, but it didn’t stop Ireland from running in four tries at the Aviva Stadium.
Next up is Italy in Rome in two weeks time.
England have their first win under new head coach Steve Borthwick after a 31-14 victory over Italy in the Six Nations game at Twickenham.
GAA
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Dublin have bagged their first win of the new campaign in Division 1B of the Allianz National Hurling League.
Micheál Donoghue’s charges edged out Antrim on a scoreline of 28 points to 2-19 at Parnell Park.
Also in 1B, Tipperary beat Kilkenny by 2-24 to 1-21.
In Division 1A, Cork defeated Galway by 4-24 to 3-22 at Pearse Stadium to make it two wins from two.
Wexford were 2-23 to 1-15 winners over Westmeath in Mullingar.
Golf
Scottie Scheffler’s holed an eagle on the 13th to go a shot clear at the top of the leaderboard at the WM Phoenix Open in Arizona.
The defending champion and world number 2, is 18 under par.
Ricky Fowler had a moment of magic earlier, sinking a hole in one on the 7th.
Seamus Power is back on 7 under par, with Rory McIlroy 3 under.
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