Rugby
Ireland's bid for a third straight Six Nations title is off to a winning start.
Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Beirne, Jamison Gibson Park, and Bundee Aki scored the tries in a bonus-point 27-22 victory against England at the Aviva.
Ireland's opponents next week, Scotland, also opened their campaign with a bonus-point win.
Huw Jones scored a hat-trick as they beat Italy by 31-points to 19 at Murrayfield.
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Soccer
Mo Salah scored both goals as Liverpool beat in-form Bournemouth 2-0 to stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League.
They are nine points clear of Nottingham Forest, who thrashed Brighton 7-0 to go level on points with second.
Newcastle lost 2-1 at home to Fulham and Everton hammered Leicester 4-0.
While bottom side Southampton picked up just their second league win of the season with a 2-1 victory at Ipswich.
And Wolves picked up a 2-0 win against their rivals Aston Villa.
Racing
Galopin Des Champs has warmed up for the Cheltenham Gold Cup by winning a third successive Irish Gold Cup.
The Willie Mullins-trained star had four and three-quarter lengths to spare over the chasing pack in winning today's feature on the opening day of the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown.
Mullins said after the race that Galopin Des Champs is the best chaser he's ever worked with.
GAA
Armagh have their first win of this year's Allianz National Football League.
The All-Ireland champions have eased to a 1-23 to 19-points victory over their Ulster rivals Tyrone in Division One.
Donegal are 6-points to 3 ahead against Dublin.
And Cork lead Limerick by 7-points to 1-2 in Division One A of the Hurling League.
Golf
Shane Lowry is 13-under-par after six holes of his third-round at golf's Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
The 2019 champion is three strokes behind the leader Sepp Straka in California.
Rory McIlroy is 10-under with Seamus Power seven-under.
While Padraig Harrington is three-under-par after three rounds at the Bahrain Championship, and the three-time major winner is 10 shots off the lead,
