Saturday sport: Leinster and Connacht face off, Man City lose again

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Saturday Sport: Leinster And Connacht Face Off, Man City Lose Again
Leinster and Connacht go toe-to-toe in the second of this weekend's URC interpro derbies. Photo: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho
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Soccer

Premier League

Nottingham Forest are up to third in the Premier League after a 2-0 win at Brentford.

They've moved ahead of Arsenal - but Mikel Arteta's side are in action in the late game at Crystal Palace.

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It's currently 2-1 to Arsenal with Gabriel Jesus scoring twice for the Gunners.

That's his fifth goal against the same opponents this week and a win would take them within three points of leaders Liverpool.

Alexander Isak scored a hat-trick as Newcastle thrashed Ipswich 4-0, while West Ham and Brighton drew 1-1.

Manchester City suffered their ninth defeat in 12 games with a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa.

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Scottish Premiership

In the Scottish Premiership, Aberdeen missed the chance to close the gap on league leaders Celtic.

Despite taking an early lead, the Dons were beaten 3-1 by Hibernian at home this afternoon.

Rugby

Leinster and Connacht go toe-to-toe in the second of this weekend's URC interpro derbies.

RG Snyman and Jordie Barrett both start for the hosts, while the Westerners welcome Bundee Aki, Mack Hansen and Finlay Bealham back to their starting 15.

Kick-off at the Aviva Stadium is at 5.30pm.

Darts

Luke Littler sets off on his PDC World Darts Championship campaign tonight.

The 2024 finalist has a second-round meeting with Ryan Meikle in the evening session at Ally Pally in London.

Five-time champion Raymond van Barneveld also opens his account this evening, taking on Nick Kenny.

Also tonight, 13th seed Danny Noppert faces Ryan Joyce.

In the afternoon match-ups, Fermanagh's Brendan Dolan is up against Lok Yin Lee of Hong Kong, and 15th seed Chris Dobey meets Alexander Merkx.

Boxing

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk meet in their massive heavyweight rematch in Saudi Arabia this evening.

The Ukrainian boxer puts his WBC, WBO and WBA belts on the line.

The ring walks are due to get underway at about 10.15pm Irish Time.

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