Saturday sport: Man City thrash Liverpool 4-0 in FA Cup, Munster lose to Exeter Chiefs
Eva Osborne
Rugby
Munster are out of the Challenge Cup.
They gave themselves too much to do as the Exeter Chiefs ran out 31-21 in their round of 16 clash this afternoon.
The hosts led 31-0 at half time before holding on to progress to the last eight at Sandy Park.
Later, Ulster will look to join Connacht in the next round of the Challenge Cup.
Richie Murphy's side takes on Ospreys in the final last 16 game of the day.
The Welsh side came out on top when these teams met in the URC back in February.
Kick off in Belfast is at 8pm.
The semi final lineup has been decided in Division One A of the Energia All-Ireland League.
Terenure took the last spot after beating second-from-bottom UCD 19-15 this afternoon.
They pipped Cork Con, who missed out despite their 38-point to 12 win over Lansdowne.
St Mary's are the new league leaders after besting Clontarf 14-10, with both sides heading for the final four.
Young Munster got the better of Ballynahinch 22-12, and Old Belvedere smashed bottom side Nenagh Ormond by 61 points to 12.
Soccer
Manchester City have thrashed Liverpool 4-0 to secure a place in the FA Cup semi-finals.
Erling Haaland's hat-trick took Pep Guardiola's EFL Cup winners back to Wembley, while Mo Salah missed a penalty for the Merseysiders.
Chelsea are looking to avoid a big upset at home to League One's bottom club Port Vale this evening.
That game kicks off at 5.15pm and Brazilian star Estevao starts in place of Enzo Fernandez.
The latter has been dropped after disparaging comments regarding the club.
Later tonight, Premier League leaders Arsenal head to Championship team Southampton.
The first round of the All Island Cup is underway this afternoon.
Last year's runners-up, Bohemians, are still 1-0 down to Glentoran, where Aimee Kerr's goal separates the sides.
Elsewhere, it's still DLR Waves 1 Lisburn Rangers 0 - Keelin Dodd with the only goal of the game there.
Treaty United have now taken a 2-1 lead over Cliftonville with a double from Madison McGuane hit.
Shelbourne are 4-2 up away at Waterford.
It is heading for full time in all those games.
Champions Wexford are opening their defence away to Sligo Rovers, while Galway United are at home to Peamount United.
Both those games are just underway.
The final game of the day sees Athlone Town come up against Cork City.
Republic of Ireland star Lily Agg is out of this month's World Cup qualifiers with Poland.
The Durham County player has posted on social media after rupturing her Achilles in a recent loss to Nottingham Forest.
The 32-year-old had only recently returned from an ACL injury and is set for another significant spell on the sidelines.
The midfielder said she is not sure how she will be able to come back from this latest blow.
Carla Ward's side are due to play the Poles in back to back games starting away in Gdansk on April 14th.
Drogheda United say Shane Farrell is out of hospital after collapsing mid-game on Friday night.
The midfielder was taken for medical treatment after a clash of heads during the goalless draw with Bohemians.
Drogs say he is now back home and will continue to be monitored by the club's medical staff.
Sailing
Eve McMahon has claimed gold in the I-L-C-A 6 dinghy class at the Princesa Sofia Regatta in Mallorca this afternoon.
The Howth sailor edged Britain's Daisy Collingridge to the top of the podium in today's final round.
Speaking to in-house media after the race, McMahon knew she'd need a stellar performance to see out the win.
Golf
Leona Maguire is in a tie for second ahead of the third round of the Aramco Championship on the LPGA.
She is three under par for the week and five shots off the lead in Nevada.
The Cavan woman will tee off her third round around 9.20pm tonight.
Meanwhile, fellow Irish stars Lauren Walsh and Anna Foster will tee off from six over and four over par respectively.
American Lauren Coughlin has the lead on eight under par.
