Saturday Sport: Michael Carrick reign begins with win against Man City, Westham lead Tottenham 1-0 at half-time

A busy day of Premier League and Champions Cup action.

Soccer

Fulham and Leeds United are scoreless at halftime in the Premier League this afternoon.

Westham lead Tottenham 1-0 at half time.

Chelsea lead Brentford 1-0.

Liverpool lead Burnley 1-0.

Sunderland and Crystal palace are 0-0.

Michael Carrick has made a winning start as interim head coach of Manchester United with a 2-nil derby victory over rivals City in the Premier League's early kick-off.

Leaders Arsenal will be in action later when they travel to struggling Nottingham Forest.

Rugby

There's a busy day in store for the Irish provinces in European action.

Leinster are away to Bayonne, where a bonus-point win would boost their chances of home advantage in the knockout stages.

Kick-off in the Basque Country is at 3:15.

A bonus-point win for Munster against Castres would guarantee their place in the last-16.

That's underway at Thomond Park from 5:30.

In the Challenge Cup, Ulster are just underway against Stade Francais in Belfast.

While at 8 o'clock, Connacht welcome Montauban to Galway - a win for the Westerners will see them go through to the next round.

Golf

Shane Lowry is two shots off the lead on Day Three of the DP World Tour's Dubai Invitational.

A third-round 70 sees the Clara golfer sit on six-under-par and in a tie for second.

Spain's Nacho Elvira is the clubhouse leader on eight under.

Rory McIlroy will go into the final day on five-under.