Sunday sport: Man City to face Arsenal, Monaghan and Cavan fight for Ulster semi-final place

Eva Osborne

Soccer

The Hill Dickinson Stadium will host the Merseyside Derby for the first time this afternoon.

There is potential European places at stake for both teams here.

Everton will look to keep themselves in the hunt for the Europa and Conference League spots.

Meanwhile, Liverpool are hoping to close the gap on third-placed Manchester United - and tighten their group on fourth.

The game kicks off at 2pm.

At the same time, Aston Villa will also look to strengthen their bid for European football when they face Sunderland.

Nottingham Forest will take on Burnley at the same time as they look to ease their relegation worries.

The pick of Sunday's Premier League games sees the league's top two teams square off.

Leaders Arsenal make the trip to Manchester City with just six points separating the sides ahead of this afternoon's clash.

Kick off is at 4:30pm.

There is a Dublin derby in the Women's Premier Division on Sunday afternoon.

At 3pm, Shelbourne take on Bohemians, while their cross-city rivals DLR Waves are up against Sligo Rovers from 4pm.

Then at 6pm, defending champions Athlone Town take on Peamount United, while Cork City come up against Wexford.

One game gets underway within the hour - as Galway United meet Treaty United at 1:45pm.

GAA

Dean Rock will take charge for Dublin's Leinster Football Championship opener this afternoon.

He will be in the dugout instead of Ger Brennan as they take on Wicklow from 3pm.

Before that, Meath and Westmeath face off from 2pm in Tullamore.

Half an hour later, Louth and Wexford meet in Carlow.

The final game of the day sees Kildare and Laois go head to head from 3:45pm.

There is also a place in the Ulster semi-finals up for grabs. Monaghan take on Cavan in the quarter-final in Clones from 3pm.

In the Munster Hurling Championship, Clare and Waterford get the action underway at Semple Stadium.

That throws in at 3pm.

After that, Cork and Tipperary go head to head from 4pm.

Snooker

Mark Allen has taken the lead in his World Championship second round clash.

He won three frames in a row to lead 7-6, after trailing ahead of the retstart.

Elsewhere today, four-time champion John Higgins opens his account with a match against Ali Carter.