Saturday Sport: Leinster take on Edinburgh at the Aviva while Galway lead Armagh in GAA action

Rugby

After Munster's defeat to Glasgow last night, the other three Irish provinces are in URC action on Saturday.

Leinster are playing host to Edinburgh, where it was 7-5 to Leinster just after 6pm.

Max Deegan's try was cancelled out by Duhan van der Merve's effort.

Andrew Sparrow, Ciaran Mangan, and Ruben Moloney all made their first senior starts for Leo Cullen's side.

Connacht headed to Parma earlier and came away with a victory.

Despite being scoreless in the first half, the visitors beat Zebre 24-15.

Second half tries from Joe Joyce and two from Sean Jansen gave the away side the victory.

At 7.45pm, Ulster welcome Cardiff to Affidea Stadium in Belfast.

GAA

Armagh are taking on Galway in the pick of today's fixtures in the National Football League.

Galway lead that Division 1 clash by 2-5 to 10 points, with Rob Finnerty and Kieran Molloy getting the goals.

Two games are just getting underway in Division 2.

Derry manager Ciarán Meenagh has welcomed his native Tyrone to Celtic Park,

Darragh Canavan was a late replacement for Tyrone, starting in place of Cathal Donaghy.

Meanwhile, at St Conleth's Park in Newbridge, Kildare go up against Offaly.

Also throwing in at 6pm is the Division 3 meeting of Wexford and Laois at Wexford Park,

At Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow take on Wicklow in Division 4.

Down emerged with a big win in Division 3, with Shane Annett's last-gasp point being enough to beat Limerick by 0-18 to 1-14 at the Gaelic Grounds.

Hurling

Galway and Cork will lock horns in Division 1A of the hurling league, with throw-in at Pearse Stadium at 7pm.

In Division 1B, Dublin welcome Kildare to Parnell Park from 7.30pm.

Soccer

League of Ireland

There's been a goal in the curtain raiser for the League of Ireland men's season this evening.

Double winners Shamrock Rovers are taking on Derry City in the President's Cup in Tallaght.

Former Republic of Ireland midfielder James McClean has assisted Darragh Markey to give Derry a 1-0 lead.

Premier League

There are plenty of Premier League matches on the cards today.

Arsenal have re-established their seven-point lead at the top of the table this evening after a late Gabriel Jesus goal got them 4-0 up away to Leeds United at Elland Road.

Bottom side Wolves suffered a 2-0 defeat to Bournemouth, while Everton got a stoppage-time equaliser to draw 1-1 at Brighton.

Chelsea can climb into the top four if they avoid defeat at home to West Ham.

With around 20 minutes gone there, it's 1-0 to West Ham, after arrod Bowen's attempted cross beat everyone and snuck into the net.

At 5.30pm, Chelsea can climb into the top four if they avoid defeat to a resurgent West Ham at home.

Meanwhile, Liverpool will take on Newcastle at 8pm.