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 going to join City in the next round as they lead League One's bottom club Port Vale 5-0 this evening.

Andrey Santos with the latest goal at Stamford Bridge where the game is heading for full time.

Southampton continue their magic run in the cup as they welcome Premier League leaders Arsenal in an hour's time.

Later tonight, Premier League leaders Arsenal head to Championship team Southampton.

The first round of the All Island Cup is underway this evening.

Champions Wexford look set to open their title defence with a loss.

Cara Jordan has scored twice for Sligo Rovers who lead the visitors 2-0 at the Showgrounds.

Meanwhile, Galway United are 4-0 up on Peamount United with Aoibheann Costello scoring the latest.

Earlier, last year's runners-up Bohemians opened their campaign with a 3-1 loss to Glentoran.

DLR Waves got the better of Lisburn Rangers 1-0.

Treaty United held on to beat Cliftonville 3-2, and Shelbourne beat Waterford 4-2.

The final game of the day is into the second half with Athlone Town 1-0 up on Cork City.

Melissa O'Kane got the goal.

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.

Boxing

Chantelle Cameron has said she will not be the one to fight Katie Taylor in her retirement match.

The 39-year-old Bray native will call time on her decorated career with one final fight in Dublin this summer.

The British boxer is the only woman to have beaten Taylor as a pro before the Irish woman got her win back in the rematch.

A third fight never materialised, with Cameron claiming Taylor has rejected the trilogy for her swansong.