Saturday sport: UCD book place in FAI Cup quarter-finals
Soccer
FAI Cup
UCD have booked their place in the quarter-finals of the FAI Cup.
Goals from Luke O’Regan and Adam Wells gave them a 2-0 win over Sligo Rovers.
Premier League
Arsenal began their latest bid to take the Premier League title from champions Manchester City with a 2-0 win against Wolves.
But it wasn’t a good start for West Ham in their first game under Julen Lopetegui as they lost 2-1 to Aston Villa.
Earlier, Arne Slot got his Liverpool reign underway with a 2-0 victory over newly promoted Ipswich.
Brighton eased past 10-man Everton 3-0 at Goodison Park.
There was a nasty looking injury for Danilo in Nottingham Forest’s 1-2 draw with Bournemouth.
Newcastle dealt with a first half red card to beat Southampton 1-0.
Golf
Seamus Power finished strongly during day 3 of the Fed Ex St Jude Championship.
The Waterford man shot a 4 under round of 66 to move himself up to 7 under par for the week.
Shane Lowry’s level par round of 70 means he remains on 2 under par overall.
Rory McIlroy is now up to 4 over par.
Hideki Matsuyama is still the man to catch on 16 under.
Cycling
Tyrone’s Darren Rafferty opened his Vuelta a España with a very good ride on Day One.
The EF Education-EasyPost rider finished 37th out of 176 riders in today’s time trial.
He was four places behind Cork’s Eddie Dunbar with American Brandon McNulty taking the stage win in Oeiras.
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