February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\nEarlier, Louth strolled to a 1-22 to 1-12 victory over Cavan at Kingspan Breffni Park.<\/p>\n
Tyrone hammered Offaly by 28 points to 2-13 in Omagh.<\/p>\n
Down have kept up their unbeaten run in Division 3.<\/p>\n
They held on to beat Fermanagh by 1-18 to 1-15 to make it five wins out of five.<\/p>\n
Clare are up to second after getting the better of neighbours Limerick by 1-21 to 1-12<\/p>\n
Laois closed the gap on Westmeath with a 3-16 to 1-13 win over their Lake County earlier.<\/p>\n
In Division 4 , Antrim were too good for Wicklow, coming out on top by 2-18 to 1-14<\/p>\n
Clare made it five wins from five in Division 1B of the Hurling League.<\/p>\n
They eased to a 1-28 to 18 point victory away to Carlow.<\/p>\n
Rugby<\/p>\n
Munster have put their losing streak behind them on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
Clayton McMillan’s side won at Thomond Park for the first time in four games with a 21-7 victory over Zebre.<\/p>\n
Shane Daly, Alex Kendellan and Lee Barron with the tries.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Connacht scored a late try to see off Glasgow Warriors by 15 points to 10.<\/p>\n
They’ve kicked off in Wales, where Ulster have travelled to take on Ospreys.<\/p>\n
Golf<\/p>\n
Shane Lowry will take a share of the lead into the final round of the Cognizant Classic on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n
A brilliant round of 63 has the Offaly man top of the standings on 13 under par<\/p>\n
He has been joined in the lead by Austin Smotherman, who led proceedings going into the day.<\/p>\n
Seamus Power shot a 2-over round of 73 to end the day on 2 under all round.<\/p>\n
Soccer<\/p>\n
Manchester City beat Leeds United 1-0 to move within two points of Premier League leaders Arsenal.<\/p>\n
Title holders Liverpool boosted their Champions League qualification hopes with a 5-2 thrashing of West Ham – who stay in the relegation zone.<\/p>\n
Reds manager Arne Slot says their success was mainly down to one factor:<\/p>\n
Burnley’s survival hopes were also dealt a blow as they had a late equaliser ruled out by V-A-R in a 4-3 defeat to Brentford.<\/p>\n
Newcastle remain in the bottom half after losing 3-2 to Everton, while it finished 1-all between Bournemouth and Sunderland.<\/p>\n
Athletics<\/p>\n
Sarah Lavin outlasted a strong challenge from Kate O’Connor to take the Women’s 60 metre hurdle title at the National Indoor Championships.<\/p>\n
The Limerick native won her 5th senior crown with the heptathlete in second.<\/p>\n
Adam Nolan won his third national title in the men’s version of the 60 metre hurdles.<\/p>\n
Two-time Olympian Sophie Becker won the National title in the Women’s 200 metre final with a huge personal best of 23.43.<\/p>\n