Saturday sport: Ireland beat Italy in Six Nations fixture, loads of GAA action
Eva Osborne
Rugby
Ireland has beaten Italy by 20 points to 13 in their Six Nations fixture.
England are looking to end their poor recent record at Murrayfield in their Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland.
In the second half, it's the hosts who lead 31-13
GAA
The action is underway in this evening's National Football League games.
In Division 1, Kerry and Galway are locking horns at Austin Stack Park.
David Clifford scored 1-4 in the first half as the Kingdom led 2-10 to 1-3 at the break.
Itis a 7pm throw-in at Croke Park, where Dublin take on Monaghan.
Before that, local rivals Meath and Louth are contesting a Division 2 encounter at GAA HQ.
Meath are dominating that one, leading 1-15 to 0-7.
Kildare welcome Derry to St Conleth's Park in Newbridge at 6.30pm.
At the same time, O'Moore Park hosts the meeting of Laois and Sligo in Division 3.
Down welcome Westmeath to Páirc Esler, and Waterford take on Wicklow at Fraher Field.
The National Camogie League is underway this afternoon.
Tipperary beat Antrim by 2-19 to 9 points in their Division 1A clash.
All-Ireland champions Galway have been beaten by Kilkenny by 2-11 to 1-13 in Ballinasloe,
And at Walsh Park, Waterford held on to beat Cork by 1-12 to 9 points.
Soccer
There is one game in the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division on Saturday evening.
Bohemians are the visitors to Sligo Rovers, with kick-off at the Showgrounds at 7.45pm.
There's been a big shock in the FA Cup with League One Mansfield winning 2-1 at Premier League strugglers Burnley.
Southampton have beaten Leicester 2-1 after extra time to make the 5th round.
West Ham needed extra time to get past another League 1 side, Burton, 1-0.
Freddie Potts was sent off for the east Londoners.
Manchester City eased past League Two Salford 2-0 and Norwich were 3-1 winners over West Brom.
Aston Villa and Newcastle are playing in the evening game, which is scoreless after 15 minutes.
Following that, Liverpool meet Brighton in the later kick-off.
Chelsea and Wrexham progressed to the fifth round after wins last night.
Winter Olympics
Cormac Comerford finished 42nd in the Giant Slalom in his third race of the Olympic Games, posting a combined time of 2:41.75.
Racing in Bormio, the Dubliner contested the first of his technical events, recording a time of 1:24.32 on the opening run before clocking 1:17.43 on his second descent.
The race was won by Brazilian Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, whose outstanding first run gave him a commanding advantage.
He claimed gold in a winning time of 2:25.00, pushing a trio of Swiss skiers down the standings. Pre-race favourite Marco Odermatt secured silver, while teammate Loïc Meillard took bronze.
Golf
Shane Lowry is making a move on Moving Day at the Pebble Beach Pro Am.
The Irishman has opened his third round with two birdies and is up to 10 under par on the PGA Tour.
He's now tied for 10th, 5 shots off the lead.
Rory McIlroy is just getting his round underway from 9 under par.
Akshay Bhatia and Ryo Hisatsune share the lead there on 15 under par.
