Saturday sport: Leinster survive late Toulon scare to reach Champions Cup final
Rugby
Leinster have beaten Toulon in the Investec Champions Cup semi-final.
Captain Caelan Doris scored the fourth try for the hosts to leave them 29-25 up on Toulon.
Two late tries from the French side made the game more nervy than it needed to be for Leinster.
The Blues went down to 13 men at the start of the second half but remained in control at the Aviva Stadium.
Into the final! ð¥ð¤©#LEIvRCT #NeverLessThanEverything pic.twitter.com/AACMXFUDLF
— Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) May 2, 2026
Ulster are looking to become the first Irish side in 14 years to reach the final of the Challenge Cup.
They have home advantage against Exeter Chiefs with kick off in Belfast at 5:30pm.
Nick Timoney is expected to start that game after returning from a recent hip injury.
Soccer
West Ham are under pressure as they bid to avoid the drop in the Premier League.
They trail Keith Andrews' Brentford 3-0 heading for full time with relegation rivals Tottenham not playing until tomorrow.
Elsewhere, Newcastle are 2-1 up on Brighton, and Wolves are back on level terms 1-1 with 10-man Sunderland.
Meanwhile, Bukayo Saka is back for Arsenal as they look to keep ahead of Manchester City in the title race.
He's set to captain the league leaders in their tie with Fulham, which kicks off in half an hour's time.
A win for the Gunners would put them 6 points clear, but City would have two games in hand.
Ipswich sealed promotion back to the Premier League with a 3-0 win against QPR on the final day of the regular Championship season.
They join champions Coventry in the top-flight, who finished their campaign with a 4-0 victory over Watford.
Hull beat Norwich 2-1 to secure the final place in the play-offs.
Wrexham miss out after a 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough, while Derby will also spend another year in the second tier after losing 2-1 to Sheffield United.
Arsenal have been edged out of the Women's Champions League with a 3-1 defeat to Lyon.
They conceded a late goal in France to lose 4-3 on aggregate, which also ends their defence of the trophy.
Lyon will play either Barcelona or Bayern Munich in the final.
Snooker
John Higgins and Shaun Murphy are both two frames away from appearing in another World Championship final.
They're tied at 15 frames each in an absorbing encounter in Sheffield.
The first to 17 will return for tomorrow's final.
Earlier, Northern Ireland's Mark Allen battled back to leave his semi-final with Wu Yize level at 11 frames each.
GAA
Dublin are looking to return to the Leinster Football Championship final for the first time in two years.
Standing in their way is Louth who are the reigning champions.
Ger Brennan, who lead the Wee County to that success, is now in charge of the opposition but misses the game through suspension.
Throw in at O'Moore Park in Portlaoise is at 7pm.
Before that, Derry and Monaghan are meeting in the last four of Ulster.
That one is just underway.
Golf
Shane Lowry is heading for the clubhouse at the end of his third round of the Cadillac Championship on the PGA Tour.
The Offaly native is now 2 under thru 17 holes to remain on 1 over par for the week and in a tie for 55th place.
Cam Young leads there on 13 under par.
Racing
Willie Mullins has seen more success on the final day of the Punchestown Festival.
His mount Place De La Nation took the Mares Champion Hurdle with Danny Mullins on board.
The other Grade One of the day, the Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle is just underway
The Carlow trainer has sent off the favourite Apolon De Charnie in that one.
Elsewhere, Bow Echo took the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket this afternoon.
