Sunday sport: All the latest Team Ireland action at the World Athletics Championships

Athletics

It's already been a busy day for Team Ireland at the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo.

Sharlene Mawdsley's time of 51.4 seconds in her heat sees her go through to the 400m semi-finals.

Sophie Becker finished sixth in her heat, meaning she misses out on progression to the next round.

Sophie O'Sullivan and Sarah Healy both go in the 1,500m semi-finals this lunchtime.

Earlier, Fionnuala McCormack earned her best-ever global finish in the marathon, coming ninth in a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes and 16 seconds.

Sarah Lavin was third in her women's 100m hurdles heat, booking her place in tomorrow's semi-finals.

Nicola Tuthill earned a spot in her first-ever senior world final in the women's hammer throw,

And Andrew Coscoran finished sixth to go through to the semi-finals of the men's 1,500 metres .

His middle-distance teammate Cathal Doyle missed out, after finishing 12th.

Rugby

Ireland have just kicked off their massive quarter-final against France at the Women's Rugby World Cup.

Aoife Wafer makes her long-awaited return to the starting 15, while Fiona Tuite and Stacey Flood have recovered from injury to line out in Sandy Park.

Tournament hosts England take on Scotland will contest the last of this weekend's quarter-finals from 4pm.

Soccer

The Manchester derby headlines this afternoon's action in the Premier League.

Pep Guardiola's City have endured a poor start to the campaign, having lost two of their first three matches.

Matheus Cunha, Diogo Dalot and Mason Mount will all miss the game for United with Omar Marmoush out for City.

Reigning champions Liverpool look to maintain their 100 percent start when they go to Burnley.

Boxing

Roscommon's Aoife O'Rourke will bid to become a world boxing champion this afternoon.

The Castlerea native will face Turkey's Busra Isildar in the 75kg final at the World Championships in Liverpool at lunchtime.