Sunday sport: Westmeath pull off shock win over Meath, Liverpool grab late win at Everton

Favourites Meath have been beaten by neighbours Westmeath by 4-18 to 25 points.
Sunday sport: Westmeath pull off shock win over Meath, Liverpool grab late win at Everton

Eva Osborne

Soccer

Liverpool pulled off a late win against Everton in the Merseyside Derby in the Premier League this afternoon.

Mo Salah's goal in the 29th minute had been cancelled out by Beto in the second half.

However, a goal from Virgil van Dijk in the 11th minute of extra time sealed the win for the Reds.

Aston Villa scored a late winner against Sunderland.

Tammy Abraham made it 4-3 for Villa late on.

Nottingham Forest came from behind to beat Burnley 4-1.

Morgan Gibbes White with a crucial hattrick as they look to avoid the drop.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is telling his players to embrace the pressure ahead of a huge game at Manchester City later.

His side are six points clear at the top of the table - but Pep Guardiola's team have played a game less.

The result will go a long way to determining which way the trophy is going.

Kick off in that one is at 4:30pm.

There's a Dublin derby in the Women's Premier Division this afternoon.

Shelbourne are taking on Bohemians with that one just underway.

Meanwhile their cross-city rivals DLR Waves are 1-0 up against Sligo Rovers.

Then at 6pm, defending champions Athlone Town take on Peamount United, while Cork City come up against Wexford.

One game has already finished with Galway United beating Treaty United 2-0.

GAA

The quarter finals of the Leinster Football Championship have thrown up a huge shock.

Favourites Meath have been beaten by neighbours Westmeath by 4-18 to 25 points.

Danny McCartan's goal put the finishing touches on that one.

Louth are heading for the next round as they lead Wexford 1-20 to 10 points.

Dublin have come from behind to lead Wicklow by 1-11 to 1-7 with Dean Rock in charged there.

The final game of the day is just underway and Kildare lead Laois 0-01 to 0-00 early on.

In the Ulster Football Championship, Monaghan and Cavan are looking to secure their passage to the semi-finals.

Monaghan are in control and lead by 15 points to 8.

In the Munster Hurling Championship, Clare have beaten Waterford in a high scoring affair in Ennis.

Shane Meehan's late goal put the cherry on top of a 2-33 to 4-21 victory for the Banner.

Stephen Bennett scored 3-11 for the Deise today but still ended up on the losing side.

Meanwhile Cork and Tipperary are going head to head and it's just throw in at Semple Stadium.

Tipperary have already beaten Cork today after a big victory in the Munster Camogie championship.

The Premier came out on top by 1-18 to 2-9.

Snooker

Mark Allen has booked his place in the next round of the World Snooker Championships.

He battled back to beat Anda Zhang 10-6, after trailing 5 frames to 3 at the start of the day.

Ding Junhui has a commanding 7-2 lead over Englishman Dave Gilbert heading into tomorrow's deciding session of their opening match.

Golf

Shane Lowry is 10 shots off the lead at the Heritage Classic ahead of the final round.

The Clara native tees off shortly, with Matt Fitzpatrick three clear at the top of the leaderboard.

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