Saturday sport: Lions secure series win despite loss, Sharlene Mawdsley wins 200m title

Athlone Town manager Colin Fortune says it is an 'incredible achievement' for his team to advance to the second phase of the Women's Champions League qualifiers.

American forward Madie Gibson scored twice in the Midlanders' 3-0 win against Croatia's Agram this afternoon.

Next up for Town is a trip to the Netherlands for the second-round where they will next play Iceland's Breidablik at the end of this month.

While Shelbourne have moved above Athlone at the top of the Women's National League table with a 2-0 win at Cork City.

It is 0-0 early on between Sligo Rovers and Shelbourne in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division.

Rangers conceded a late goal as their first match of the Scottish Premiership season ended in a 1-1 draw away at Motherwell.

It denies new manager Russell Martin victory in his first league game in charge.

Livingston fought from 2-nil down as their match at 10-man Kilmarnock finished 2-2.

Andy Farrell admits there's 'frustration' around this Lions squad that they missed out on the chance to whitewash Australia.

The tourists had to settle for a 2-1 series victory following a 22-12 defeat to the Wallabies in the third Test in Sydney.

Munster's Tadgh Beirne was named the Lions Player of the Series having started all three tests. He joins a prestigious list alongside Maro Itoje, Jonathan Davies, Leigh Halfpenny and Jamie Roberts.

Series winners, 2025