Saturday Sport: Newcastle and Manchester City draw; Irish provinces in URC action

Manchester City again dropped points in the Premier League title race.

Anthony Gordon's second half penalty helped Newcastle to a 1-1 draw at home to the champions at lunchtime.

It means Arsenal have the chance to capitalise as they lead Leicester City 2-0 at half time in their 3pm game this afternoon.

Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring at the Emirates before a second from Leandro Trossard.

A win for the Gunners would see them join City at the top of the table.

Elsewhere, Chelsea are 4-2 up on Brighton thanks to four goals from Cole Palmer.

Brentford lead West Ham 1-0 in their London Derby.

Everton are 1-0 down to Crystal Palace at Goodison Park and Nottingham Forest and Fulham are level 0-0.

There’s a 5.30 start at Molineux where Wolves take on Liverpool.

In the Women's Premier Division, Athlone can take another step towards a potential double if they win at home to Shamrock Rovers tonight.

Galway and Shelbourne can close the gap to the top to two-points - they meet at Eamonn Deacy Park at 4:45pm.

At the minute, Cork City are 1-0 down to DLR Waves and Peamount and Sligo Rovers are level 1-1.

It's still scoreless between Bohemians and Wexford.

Munster are leading Zebre in the URC this afternoon.

It's 21-15 to the visitors in Parma.Gavin Coombes has scored on his 100th appearance for the province.

Earlier, Ulster were beaten 35-22 by the Lions in Johannesburg.

Later, Connacht look to bounce back from opening day defeat, when the Sharks come to Galway for a 7:35 start.

The Rugby Championship is on the line as South Africa and Argentina are doing battle at the Mbombela Stadium.

That game is just underway.

Earlier, New Zealand ran out 33-13 winners over Joe Schmidt's Australia in Wellington.

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