Sunday Sport: Ireland face New Zealand in World Cup, final round of Irish Open

Top spot in Pool C is up for grabs when Ireland take on New Zealand at the Rugby World Cup this afternoon.

Both teams are already through to the quarter-finals, and Ireland is again without star forward Aoife Wafer.

Head coach Scott Bemand has made six changes with Neve Jones, Ruth Campbell, Brittany Hogan, Aoibheann Reilly and Beibhinn Parsons all in to start against the reigning champions.

Kick-off in Brighton is at 2:45.

Rory McIlroy remains at 11-under par after three holes of his final round at the Irish Open golf.

He's four strokes behind leader Adrien Saddier of France at the K Club.

2009 champion Shane Lowry is seven-under through 11, with Tom McKibbin five-under playing the last.

Alex Maguire has finished at level-par after signing for a round of 73.

Sammie Szmodics has been ruled out of Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Armenia on Tuesday.

The attacker has returned to his club Ipswich Town after coming off with an injury in last night's draw with Hungary at the Aviva Stadium.

Manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has called up Shamrock Rovers' Josh Honohan ahead of the squad flying out to Yerevan later today.

Northern Ireland look to cause a shock in World Cup qualifying when they head to Germany tonight.

Michael O'Neill's side began their campaign with a 3-1 victory over Luxembourg on Thursday night.

The Germans suffered a surprise 2-nil defeat away to Slovakia in their opening group game.

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz will hope to maintain his good record against Jannik Sinner when they meet in tonight's men's final at the US Open tennis.

He's won three of their four meetings this year, including victory over the Italian in the French Open decider.

Aryna Sabalenka has successfully defended her women's singles title with a