Saturday sport: Meath top of Division 2 after win over Kildare, Munster beat Zebre

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Meath have gone joint top of Division 2 in the National Football League.

The Royals eased past Kildare by 1-21 to 10 points in Newbridge.

Earlier, Louth strolled to a 1-22 to 1-12 victory over Cavan at Kingspan Breffni Park.

Tyrone hammered Offaly by 28 points to 2-13 in Omagh.

Down have kept up their unbeaten run in Division 3.

They held on to beat Fermanagh by 1-18 to 1-15 to make it five wins out of five.

Clare are up to second after getting the better of neighbours Limerick by 1-21 to 1-12

Laois closed the gap on Westmeath with a 3-16 to 1-13 win over their Lake County earlier.

In Division 4 , Antrim were too good for Wicklow, coming out on top by 2-18 to 1-14

Clare made it five wins from five in Division 1B of the Hurling League.

They eased to a 1-28 to 18 point victory away to Carlow.

Rugby

Munster have put their losing streak behind them on Saturday evening.

Clayton McMillan's side won at Thomond Park for the first time in four games with a 21-7 victory over Zebre.

Shane Daly, Alex Kendellan and Lee Barron with the tries.

Earlier, Connacht scored a late try to see off Glasgow Warriors by 15 points to 10.

They've kicked off in Wales, where Ulster have travelled to take on Ospreys.

Golf

Shane Lowry will take a share of the lead into the final round of the Cognizant Classic on the PGA Tour.

A brilliant round of 63 has the Offaly man top of the standings on 13 under par

He has been joined in the lead by Austin Smotherman, who led proceedings going into the day.

Seamus Power shot a 2-over round of 73 to end the day on 2 under all round.

Soccer

Manchester City beat Leeds United 1-0 to move within two points of Premier League leaders Arsenal.

Title holders Liverpool boosted their Champions League qualification hopes with a 5-2 thrashing of West Ham - who stay in the relegation zone.

Reds manager Arne Slot says their success was mainly down to one factor:

Burnley's survival hopes were also dealt a blow as they had a late equaliser ruled out by V-A-R in a 4-3 defeat to Brentford.

Newcastle remain in the bottom half after losing 3-2 to Everton, while it finished 1-all between Bournemouth and Sunderland.

Athletics

Sarah Lavin outlasted a strong challenge from Kate O'Connor to take the Women's 60 metre hurdle title at the National Indoor Championships.

The Limerick native won her 5th senior crown with the heptathlete in second.

Adam Nolan won his third national title in the men's version of the 60 metre hurdles.

Two-time Olympian Sophie Becker won the National title in the Women's 200 metre final with a huge personal best of 23.43.

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