Saturday Sport: Arsenal go nine points clear, England hammer Wales at Twickenham

Soccer

Premier League leaders Arsenal are now nine points clear at the top after beating Sunderland 3-0.

Aston Villa dropped more points and stayed third after being held 1-1 at Bournemouth.

Fourth-placed Manchester United made it four wins from four under interim head coach Michael Carrick with a 2-0 victory against 10-man Tottenham.

Chelsea are fifth. They overcame bottom club Wolves 3-1.

West Ham won the big relegation clash 2-0 at Burnley and are now only 3 points from safety - and eight above their hosts.

Everton came from behind to stun Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage, where Ireland's Jake O'Brien scored the winner.

Keith Andrews' Brentford won 3-2 at Newcastle in the late game.

Celtic and Dundee have gone to extra time in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.

Martin O'Neill's team led 2-1 at Parkhead.

Ahead of the game, the Hoops also confirmed that former Arsenal and Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has joined them on a short-term contract.

Championship leaders Coventry failed to win again and were held nil-nil by second-from-bottom Oxford.

They're just one point clear at the top.

Ipswich climbed to third with a 2-1 success at Derby.

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley says he's "delighted" to welcome Naj Razi back to the club.

The Premier Division champions have signed the teenage midfielder after he departed from Italian club Como.

GAA

Cork lead Tipperary by 10 points to 7 in Division One A of the National Hurling League.

Cork's Declan Dalton had a penalty saved by Tipp's keeper Rhys Shelley.

A late goal from a penalty from Mark Fanning helped Wexford to overcome Carlow by 2-28 to 1-21 in Division One B.

Waterford have continued their winning start in Division One of the National Ladies Football League.

Lauren McGregor raised a green flag in their 1-10 to 8-point win over the All-Ireland champions Dublin.

Rugby

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend insists he will not be stepping down in the wake of their 18-15 loss at Italy in the Six Nations.

Townsend is set to depart his position after the World Cup, but he says his focus is now on trying to bounce back against England.

The win is a major boost for Italy ahead of their trip to Dublin to play Ireland next weekend.

England hammered Wales by 48 points to 7, with Henry Arundell scoring a hat-trick at Twickenham.

Ireland's under-20s have just kicked off their Six Nations campaign in France.

Winter Olympics

Ireland's Cormac Comerford says he's "really proud" to now be a Winter Olympian.

In his debut at the Games, the Dubliner was 34th in the men's downhill alpine skiing in Italy

Comerford says it's been an "incredible feeling" to compete at the Olympics.