Soccer

The pressure continues to mount for Louis van Gaal and Manchester United as his team were beaten 2-1 last night by Danish side FC Midtjylland in their Europa League round of 32 first leg.

The Dutch manager had previously pinned his team’s hopes of Champions League qualification for next season on winning the second tier tournament, following continued poor form in the league, but if it weren’t for the performance of stand-in goalkeeper Sergio Romero this tie would have been dead in Denmark.

Meanwhile a much-changed Tottenham side earned an away 1-1 draw against Fiorentina thanks to an early Nacer Chadli penalty. While Liverpool were held to an away 0-0 draw against German side FC Augsburg, another frustrating evening for Jurgen Klopp following six goals last Sunday.

Golf

Rory McIlroy made the most of an early start to both his year on the US PGA Tour and his first round at the Northern Trust Open as he carded a four-under 67 last night to sit one shot behind the early clubhouse leaders in California.

Rugby

Meanwhile Liam Toland is assessing Ireland's need for improvement in the ongoing Six Nations - explaining that creativity need not be a dirty word for Joe Schmidt's team.

“Creativity is not a dirty word and should not imply a Globetrotters’ style based on mad risk-taking or massive passes. Simple passes, which shift defenders slightly, to the right support line are very creative...”

GAA

The two Sigerson Cup semi-finals are today with holders DCU facing a Paddy McBrearty inspired UUJ outfit while a very strong UCD side will go into their meeting with UL as hot favourites. The final will be played tomorrow with UUJ hosting this year's event.

What to watch out for

Sigerson Cup: UCD take on UL at 1pm while DCU v Jordanstown is at 3pm. (both in UUJ)

McIlroy and co get underway in their second round tonight in the LA Northern Trust Open.

Sky Sports 4, 10pm-1am