Irish defender Matt Doherty scored the first goal of yesterday's FA Cup semi-final, before watching his Wolves team's 2-0 lead slip late on against Watford. Catalan attacker Gerard Deulofeu, dropped to the bench for the Wembley encounter, came on to score two goals for Watford. One was exquisite and the other was the winner. In Sunday's only Premier League match, Everton put a dent into Arsenal's top four ambitions with a 1-0 win at Goodison Park. That result was good news for Manchester United, and ahead of their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Barcelona on Wednesday, Ken Early is giving them a chance. He writes in his column this morning (Subscriber Only): "A decade ago they (Barcelona) were reinventing the game, now they are just a normal rich team who happen to have the best player in the world."
Leona Maguire birdied the first playoff hole to defeat Thailand's Pajaree Anannarukarn and pick up her first professional victory in California on Sunday night. This week Rory McIlroy heads to the Masters aiming to "become just the sixth player to win all four of golf's majors it deserves to be regarded as the finest achievement in the history of Irish sport." That's according to Monday's Tipping Point column, which you can read in full here.
Johnny Sexton remains an uncertainty for Leinster's European Champions Cup semi-final against Toulouse, with head coach Leo Cullen hoping the Irish outhalf will train next week. Munster also face injury worries as in-form Irish winger Keith Earls suffered tight muscles and was a late withdrawal before Friday night's win over Cardiff, while lock Jean Kleyn limped off in the second half. Munster captain Peter O'Mahony was also taken off after receiving treatment.
After becoming the first horse since 'Rummy' 45 years ago to win the National back to back on Saturday, Michael O'Leary's instincts appear to be to bring Tiger Roll's National odyssey to a close rather than chase more history next year. Brian O'Connor explains more here.
Corofin's Kieran Molloy and Ballyhale Shamrock's Adrian Mullen were named as the overall footballer and hurler of the year at the GAA club players' awards held at Croke Park on Saturday night.
