Sunday Sport: Rory McIlroy has three shot lead with nine holes to go

Golf

Just nine holes stand between Rory McIlroy and eternal golf glory this evening.

The Northern Irishman leads the Masters by 4 shots on 13 under par as he heads down the back nine in Augusta.

There's a three-way tie for the lead in second featuring Bryson DeChambeau, Ludvig Aberg and Justin Rose.

Shane Lowry has fallen way off the pace and now lies on 1 under par all round through 11 holes in Georgia.

Soccer

Newcastle are up to fourth in the Premier League after beating Manchester United 4-1 at St James' Park.

The defeat leaves their opponents down in 14th.

United are one place above Tottenham, who lost 4-2 at Wolves.

Liverpool moved a step closer to the title with a dramatic 2-1 victory over West Ham.

Defender Virgil van Dijk scored a late winner at Anfield.

It means the Reds can win the title next weekend if they beat Leicester City and Arsenal lose to Ipswich.

Ipswich will go into that game off the back of a 2-2 draw away at Chelsea this afternoon.

GAA

Tyrone have booked a place in the semi finals of the Ulster Football Championship this evening.

They lead from pillar to post to beat Cavan by 1-24 to 20 points in Omagh today.

The semi-final lineup for the Leinster Football Championship has been decided.

Dublin eased past Wicklow by 2-21 to 18 points in the last-8 in Aughrim

The defending champions will play Meath in the final four.

The Royals overturned a 10 point deficit at half time to beat Offaly 1-25 to 0-21 at Pairc Tailteann.

Louth will take on Kildare in the other semi final after coming from behind to beat Laois 2-16 to 17 points.

Swimming

Daniel Wiffen picked up a record time while winning the Irish Open Championships 800 metre freestyle final on Sunday evening.

The Paris Olympian edged his twin Nathan into second to take the victory at the National Aquatic Centre.

The 23-year-old's time of 7 minutes 41.52 seconds is a new championship record and qualifies him for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.

Basketball

Killester just missed out on a Super League Final double this evening.

Their men's side missed a late buzzer beater to fall to a 94-92 loss to the UCC Demons who took the title.

The Killester women won their decider over Utility Trust St Paul's by 83 points to 63.

F1

Oscar Piastri won the Bahrain Grand Prix for his second race win of the season.

The McLaren driver made the most of his pole position start to secure the victory in the Middle East.

Mercedes man George Russell just edged Piastri's teammate Lando Norris to take second.

Lewis Hamilton finished fifth, behind Ferrari colleague Charles Leclerc.

Defending drivers' champion Max Verstappen came sixth