Barcelona Search For New Manager; Holders Man City Out Of Carabao Cup

Carabao Cup wins for Liverpool, Spurs, Leicester & Brentford

Soccer

Barcelona are on the hunt for a new manager after sacking Ronald Koeman.

The Dutchman was relieved of his duties following a 1-0 defeat to Rayo Vallecano (PR: Vy-ay-kano) in La Liga, a result which leaves the Spanish giants ninth in the table.

Koeman spent 14 months in charge at the Nou Camp.

Barcelona saw Lionel Messi depart for Paris in the summer and the club is believed to be over €1 billion in debt.

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The holders Manchester City have been knocked out of the Carabao Cup.

They lost 5-3 on penalties to West Ham, ending a five year unbeaten run in the competition.

Liverpool are into the quarter finals following a 2-0 defeat of Preston.

Also in Saturday's draw will be Tottenham Hotspur, who won 1-0 at Burnley.

Leicester City progressed to the last eight with a win on spot kicks over Brighton,

While Brentford beat Stoke 2-1.

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Meanwhile, Celtic won 3-1 away to Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership.

They have moved within 2 points of Rangers, who drew 2-2 with Aberdeen.

Gaelic Games

Last night's Kildare GAA results,

2021 Future Ticketing Minor C Hurling Championship Round 2 

Kilcock 1-8 V Southern Gaels 0-5

2021 Manguard Plus Minor A Football Championship Semi-Final 

Maynooth 2-6 V Raheens 0-6

Tonight's U23 Football Championship fixture between Naas & Clane will now throw-in at the earlier time of 6.45pm, in Naas.

Rugby

Leinster forward Caelen Doris has spoken about his treatment for concussion which kept him out of the game for three months.

Following a series of blows to the head, the back row sought treatment in the UK for cognitive issues around short-term memory and speech.

Having been named in the Ireland squad for the November internationals, 22 year old Doris is happy to be in a better place:

Golf

Graeme McDowell and Seamus Power are in the field for the PGA Tour's Bermuda Championship, which begins today.

Horse Racing

There is a jumps meeting at Clonmel today, with the first off there at 1.10pm.