City Still On Top Of P.L.; Blackmore First irish Person To Win BBC World Sports Star Of The Year

Premier League shareholders meeting this morning regarding Covid-19 outbreak protocols

SOCCER

Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League is three points this morning.

Pep Guardiola's side were 4-0 winners over Newcastle yesterday.

Liverpool dropped points following a 2-2 draw away to Tottenham.

The visitors had Andy Robertson - who scored their second goal - sent off in the closing stages.

Boss Jurgen Klopp was left frustrated with a number of calls from the officials:


 

Here's key moments from our dramatic 2-2 draw with @SpursOfficial 📺 #TOTLIV pic.twitter.com/H1799SMfLn

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 19, 2021

Third-placed Chelsea lost ground in the title race after a goalless draw with Wolves at Molineux.

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Celtic have won the Scottish League Cup for the 20th time with a 2-1 victory over Hibs in the final.

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The fixtures will be revealed today for next season's SSE Airtricity League Premier Division.

Shamrock Rovers will bid for a third title in a row in 2022.

Teams in the nine-team First Division will also learn their fixtures for the new season.

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The protocols surrounding postponements of games due to Covid-19 outbreaks are to be discussed at a Premier League shareholders meeting, this afternoon.

The governing body has been considering applications on a case-by-case basis, but there's been criticism that the criteria isn't clear enough.

Six top flight fixtures were called off over the weekend, with Aston Villa against Burnley only being postponed two hours before kick-off.

RACING

Rachael Blackmore is the BBC's World Sports Star of the Year.

The Tipperary native is the first Irish person to win the award.

Blackmore enjoyed a stellar year, which included a historic win in the Aintree Grand National aboard Minella Times.

Irish jockey Rachael Blackmore has been voted BBC Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year for 2021!

This is how she reacted...#SPOTY | Watch on @BBCiPlayer

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) December 20, 2021

RUGBY

Leicester came from behind to beat Connacht in the Heineken Champions Cup yesterday.

It finished 29-23 in favour of the hosts at Welford Road.

Jack Carty kicked a late-minute drop goal to earn the visitors a losing bonus point.

SWIMMING

Mona McSharry will look to secure a medal at the World Short Course Swimming Championships later.

The 21-year-old goes off in the final of the 100 metres breaststroke in Abu Dhabi 3.43pm Irish time.

DARTS

Keane Barry is out of the PDC World Championship at the Alexandra Palace.

The Meath native lost to world number eight Jonny Clayton by three sets to two last night.

Former champion Raymond Van Barneveld is among those in action this evening.

SNOOKER

Ronnie O'Sullivan recovered from a 7-frames to 5 deficit to beat Neil Robertson in last night's World Grand Prix final.

The six-time World Champion eventually won by 10 frames to 8 to collect a 38th ranking title.