Rugby

Rugby-Dominant Ireland thrash undisciplined Fiji 52-17

DUBLIN (Reuters) -A dominant Ireland thrashed a disjointed and undisciplined Fiji 52-17 at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, running in eight tries, three of them assisted and one scored by debutant hooker Gus McCarthy.

Football

Soccer-Barkley header salvages Villa draw with lowly Palace

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Ross Barkley headed in a late equaliser as Aston Villa salvaged a 2-2 Premier League draw with lowly Crystal Palace on a wet and windy Saturday afternoon at Villa Park.

Football

Soccer-Cunha's sublime double gives Wolves 4-1 comeback win at Fulham

LONDON (Reuters) -Matheus Cunha scored two superb goals and set up a third to earn Wolves a 4-1 comeback victory at Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday, extending the visitors' unbeaten run to four games and briefly dragging them out of the relegation zone.

Football

Soccer-Everton frustrated in 0-0 home draw with 10-man Brentford

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Ten-man Brentford picked up a first away point of the Premier League season in a 0-0 draw with toothless Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday, as the home side wasted numerous opportunities to score.

Football

Soccer-Pedro and Mitoma on target as 10-man Brighton win at Bournemouth

BOURNEMOUTH, England (Reuters) -Brighton & Hove Albion beat Bournemouth 2-1 at the Vitality Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday with goals from Joao Pedro and Kaoru Mitoma, while the visitors were reduced to 10 men when Carlos Baleba was sent off in the second half.

Football

Soccer-Saka on target as Arsenal return to winning ways

LONDON (Reuters) -Arsenal returned to winning ways in the Premier League with Bukayo Saka and captain Martin Odegaard inspiring a comfortable 3-0 home victory against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Rugby

Rugby-Late changes for Wales ahead of Springboks showdown

(Reuters) - Wales have been forced into two changes to their side to face South Africa in an Autumn international clash in Cardiff on Saturday, with Nicky Smith coming into the side at loosehead prop and Josh Hathaway on the wing.

Football

Soccer-Inter humble hosts Verona 5-0 to move top of Serie A

VERONA, Italy (Reuters) - Inter Milan hammered lowly Hellas Verona 5-0 away from home on Saturday to provisionally move top of Serie A, with all five goals coming in the first half.

Tennis

Tennis-Murray to join Djokovic's coaching team ahead of Australian Open

(Reuters) - Retired tennis great Andy Murray has agreed to join Novak Djokovic's team and will coach him at the Australian Open next year, the Serbian 24-times Grand Slam champion said on Saturday.

Football

Soccer-Dortmund crush Freiburg 4-0 to maintain perfect home record

DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund eased past visiting Freiburg 4-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday to make it six league wins from six home matches this season and move back up to fifth place.

Football

Soccer-Leverkusen's Schick scores hat-trick in comeback win over Heidenheim

LEVERKUSEN, Germany (Reuters) - Bayer Leverkusen striker Patrik Schick bagged a hat-trick on Saturday to help the German champions battle back from a two-goal deficit and crush Heidenheim 5-2 in the Bundesliga.

Football

Pahang fail to make home advantage count, settle for draw with Red Giants

PETALING JAYA: Pahang could not make their home advantage count after being held by Selangor 1-1 in the Malaysia Cup round of 16 first-leg game at the Temerloh Stadium on Saturday (Nov 23).

Football

Soccer-Chelsea hold on to beat Leicester despite Madueke mishap

LEICESTER, England (Reuters) -Goals from Nicolas Jackson and Enzo Fernandez helped Chelsea to a 2-1 Premier League win at Leicester City on Saturday that would have been much more comfortable if Blues winger Noni Madueke had not blocked team mate Cole Palmer's goalbound shot.

Other Sports

Alpine skiing-Shiffrin takes 99th World Cup win, on course for 100 on home snow

(Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin took a record-extending 99th Alpine skiing World Cup victory in Austria on Saturday, leaving the American perfectly placed to complete her century on home snow in Vermont next weekend.

Other Sports

Rallying-Neuville fights back in Japan to close on first world title

(Reuters) - Hyundai's Thierry Neuville fought back into the points at the season-ending Rally Japan on Saturday to stand on the cusp of his first world championship.

Football

Soccer-Matter of time until Mbappe breaks Real goal drought, says Ancelotti

(Reuters) - Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has not found the back of the net for more than a month but manager Carlo Ancelotti believes it is only a matter of time before the French forward breaks his drought.

Rugby

Rugby-Australia forced into change at hooker for Scotland test

(Reuters) - Brandon Paenga-Amosa will start at hooker for Australia against Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday after Matt Faessler succumbed to a calf injury.

Cricket

Cricket-Rahul silences doubters as India openers dominate Australia

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Makeshift opener KL Rahul repaid the faith India have showed in him despite recent struggles, helping to put the touring side in the driving seat against Australia in the first test in Perth on Saturday.

Football

Spanish police arrest three over racist insults at El Clasico match

MADRID (Reuters) - Three people were arrested for allegedly chanting racist insults at two Barcelona players during an El Clasico match against Real Madrid in October, Spanish police said on Saturday.

Motorsport

Motor racing-Gasly qualifies on a high but sets sights lower

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Pierre Gasly kept his focus on Formula One's midfield battle despite the thrill of qualifying a surprise third for Saturday's Las Vegas Grand Prix.