SOCCER
Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti says his team have twelve more "tests" to overcome to seal a top four place in the Premier League.
The Italian takes his team to former club Chelsea who are unbeaten in nine top-flight matches since Thomas Tuchel became head coach.
Everton have won three in a row ahead of their London trip and will leapfrog their opponents into fourth place with a win.
But Ancelotti admits keeping that run going won't be easy
Republic of Ireland captain Seamus Coleman is to undergo another late fitness test before that 6 o'clock kick-off at Stamford Bridge.
Then at 8, West Ham will move back into the top five if they win at home to Leeds.
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Southampton striker Danny Ings has been ruled out for around three weeks with a muscle injury picked up in the weekend's win at Sheffield United.
It means he'll miss England's World Cup qualifiers at the end of the month.
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RUGBY
Jacob Stockdale has been added to the Ireland squad to play Scotland this week in the Six Nations on Sunday.
The Ulster player returns to the squad having missed the opening three rounds through injury.
Shane Daly will remain at Munster as a result of Stockdale's addition.
Josh van der Flier will go through the graduated return to play protocols this week in Ireland camp after coming off at half-time in the win over Ulster.
The IRFU said there were "no significant injury concerns" from the other 12 players who featured in the Guinness Pro14 fixtures over the weekend.
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RACING
Leopardstown is good to yielding for today’s eight race card with the weather set to remain mainly dry.
There's a seven race card with the first going to post at 20-past-1.
Jack Kennedy rode three of the four Gordon Elliott-trained winners at Punchestown on Monday and among their haul was the Grade 3 Quevega Mares Hurdle. The pair won the afternoon’s feature with the longs odds-on favourite Black Tears which stretched clear from the final flight to win by a comfortable five lengths from the Declan Queally-trained The Getaway Star at odds of 2/5 favourite. Kennedy and Elliott also took both divisions of the two-mile maiden hurdle with Papal lodge, the 4/5 favourite winning the opening leg and 16/1 shot Coach Carter landing division two from James Fort which is trained by Jack’s brother, Michael. Mighty Potter won the bumper to complete the Elliott four-timer with Jamie Codd scoring a five-length victory on the 15/8 favourite.
Kevin Brouder and Askeaton trainer Davy Fitzgerald were responsible for the widest margin winner of the day when landing the two and a half-mile handicap hurdle with the Belinda O’Brien-owned Hilltop Supreme. The nine-year-old beat the Jimmy Mangan-trained Chelseas Friend by seven and a half lengths at those very odds, 15/2.
After his treble at the course on Monday, Jack Kennedy rode two winners at Fairyhouse on Friday. He again combined with Gordon Elliott to landed the opening division of the mares’ maiden hurdle with 5/6 favourite Daphne Moon and the pair also won the second division of the two and a half-mile maiden hurdle with 4/6 favourite Old Town Garde which beat his own stable companion, the Keith Donoghue-ridden The Greek, by three-parts of a length.
