Tuesday Morning: Spurs Beat Everton 5-0 In P.L.; Liverpool Face Inter Milan In Champions League This Evening

Everton one point above relegation zone

SOCCER

Tottenham Hotspur beat Everton 5-0 in the Premier League last night.

Harry Kane scored twice in North London to leave Everton in real danger of relegation.

The Toffees are just a point above the drop zone.

Spurs are within three points of the top four ahead of their trip to Manchester United on Saturday.

🎙 “We are improving a lot”

Conte reacts to a positive performance at @SpursStadium ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/VQ4GZuqD5q

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 7, 2022

Liverpool bring a 2-0 advantage into the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie against Inter Milan at Anfield tonight.

Defender Joel Matip and midfielder Thiago may feature for the Reds.

Kick off is at 8pm, with Bayern Munich and Salzburg tied at a goal apiece entering their second leg in Germany.

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There are also six games in the Championship.

Leaders Fulham go to Swansea.

Blackburn Rovers versus Millwall.

Barnsley play Stoke City.

Bournemouth take on Peterborough United.

Coventry City face Luton Town.

And it's Sheffield United up against Middlesbrough.

All of those matches kick off at 7.45pm.

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Nottingham Forest beat Huddersfield 2-1 in the FA Cup last night and will now play Liverpool in the quarter finals.

🎞 Post-Huddersfield Town (h): Steve Cooper

🌳🔴 #NFFC pic.twitter.com/HGL3BVmu1Y

— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) March 7, 2022

The World Cup play-off semi-final between Scotland and Ukraine, scheduled for later this month, has been postponed.

FIFA have accepted a Ukraine request for postponement and informed the Scottish Football Association.

The play-off final for the winners - against either Wales or Austria - will also be delayed.

The finals take place between the 21st of November & 18th of December.

RUGBY

Athy native Jeremy Loughman has joined up with the Irish rugby squad, ahead of Saturday's Six Nations game with England at Twickenham.

England coach Eddie Jones says that Ireland are favourites for the encounter:

TENNIS

Alexander Zverev faces an eight week suspension from the game if he repeats the behaviour which saw him expelled from the Mexican Open.

The German struck the umpire's chair and was fined $40,000 for the offence.

Alexander Zverev handed suspended eight-week ban by ATP for Acapulco outburst

READ: https://t.co/ngNJrDwB4q#Zverev #ATPTour #tennis pic.twitter.com/1juNDmklW8

— TOI Sports (@toisports) March 8, 2022