ARSENAL AND Liverpool produced five-star displays to cruise into the fifth round of the Women’s FA Cup.
England forward Beth Mead and Stina Blackstenius both scored twice as the Gunners thrashed Bristol City 5-0, with Frida Maanum also on target for the home side in a game that saw Irish youngster Lia O’Leary make her debut for the Championship club.
Sam Kerr scored her first goal for the club as Liverpool also ran out 5-0 winners at West Ham, who had Amber Tysiak sent off for a foul on Taylor Hinds in the 38th minute.
The home side were already 2-0 down at that point following an own goal from Camila Saez and Ireland international Leanne Kiernan’s cool finish from a tight angle, with Grace Fisk and Lucy Parry also on the scoresheet before Kerr completed the rout.
Brighton ended their dismal recent run of form with a 4-1 win over Championship side Durham, the home side racing into a 3-0 lead after just 21 minutes thanks to goals from Bruna Vilamala and Guro Bergsvand either side of a Michelle Agyemang penalty.
Hannah Blake pulled one back for Durham in the second half, but Nikita Parris made it 4-1 in stopping time.
Everton knocked out last season’s runners-up Tottenham with a 2-0 win at Walton Hall Park, Kelly Gago scoring her first goal for the club and substitute Heather Payne sealing the victory in the 92nd minute.
Meanwhile, in Scotland, Payne’s Irish teammate Saoirse Noonan continued her fine individual season, hitting a brace in Celtic’s 6-0 victory over Queen’s Park.
Joke of a decision. Hogan clearly won. Golden Boy buying another win.
Munguia in the after fight interview said he thought it was a draw … so he knows he should have lost. How 1 judge can score 116-112 to Munguia when most commentators had Hogan edging it is why boxing is such a joke.
Hammer him in the rematch Dennis. Brilliant performance and hopefully the Irish media will give Hogan the coverage he deserves now. His story is what movies and books are inspired by.
@Nial de Brun: I hope so too Nial. I honestly have to say I hadn’t heard much about Hogan to my shame. I’ve some catching up to do.
@Nial de Brun: we’re in a bit of a golden age of boxing and there’s nothing about it in the media. The snobbery is shocking.
@Nial de Brun: Nial, we as a nation are all about the bandwaggon, we don’t wanna know wbut the hard work and the journey, we just wanna jump on the successful when the win. Come on man!!
At least 4 rounds up for Hogan. Robbery. The judges have a lot to answer for.
Disgrace of a decision.
Boxing is corrupt ask conlon
I think we need to look at why our boxing management team can’t even manage to bribe a few judges in a sport this openly corrupt. It’s time to bring in some fresh blood from Russia to show how it’s really done.
Maybe its time to overhaul how the scoring is done in Boxing….maybe make it more scientific that some codgers privately scoring as they see it rightly or wrongly
Boxing is corrupt ask mike conlon
Dirty De La Hoya strikes again, watch out Jay Quigley, you may be thrown into this and get a tarnished title. Will we all complain of robberies then.
Ive been following Dennis career since the amatuers and honestly thiught he hadnt a hope last night. He was excellent and was unlucky . A robbery is a bit much the fight was very close, hope he can go on now and win a world title and make good money. He deserves it after doing it the hard way.
He was cheated. No question about it.
Absolute disgrace ,, how the fn hell has the scoring system not changed evaluated upgraded ,, frign overhauled to a new system some judges don’t know jack about boxing and there corrupt as hell ,, cane o golovkin 1 fight for example judge what’s her name something Bird I think ,lomachecko split decision loss where he was low blowed nearly ten times ref was useless fix , it’s even worse in mma first of all judges should be above the ring/cage and actually be experienced in the sport ,/or even do tv judging more angles better view and makes since