leinster edged out connacht 26—21 in the only all—irish tie of the last 16 of rugby union's championshe visitors were down to ia men, weren't enough. they will meet again in the second leg next friday. saracens thrashed brive 55—5 to advance to the knockout phase of the european challenge cup. they ran in eight tries, including this one from ben harris. the win sets up a home draw for the north london club in the next round. confirmation, then, of the saracens result, and edinburgh also won comfortably in the challenge cup, beating pau 54—5. on day two of the grand national meeting at aintree, ahoy senor put in a superb performance to win the betway mildmay novices chase. he bounded clear of his rivals to beat fury road by five lengths, and could now target next year's cheltenham gold cup. it's another aintree victory forjockey derek fox and scottish trainer lucinda russell, who won the 2017 grand national with one for arthur and will combine with mighty thunder in saturday's big race. gb's most successful olympic canoeist liam heath has announced his retirement from competition, sayi

leinster edged out connacht 26—21 in the only all—irish tie of the last 16 of rugby union's champions they ran in eight tries, including this one from ben harris. the win sets up a home draw for the north london club in the next round. confirmation, then, of the saracens result, and edinburgh also won comfortably in the challenge cup, beating pau 54—5. on day two of the grand national meeting at aintree, ahoy senor put in a superb performance to win the betway mildmay novices chase. he bounded clear of his rivals to beat fury road by five lengths and could now target next year's cheltenham gold cup. it's another aintree victory forjockey derek fox and scottish trainer lucinda russell, who won the 2017 grand national with one for arthur and will combine with mighty thunder in saturday's big race. gb�*s most successful olympic canoeist liam heath has announced his retirement from competition, saying it was "time to move on". after winning bronze along withjon schofield at london 2012, the pair took silverfour years later in brazil, where heath enjoyed the highlight of his career — solo