Champions Thurles Sarsfields set down a marker for those aspiring to take their title from them when they romped to a 5-32 to 0-7 win over Carrick Swans in their opening game in defence of the Tipperary senior hurling title at Cashel.

Dublin 2-14, Offaly 0-8: Goals from Tom Fox and Stephen Smith propelled Dublin to a fourth EirGrid Leinster U21 football championship title on the trot, another record for Sky Blues supporters to savour.

Here’s the lowdown on today’s seven games...

Waterford 2-19 Tipperary 0-15: A powerful final quarter burst — in which the home outfit outscored Tipperary by 1-8 to 0-1 — delivered Waterford a first Munster U21 hurling title in 22 years.

The dream week for Tipperary hurling, anything but for neighbours Limerick.

The ‘Euro Exodus’ is under way as tens of thousands of Irish football fans make their way by air and sea to France for the European Championships.

Directors David Bernstein and Mervyn King have quit Aston Villa with immediate effect to plunge the relegated club deeper into a crisis.

Aston Villa have been relegated from the top flight for the first time in 29 years.

Remi Garde could have taken charge of his last game as Aston Villa manager, with an exit around the corner.

Aston Villa 0 Tottenham 2

Leinster Colleges SAFC final - St Benildus College (Dublin) 2-7 Marist College (Westmeath) 1-6: Goals in the first quarter by Paddy Flaherty and Joe Rafferty proved pivotal as St Benildus claimed a first provincial title in Saturday’s Leinster Colleges final at O’Connor Park.

Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster PPS U18½ AFC) semi-finals

St Patrick’s Drumcondra 0-9 - Waterford IT 1-19, Fitzgibbon Cup DCU Sportsgrounds

Remi Garde says Aston Villa’s squad needs major surgery and revealed he is already losing out on players.

Remi Garde will be backed in the transfer market by Aston Villa in a bid to save them from the drop.

Remi Garde was left in no doubt about the scale of the task facing him as the new Aston Villa manager watched from the stands while his new side slumped to a seventh successive defeat, leaving them rooted at the foot of the Premier League table.

Aston Villa 1 Swansea City 2: Within hours of Tim Sherwood’s sacking as Villa boss, the club slipped to the bottom of the Premier League, following Sunderland’s 3-0 victory over Newcastle.

Kildare 3-16 Dublin 3-13: A devastating scoring blitz before half-time paved the way for Kildare’s victory over Paddy Christie’s Dublin in yesterday’s Electric Ireland Leinster minor football semi-final at Croke Park.

Tipperary manager Eamon O’Shea is confident that the Premier County can smash their recent Limerick hoodoo in next Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds.

Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane has signed a new contract with MLS side LA Galaxy.

Years of patient hard work and dedication came to fruition at Thomond Park on Sunday when a group of Limerick teenagers from Newcastle West, Shanagolden and Abbeyfeale combined to win the Munster Youths U18 title for the first time.

Delight for the University of Limerick after a comfortable Fitzgibbon Cup final win over Waterford Institute of Technology last night in Páirc Uí Rinn, the men from Limerick far too strong for their opponents.

University of Limerick 3-12 Waterford IT 0-21 (AET)

Corner-back Tom Fox's point on 80 minutes ensured this dramtic Fitzgibbon Cup final would require a second day out.

Corner-back Tom Fox’s point on 80 minutes ensured this dramtic Fitzgibbon Cup final would require a second day out.

First-team coach Scott Marshall has left Aston Villa after the appointment of new boss Tim Sherwood.

New boss Tim Sherwood wants Aston Villa to lose the fear factor and called taking the job a “no-brainer”.

FA Cup Fifth Round: Aston Villa 2 Leicester City 1: Scott Marshall revealed Tim Sherwood’s half-time pep talk inspired Aston Villa to the FA Cup quarter finals.

Tim Sherwood has been appointed the new manager of Aston Villa.

WIT 3-13 IT Carlow 0-9: WIT’s first defence of the Fitzgibbon Cup was a winning one as, despite being reduced to 14 men for almost the entire second-half, the holders were never seriously troubled in seeing off IT Carlow in this first round clash in bitterly cold conditions at the IT Carlow grounds last evening.

Assistant manager Roy Keane has left Aston Villa with immediate effect, the club have announced.

The Nire (Waterford) 1-11 Ballylanders (Limerick) 0-7

Jose Mourinho has warned Chelsea’s Premier League rivals that the team will get even better this season despite their impressive start.

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has extended his contract at the club until June 2018.

Aston Villa 0 Newcastle United 0

Tipperary have named an unchanged line-up for Sunday’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final clash with Dublin this weekend.

The Harty Cup has been competed for since 1918 so it’s hardly a surprise that there have been eight one-county derby finals.

Defender Kieran Gibbs believes Arsenal’s club-record signing of Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil can take the club to another level.

Reigning Munster and All-Ireland champions Tipperary can call upon just three starters from last year’s All-Ireland final replay win over Dublin as they begin their Munster MHC campaign with a quarter-final against Waterford at Walsh Park tonight (throw-in 7pm).

Jimmy Savile would regularly take teenage girls to a private hospital block alone, a former porter has claimed.

Tipperary 2-18 Dublin 1-11

In 1996 Tipperary minor hurling manager William Maher captained the Premier to All-Ireland minor glory.