Manchester United have sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after nearly three years in charge at Old Trafford. The club legend's departure follows Saturday's 4-1 defeat away to Watford - United's fifth in their last seven Premier League fixtures. Michael Carrick will take charge of the side for Tuesday's Champions League clash away to Villarreal. The former midfielder has been placed in interim charge while the club search for an interim manager until the end of the season - before they then look to make a permanent appointment. PSG's Mauricio Pochettino is reportedly the number one choice to take over in the summer, but as Mary Hannigan asks this morning, would he necessarily want to take over at a club which is rotten from the top down? She writes: "The club after all, is run by folk more interested in Twitter likes than Premier League points. . . Nothing funnier than the club's players tweeting their love for Solskjaer on Sunday afternoon, when the bulk of them wouldn't raise a sweat for the fella the past few weeks, comfortable in the knowledge that he'd pay the price for their abject performances, and not themselves." On the pitch yesterday Manchester City moved up to second with a comprehensive 3-0 win at home to Everton, while Antonio Conte earned his first league win as Spurs manager, his side coming from behind to beat lowly Leeds 2-1.
Ireland rounded off their November window in impressive fashion yesterday, as they thrashed Argentina 53-7 at the Aviva Stadium. It means an autumn clean sweep for Andy Farrell's side, who also beat Japan and New Zealand, scoring 142 points and shipping just 32 in the process. All seven of Ireland's tries against Los Pumas were scored by the forwards on a cold, fresh day in Dublin - and this was despite some late disruption in the pack. Gerry Thornley writes: "Jack Conan was ruled out on the morning with a strained quad, which was compounded by Iain Henderson's hamstring injury in the warm-up. Tadhg Beirne came into the secondrow and Peter O'Mahony to the backrow, the latter also assuming the captaincy when James Ryan went off before half-time, while Caelan Doris shifted to No 8. Nick Timoney was rerouted from Belfast at 8am as he and Ryan Baird were promoted to the bench." Leinster's Baird impressed after he replaced Ryan late in the second-half, and he believes this Ireland side can conquer the world: "We all get on so well. But we have a collective vision of where we want to go. Everyone is buying in. We are not afraid to say we want to win the World Cup."
Shelbourne's women were denied a league and cup double last night after they were beaten 3-1 by Wexford Youths in the FAI Cup final, in front of a record crowd of 3,053 in Tallaght. Ellen Molloy shone for Wexford but it was Edel Kennedy's late screamer which sealed the victory - the Youths' fourth cup win since 2015. Gavin Cummiskey was at Tallaght Stadium.
Elsewhere there were a number of GAA club finals across the country yesterday, with Kilmacud Crokes edging out St Jude's at the death to be crowned Dublin SFC champions. Callum Pearson's injury-time point gave Crokes the win, as they became the first club to do the Dublin double since Ballyboden in 2009 - Sean Moran was at Parnell Park.
And Séamus Power and Leona Maguire brought successful seasons to a close yesterday, with both falling short of silverware in their final tournaments of the year. Power finished tied for fourth in the RSM Classic after a final round of 62 - seven strokes behind eventual winner Talor Gooch. Maguire meanwhile signed for a two under par round of 70 to finish the CME Group Tour Championship in a share of 12th place - the 26-year-old draining a 45-foot putt on the 18th to finish in style. Defending champion Jin Young Ko retained her title by a stroke from Nasa Hataoka.
