World number one Scottie Scheffler will have to earn his first point at this year’s Ryder Cup the hard way after being paired against Rory McIlroy in Sunday’s singles.

Scheffler has made unwanted history by becoming the first player since 1979 to lose all four matches during the team formats.

The world number one was defeated in the foursomes and fourballs on Friday and Saturday as Europe opened up a hefty 11.5-4.5 lead over the United States going into Sunday.

And things do not get much easier as he comes up against rival McIlroy in Sunday’s fourth singles match, teeing off at 5.35pm Irish time.

The Northern Irishman has been a bedrock of the European domination, winning three and a half points from his four matches so far.

And he has an enviable record in Ryder Cup singles, having won four, lost two and halved one of his previous seven outings.

Both captains have loaded the top of the order with some big guns as Europe try to get over the line and the US aim to spark the unlikeliest of comebacks.

Justin Rose will kickstart the action at 5.02pm against Cameron Young, who has delivered two of the home side’s points.

Tommy Fleetwood, who has won all four of his matches so far, takes on Justin Thomas in the second match, with an exciting contest between Matt Fitzpatrick and Bryson DeChambeau coming before the McIlroy-Scheffler clash.

Europe, needing just two and a half points to retain the trophy they won in 2023, will be hoping it is job done by the time Jon Rahm, Shane Lowry and Tyrrell Hatton reach the end of their matches later in the day.

Greta Streimikyte has given Team Ireland an early gold at the World Para Athletics Championships in India as she claimed gold in the women’s 1500m T13.

It’s a first World Championship medal for the 30-year-old.

Leading from the off, the three-time Paralympian posted a time of 4:39.62, well clear of second-placed Izaskun Oses Ayucar who clocked a season’s best of 4:51.12. Indeed, the six-athlete race saw three SBs and a personal best for another Spaniard, Susana Guisado Rodriguez (4:58.57).

Meanwhile, Lana Sutton finished fourth in her T38 women’s 100m heat to qualify for the final in her first-ever World Championship race.

Orla Comerford competes in the T13 women’s 100m final on Sunday.

There was double gold joy for Ireland at the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai as Fiona Murtagh in the women’s singles and Fintan McCarthy and Mags Cremen in the mixed double sculls both assumed top place in their respective podiums.

In the single sculls, Galway woman Murtagh, part of the historic Women’s Four that won bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, led from start to finish.

Despite leading right through, the 30-year-old was pushed all the way by Great Britain, with Lauren Henry powering through the final 500m to be pipped by just three hundredths of a second.

GOLDEN GIRL 🥇🇮🇪

Fiona Murtagh secures gold in the Women’s Single Sculls at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai, China 🇨🇳#WorldRowingChamps #WRCHShanghai pic.twitter.com/PRJJHYFN83

— World Rowing (@WorldRowing) September 28, 2025

It continues Ireland’s fine tradition in the event courtesy of Sanita Puspure, a two-time World and European Champion in the discipline.

Half an hour later Fintan McCarthy claimed his second medal of the Championships in the mixed double sculls alongside Cremen.

Having taken bronze in the men’s double sculls alongside Philip Doyle, McCarthy partnered up alongside Cremen as Ireland was represented in the event for the first time.

It was the Swiss crew that made the early running, but the Irish boat soon found their rhythm to move to the front. It was the Dutch boat that competed all the way to the line, with McCarthy and Cremen winning by .7 of a second in a time of 6:22.24.

McCarthy’s twin Jake won bronze in the men’s lightweight singles on Saturday.