Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League on Saturday with a dramatic 4-2 victory at Aston Villa, replacing Manchester City, who were held to a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest later that day.
Sunday saw Marcus Rashford continue his remarkable scoring form with a brace as third-placed Manchester United won 3-0 against Leicester, and Tottenham moved into the top four with a 2-0 win over West Ham.
England’s Lionesses saw off Italy 2-1 in the Arnold Clark Cup with Rachel Daly netting twice, and James Anderson starred as England’s cricketers completed victory in the first Test against New Zealand.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best images from the weekend’s sporting action.
Martinelli started celebrating before the ball was in as he raced clear to score in an empty net at Villa, the second of Arsenal’s two stoppage-time goals (Nick Potts/PA)
City had to settle for a point at Forest despite creating a host of chances (Bradley Collyer/PA)
Rashford opens the scoring for United against Leicester (Nick Potts/PA)
Son Heung-min came off the bench to score Tottenham’s second against West Ham (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Graham Potter saw his Chelsea side lose 1-0 at home to basement boys Southampton (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Everton moved out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 win over Leeds sealed by skipper Seamus Coleman’s fine strike (Peter Byrne/PA)
Celtic’s Reo Hatate notched a brace in the cinch Premiership leaders’ 4-0 thumping of Aberdeen (Steve Welsh/PA)
Daly gets the first of her two goals in England’s Arnold Clark Cup victory against Italy in Coventry (Tim Goode/PA)
Anderson took four wickets as England wrapped up a 267-run victory over New Zealand (Andrew Cornaga/AP)
Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie (left) was beaten 6-3 7-5 by Carlos Alcaraz in the Argentina Open final (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
St Helens defeated the Penrith Panthers 13-12 to claim the World Club Challenge in Sydney (Mark Evans/AP)
Manu Tuilagi was sent off in Sale’s 38-34 Gallagher Premiership loss to Northampton (David Davies/PA)
Daryll Neita wins the women’s 60 metres final during day one of the UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham (Martin Rickett/PA)
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