Arsenal earned a crushing 5-0 victory over Crystal Palace to keep the pressure on in the title race, while Ivan Toney made his return to Premier League action.
The Women’s Super League returned after the winter break, while Rory McIlroy completed the best weekend comeback of his career to win a record fourth Dubai Desert Classic.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the top images from the weekend’s sporting action.
Ivan Toney scored on his return to action following his gambling ban (John Walton/PA)
Oli McBurnie scored a stoppage-time penalty to earn a 2-2 draw with West Ham(Nick Potts/PA)
Luke Littler won the Bahrain Masters (BIC via PA Wire)
Jude Bellingham scored and assisted in Real Madrid’s comeback win over Almeria (Bernat Armangue/AP)
Maro Itoje scored two tries as Saracens beat Lyon 39-24 (Adam Davy/PA)
Linda Noskova dumped Iga Swiatek out of the Australian Open (Louise Delmotte/AP)
