Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa: Watkins nets against former club to give visitors vital victory

Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa: Watkins nets against former club to give visitors vital victory

A second-half goal from Ollie Watkins against his former team proved to be the difference as Aston Villa picked up a much-needed Premier League victory over Brentford. Villa ran out 1-0 winners at the Gtech Community Stadium courtesy of Watkins’ strike on 49-minutes to give Unai Emery’s side just a second league win in eight…

LA JOLLA, CA - FEBRUARY 14: Tommy Fleetwood watches his drive from the 13th tee during the second round of the Genesis Invitational tournament, Friday, February 14, 2025, at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California. (Photo by Tony Ding/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)

Fleetwood on push for PGA Tour success | 'I've got plenty more to give!

Tommy Fleetwood insists he still has “plenty more to give” and hopes to turn his remarkable consistency into PGA Tour success ahead of The Masters. Fleetwood has finished no lower than 22nd in his last 12 worldwide starts, winning the silver medal for Team GB at the Paris Olympics last August to spark a run…

Travel chaos and Dubai advantage give India Champions Trophy edge

Travel chaos and Dubai advantage give India Champions Trophy edge

When you have a squad as deep and talented as India’s then you probably don’t need any help to win a trophy – but Rohit Sharma’s side have surely had some. Political tensions between the nation and neighbouring Pakistan mean India are playing all of their Champions Trophy games in Dubai. While their opponents –…

Tawanchai PK Saenchai recalls his start to Muay Thai. [Photo from ONE Championship]

“The tourists would give us tips” – Tawanchai PK Saenchai recalls his unlikely start in Muay Thai as a schoolboy in Thailand

Tawanchai PK Saenchai’s start to his Muay Thai journey was far from the ordinary. The ONE featherweight Muay Thai world champion revealed in an interview with Mark Abbott that he started fighting when he was seven years old in the resort city of Pattaya in Thailand. Tawanchai said he knocked out a four-year-old boy who…

Liverpool draw at Aston Villa to give Arsenal title-race hope

Liverpool draw at Aston Villa to give Arsenal title-race hope

Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa as the Premier League leaders dropped points to give Arsenal hope in the title race. Substitute Darwin Nunez had a great chance to score a late winner but blazed over as Trent Alexander-Arnold’s second-half deflected strike earned Liverpool a point to stretch their advantage to…

Ferrari give track debut to 'completely new' car for Hamilton's first season

Ferrari give track debut to 'completely new' car for Hamilton's first season

Ferrari have run their new 2025 car, the SF-25, on track for the first time in a shakedown in Italy – a challenger they have described as being “completely new” ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s maiden season in red. Fresh from their appearance at Tuesday night’s F1 season launch event at London’s O2 when the car’s…

After Amougou: Maresca must now give "pointless" Chelsea star the boot

After Amougou: Maresca must now give "pointless" Chelsea star the boot

Two years on from splashing the cash on the likes of Enzo Fernandez, Mykhaylo Mudryk and Noni Madueke – among others – in the January transfer window, Chelsea took a far more measured approach this time around, amid what was a relatively muted deadline day for the Blues. Indeed, much of the late activity centred…

Crystal Palace 1-2 Brentford: Mbeumo penalty and Schade goal give Bees bliss at Selhurst

Crystal Palace 1-2 Brentford: Mbeumo penalty and Schade goal give Bees bliss at Selhurst

Bryan Mbeumo’s retaken 66th-minute penalty and Kevin Schade’s header 10 minutes from time gave Brentford their second successive Premier League away win and condemned Crystal Palace to their first defeat in seven matches in all competitions. Mbeumo appeared to have suffered a first ever miss from the spot with the 10th penalty of his career…

Leicester vs Man City: Guardiola won’t ‘give up’… but says players ‘gave it away’ against Man United

Leicester vs Man City: Guardiola won’t ‘give up’… but says players ‘gave it away’ against Man United

Manager Pep Guardiola “wants to be” at Manchester City but remains unable to explain a run of five points from nine games that has left the reigning champions six points off fourth place. Six-time Premier League winner Guardiola said he had congratulated his team after their 1-1 draw at home to Everton on Thursday, extending…