Images from Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
Images from the English Premier League matches on Saturday.
Manchester City crushed Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup final on Saturday
Cavani suspended by FA for three games over use of racial term
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
Images from Saturday's third round matches in the FA Cup.
There was controversy about West Ham's equaliser when Mexican striker Javier Hernandez stooped to head in from close range but replays suggested the ball went in off his arm.
United, who had Nemanja Matic sent off for a second bookable offence in injury time, had an early effort from Alexis Sanchez disallowed for offside but soon took command via a scrappy 35th-minute effort from Romelu Lukaku and a superb left-foot volley from Chris Smalling three minutes later.
Arsenal manager Unai Emery was pleased with his team's first away clean sheet of the season.
Images from the football matches played across Europe on Tuesday.
Like Chelsea, the humble Hertfordshire club, whose only season in European football was 35 years ago, completed their third victory from three games on Sunday, when they beat Crystal Palace 2-1 to add to victories over Brighton and Burnley.
Sergio Aguero netted his 13th hat-trick for Manchester City as the champions made light of the absence of the injured Kevin De Bruyne to thrash Huddersfield Town 6-1 and move joint top of the Premier League.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Former India and Mohun Bagan footballer Manitombi Singh died aged only 39 at his native village near Imphal in Manipur on Sunday. Manitombi was suffering from a prolonged illness and breathed his last in the early hours of Sunday.
Chelsea kept up their 100 percent start to the English Premier League season by snatching a 2-1 win at a stubborn Newcastle United on Sunday, grabbing victory thanks to a late own goal by DeAndre Yedlin.
James Maddison scored a brilliant winner to help Leicester City come from behind and beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday in a match dominated by VAR drama.
Watford and Crystal Palace continued to inch towards Premier League safety after a scrappy goalless draw at Vicarage Road on Saturday that means the home side have taken just two points from a possible 21.
City's Guardiola defends Mendy after COVID protocol breach.
West Indies players will wear 'Black Lives Matter' emblem on the collars of their shirts during the upcoming Test series against England to show solidarity and help raise awareness regarding equality.
Three months after the last ball was kicked, the Premier League emerges from the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic this week for what will be a 92-match slog to the finish.
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Liverpool are champions and Norwich City, the side whom they beat on Aug. 9 to launch their title charge, are down and Manchester City are distant runners-up. After that everything is up for grabs.
Professional sportpersons including Lewis Hamilton and Raheem Sterling have become leading voices in the anti-racism movement amid protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in police custody in Minneapolis.
Marches and protests have been held all over the world in response to the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd by a police officer in the US on May 25. Four officers involved have since been charged over the death.
Daryl Janmaat, Gerard Deulofeu and Roberto Pereyra all scored late on in response to Eden Hazard dragging Chelsea back into the game with a curler in the 82nd minute after Tiemoue Bakayoko was sent off for a second booking on the half-hour.
IMAGES from the EPL matches played on Sunday.
Brendan Rodgers, who is the second manager to confirm he had a positive test for COVID-19 after Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, said he showed strong symptoms and was left breathless
Troy Deeney has declined to take part in the resumption of training, after the stoppage due to the coronavirus pandemic, citing his son's breathing difficulties.
English Premier League soccer clubs on Wednesday voted unanimously to return to contact training, including tackling, as the English top flight moved a step closer to a resumption after the shutdown caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. No matches have been played in the Premier League since March when the coronavirus pandemic shut down world sport.
A Bournemouth player was one of two people working for English Premier League clubs who tested positive for coronavirus following a second batch of testing, the club said on Sunday. Bournemouth did not disclose the player's identity but said he would self isolate for seven days in line with league protocols before another test is conducted.
Watford skipper Troy Deeney has said he will not resume training out of worry for his son's health after Britain's statistics office said black men are 4.2 times more likely to die from COVID-19-related causes than white males.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson insists he has felt "very safe" since his club returned to training amid the coronavirus crisis
Watford have confirmed that three people from the club, including one player, have tested positive for COVID-19, while Burnley said their assistant coach Ian Woan was among those to return a positive result after being tested on Sunday.
Safety measures will include tents where temperature checks will be conducted, strict hygiene criteria, no canteens and no showers. A maximum of five players will be allowed per pitch with tackling forbidden.
Watford manager Nigel Pearson warned that players lives could be in danger if the Premier League returns too soon.
Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster says it would be wrong for English Premier League players to be tested for the coronavirus ahead of medical workers as plans for Project Restart continue. Twice weekly tests for Premier League players are part of the plan to resume the Premier League next month after it was suspended in March because of the pandemic.
Britain's Culture and Sport secretary Oliver Dowden said the government was 'opening the door' for football to return next month but Watford skipper Troy Deeney said he was against a quick restart.
Premier League clubs have been in discussions to finish the season, which has nine rounds remaining, and the possibility of a restart next month was given a boost when the government said elite sport could return after June 1.
Last week clubs were told any return to complete the season would have to be with games played behind closed doors and at neutral venues - to limit the risk of supporters turning up outside grounds. But that idea had been rejected by some of the clubs facing the threat of relegation.
English champions and runners-up since the league restarted in the 1946-47 season after World War Two:
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