Liverpool established a seemingly even firmer grip on the Premier League title with a 2-0 win over Manchester United which saw them move 16 point clear at the top.
A frustrating draw for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and a shock defeat for Leicester at Burnley capped another dominant weekend for Jurgen Klopp’s men.
England turned the screw in the third Test in South Africa while Saracens did their best to shrug off their off-field issues by advancing to the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup.
Here, the PA news agency relives a weekend of sport in pictures.
Virgil Van Dijk’s early strike paved the way for Liverpool to cruise to a 2-0 win over Manchester United at Anfield (Anthony Devlin/PA)
Ollie Pope’s heroics helped put England in a commanding position after day four of the third Test in Port Elizabeth (Michael Sheehan/AP)
Stuart Bingham celebrates winning the Masters with the Paul Hunter trophy (Steven Paston/PA)
Isaac Hayden scored a dramatic late winner as Newcastle beat Chelsea 1-0 at St James’ Park (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Jamie Vardy saw his penalty saved as Leicester were beaten 2-1 by Burnley at Turf Moor (Nick Potts/PA)
David Moyes, right, could not inspire a win over his former club when West Ham met Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton (Yui Mok/PA)
Chelsea soared to a 4-1 win over Arsenal in the Women’s Super League clash at Borehamwood (Bradley Collyer/PA)
Conor McGregor needed just 40 seconds to defeat Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone at UFC 246 in Las Vegas (John Locher/AP)
World number one Ashleigh Barty warmed up for the Australian Open with victory in the Adelaide International (James Elsby/AP)
