A late Bayonne penalty denied Scarlets an opening-round victory in the European Challenge Cup.

Northampton started their Investec Champions Cup campaign in style with a convincing 38-8 bonus-point win over Castres at Franklin’s Gardens.

Manchester City’s Rico Lewis bagged a second-half goal and then was shown a red card in the dying minutes as his team salvaged a point in a 2-2 Premier League draw with Crystal Palace at a wet and windy Selhurst Park this morning.

The Premier League clash between Everton and Liverpool has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions, hosts Everton said on Sunday.

Brentford continued their unbeaten run at home in the Premier League with a 4-2 win against Newcastle United that had the visitors twice come back from a goal down before defender Nathan Collins scored to help his side claim all three points.

Cardiff twice let the lead slip as they were edged out by Lyon in the European Challenge Cup.

A first-half strike by Colombian forward Jhon Duran was enough to give Aston Villa all the three points as they beat Southampton 1-0 in the Premier League at home on Sunday.

Exeter Chiefs were beaten 39-21 by a strong Sharks side in an eventful opening Investec Champions Cup pool match in Durban.

The Fiji Airways Fiji men’s side kicked-off their Cape Town 7s campaign in style after thrashing Uruguay 70-7 in their first pool match.

The Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s team lost their second pool match at the Cape Town 7s in South Africa, going down to Great Britain 20-5.

The Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s team went down 31-0 to USA in their first pool match at the Cape Town 7s in South Africa.

Syrian rebels said they seized control of the southern city of Daraa on Saturday, the birthplace of a 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad and the fourth city his forces have lost in a week.