Newcastle roared into a three-goal lead and then held off a late comeback to beat West Ham 3-2 at the London Stadium.

Birmingham hauled themselves out of the relegation zone and left Sunderland further in trouble at the wrong end of the Sky Bet Championship with a 3-1 win at St Andrew's.

Northern Ireland celebrated a World Cup qualifying play-off place despite a 1-0 defeat in Norway as Scotland's bid ended in heartache.

The Republic of Ireland now know that a win away to Wales tomorrow guarantees them at least a World Cup play-off spot.

Last week, it just took one Man City fixture announcement to catapult Sergio Aguero from a forgotten man to a would-be savior of our FPL seasons.

Premier League

Eden Hazard and Diego Costa were on target as clinical Chelsea swatted aside West Ham 2-1 to take a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League.

Robbie Brady looks set for a return to the Premier League after Crystal Palace agreed an initial £9m (€10.5m) fee with Norwich City for the Ireland star.

Manchester United 2 Hull 0: Marouane Fellaini repaid Jose Mourinho’s faith with a late header that gave Manchester United a 2-0 EFL Cup semi-final advantage against injury-ravaged Hull.

Abel Hernandez and local boy Josh Tymon struck second-half goals to give Hull's new head coach Marco Silva a winning start against Swansea in the third round of the FA Cup.

Substitute James McArthur rescued a World Cup point for Scotland with a late headed equaliser against Lithuania at Hampden.

Hull 0 Chelsea 2

Spurs impressed with a win at the bet365 Stadium.

Managerless Hull handed champions Leicester a taste of their own medicine on the opening afternoon of the Premier League season, emerging from their chaotic summer to take all three points at the KCOM Stadium.

Hull City 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0: Hull midfielder Mohamed Diame admitted his play-off final winner in Saturday’s Wembley showpiece was the most important goal of his career so far.

Hull secured a return to the Premier League with a deserved 1-0 defeat of Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship play-off final at Wembley.

Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino has had a change of heart on the Europa League ahead of his managerial debut in continental competition.

Hull midfielder Robert Snodgrass has been ruled out for six months with a dislocated kneecap.

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A 16-month-old girl has been rescued unharmed by firefighters after she got stuck in a mop bucket.

A 16-month-old girl has been rescued unharmed by firefighters after she got stuck in a mop bucket.

Norwich 0 Arsenal 2

Eden Hazard was named only among the substitutes as Chelsea sought a victory over Norwich to return to the top of the Premier League and condemn their visitors to an almost certain relegation.

Hugo Rodallega's first-half goal was enough to give Fulham a crucial victory in their pursuit of Premier League survival and condemn Neil Adams to defeat in his first game as Norwich manager.

Norwich 0 West Brom 1

West Brom put a troubled week behind them with a 1-0 win at struggling Norwich to boost their Premier League survival hopes.

Swansea 3 Norwich 0

Striker Fernando Torres returns to start for Premier League leaders Chelsea in today’s clash with relegation-threatened Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Norwich 2 Sunderland 0

Crystal Palace 0 Southampton 1

Norwich City 1 Cardiff City 1

Aston Villa 4 Norwich 1

Sandro is primed for a first Barclays Premier League appearance under Tim Sherwood after calf trouble, taking a seat on Tottenham’s bench for Cardiff’s White Hart Lane visit.

Norwich City 1 Tottenham 0

Norwich 1 Tottenham 0

Norwich 0 Newcastle 0

Juan Mata has been handed his first Manchester United start for their Barclays Premier League encounter with Cardiff – and Robin van Persie returned too as David Moyes’ men looked to kick-start their season.

Norwich 1 Hull 0

Norwich 1 Hull 0

Darren Bent masterminded Fulham's 3-0 FA Cup third-round replay victory over Norwich at Craven Cottage as the Canaries' winless run reached eight matches.

Everton 2 Norwich 0

Superb goals from Gareth Barry and Kevin Mirallas saw Everton outclass Norwich to reclaim a place in the Barclays Premier League top four with a 2-0 win.

Norwich 1 Fulham 1