The sporting weekend in pictures

Arsenal enjoyed an emphatic victory.

Gabriel Magalhaes scored the opener in Arsenal’s 5-0 rout over Crystal Palace (Zac Goodwin/PA) (PA Wire)

Arsenal earned a crushing 5-0 victory over Crystal Palace to keep the pressure on in the title race, while Ivan Toney made his return to Premier League action.

The Women’s Super League returned after the winter break, while Rory McIlroy completed the best weekend comeback of his career to win a record fourth Dubai Desert Classic.

Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the top images from the weekend’s sporting action.