Brighton Put Three Past Arsenal and Ended the Champions' Perfect Start

Brighton beat Arsenal 3-0, ending the champions' perfect start to the season and handing them their first league defeat. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta called the result painful and a lesson; Brighton's Fabian Hurzeler told his side to stay humble.

The rest of the round

Aston Villa held on at Tottenham for their first league win of the season, leaving Spurs without an answer to a run that is now three matches long. Newcastle held off Hull at St James' Park. Everton extended an unbeaten run against ten-man Ipswich. Coventry took their first points of the season in a dramatic win at Forest.

In the Women's Super League, Arsenal scored a last-minute equaliser to deny Manchester United their first win of the campaign, and Chelsea beat Birmingham.

Luke Littler beat Nathan Aspinall in a final-leg finish, and Warrington ended Hull KR's reign with an Ashton hat-trick.

Cricket

England thumped Sri Lanka to sweep the T20 series 3-0 and go top of the T20 world rankings. In WXV rugby, England's 39-match winning run was ended by a draw with Canada.

Kenya and Afcon 2027

Kenya is racing to have its venues ready for Afcon 2027, with organisers treating postponement as off the table. For a tournament co-hosted in East Africa, the readiness question is the one worth following from here — infrastructure timelines, not group draws, decide whether the region gets the event it was promised.

Sources: BBC Sport — Brighton v Arsenal · BBC Sport — Spurs v Villa · BBC Sport — England sweep Sri Lanka · BBC Sport — Kenya and Afcon 2027