Everton, who have not been out of the top-flight for 69 years, stay second-bottom on 29 points from 34 games. They trail Nottingham Forest and Leeds as well as Leicester by a point.
* World number two Aryna Sabalenka made light work of 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva on Monday (May 1) with a 6-3, 6-1 win to reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals.
* Belgium's Luca Brecel became the first player from mainland Europe to win the snooker world title as he completed a fairytale fortnight by resisting a Mark Selby fightback to triumph 18-15 at The Crucible on Sunday (May 1). The 28-year-old led 16-10 in the best of 35-frame final but four-time champion Selby rattled off five frames in a row to test Brecel's nerve.
* Rugby Australia chief executive Andy Marinos, who led the governing body through the worst financial crisis in its history, has decided to step down from the job to "pursue new opportunities".
* Red Bull's technical head Adrian Newey, one of Formula One's most successful designers of all time, has signed a contract extension with the reigning world champions, motorsport.com reported on Monday (May 1). A team spokesman said contracts were not publicly discussed but indicated Newey, 64, "won't be going anywhere for some time".
* Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi, who became the first Asian man to win a world title in 2010, announced his competitive retirement with ice dance partner Kana Muramoto on Monday (May 1). The 37-year-old Takahashi claimed the men's singles world title in Turin ahead of Canada's Patrick Chan and France's Brian Joubert, one month after winning bronze at the Vancouver Olympics.
