brentford's miserable run in the championship continued today.s in a row — all in the space of six days. this time, they lost 2—0 at coventry, who had gone five games without a win themselves. tyler walker scored both goals, the first with a penalty and then the second ten minutes after half time. brentford are still second but are now seven points behind leaders norwich, who beat rotherham i—o. there was drama in rugby union's premiership this afternoon where exeter missed the chance to go top of the table. their match against northampton had an extraordinary finish. with news of that and the rest of today's action, here's this report from jim lumsden. northampton can regard sandy park in a new light. seven years since they last won there, victory at last with an astonishing climax. they went ahead through adendorff before the champions struck back with a yeandle try. a defensive battle continued a defensive battle followed before francis kicked the lead. simmonds crossed the line, leaving his brother with the kick to win it but his move was too

earlier this week, brentford announced they would stop saying they no longer believe it's having an impactaid... but the debate over this particular form of protest is certainly not new, nor is it confined to football. in rugby union's beaten calcutta cup match england and scotland players faced criticism after some did and some like england's courtney laws didn't take the knee. i don't kneel because it doesn't represent to me what it might do for some other people. everyone knows my reasoning is for it and i know other people's reasonings if they want to do it or don't want to do it so the main thing is we all respect each other and respect the decision that we've made and that we, you know, we're still together even though we're not doing the same thing. just this week, the football antiracism organisation show racism the red card of a film explaining the continued importance of taking the knee. it is a profoundly complex issue and while sport remains united against the problem, binding agreement on the answer seems just as difficult. adam wildes, bbc news. arsenal winger willian is the

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tom parton�*s converted try ensured the match finished 34—34 in brentford. had never made it past the quarterfinals of a ranking tournament before. novak djokovic has been taking time out to celebrate winning his ninth australian open title. he beat russia's daniil medvedev to win his 18th grand slam yesterday and has paraded the trophy on a melbourne beach. djokovic is nowjust two majors behind roger federer and rafael nadal but he admitted he was hurt by criticism after he complained about quarantine conditions upon his arrival in australia. ijust accept i just accept the fact that i can't please everyone or be someone�*s favourite tennis player and some will always look for negatives and anything i do or say, and that's ok. does it frustrate me? of course it does, i have feelings like anybody else. i don't enjoy when someone judges or criticises, or behaves unfairly, i think, judges or criticises, or behaves unfairly, ithink, before judges or criticises, or behaves unfairly, i think, before checking certain things. unfairly, ithink, before checking certai