Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, Adeleke Davido, popularly known as Davido, has unveiled his first-ever festival, “Davido & Friends,” set to take place at the Crystal Palace Bowl on Friday, August 14, 2026.

In a post on his X handle on Monday, the artist, also known as OBO, declared, “For the first time ever, I present to you… Davido & Friends Festival.

“It’s going down at Crystal Palace Bowl on August 14th.

The event forms part of the “Palace Bowl Presents” series, an eclectic summer festival lineup at the outdoor venue in South London.

It is scheduled to run from July 31 to August 16, 2026.

Davido will headline and curate the full-day lineup on August 14.

The show is expected to feature a selection of “friends” yet to be announced.

The announcement comes months after Davido’s 2025 tour to promote his fifth studio album, 5IVE, across Africa and Europe.

The multiple award-winning singer held 5IVE Tour performances across several cities, including Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, Enugu, Ibadan, and Lagos, from October to December.

Ollie Watkins ended a six-match goal drought as Aston Villa boosted their chances of qualifying for the Champions League with a comfortable win over relegation-threatened West Ham.

The forward was left out of Thomas Tuchel’s latest England squad earlier this week but appeared keen to impress and was rewarded for his efforts in the 68th minute, doubling his side’s lead when he prodded in the rebound after Mats Hermansen saved from Morgan Rogers.

Unai Emery’s side had earned just nine points from their previous 10 Premier League matches and their chances of a top-five finish were at risk of slipping away after three Premier League defeats.

But, buoyed by reaching the quarter-finals of the Europa League in midweek, Villa were a constant threat in a marked improvement from their recent league form.

Captain John McGinn opened the scoring with a sweet left-footed strike from the edge of the area, teed up by Jadon Sancho in a set-piece routine straight off the training ground.

That was just one of many Villa chances in the first half with Watkins also twice going close and Lucas Digne firing wide.

The hosts also had a penalty decision overturned when Konstantinos Mavropanos clipped Watkins in the area – referee Paul Tierney was sent to the monitor by the video assistant referee (VAR) and quickly changed his decision.

It was a deserved victory for a side hunting a fourth successive season of European football with the Premier League’s top five all but guaranteed a Champions League place.

Villa will enter the international break fourth in the top flight, five points clear of Liverpool in fifth, while West Ham remain 18th, one point from safety.

It is perhaps no coincidence that Aston Villa’s recent slump has also coincided with McGinn missing 10 games with a knee injury.

In that time they went out of the FA Cup, and lost three league matches as well as drawing another two.

So the Villa captain’s presence was a welcome one in midfield and it was not just the Scot who seemed desperate for Villa to get back to winning ways.

Watkins led the line brilliantly as he tried to show England manager Tuchel what he is missing.

The striker’s recent record has been dismal – just one goal in his previous nine matches – but he showed his quality here to push his claims to be England’s favoured striker behind only Harry Kane.

The sole criticism was that Villa only made one of their 14 chances – the most they have had in a Premier League first half since October 2023 – count by half-time.

The contest was more even in the second half but it never felt like Villa were at risk of throwing away the three points.

They have been made to rue missed opportunities of late with the worst shot conversion rate in the league this calendar year.

But this was a more efficient display with two goals and a 200th Premier League clean sheet at Villa Park.

West Ham’s recent upturn in form has offered a faint glimmer of hope as they continue to fight against relegation – they had earned 15 points from their previous nine Premier League games, one more than they had in their first 21 this season.

But a trip to Champions League-chasing Aston Villa was always going to be a difficult task and the Hammers looked flat as they struggled to work their way into the game.

It had been hoped winger Crysencio Summerville would be back from injury for the trip to Birmingham but the Dutchman was again absent and the Hammers have still not won any of their league games without him this season, with the number of matches now up to seven.

For all the positivity around the Hammers in recent weeks they will enter the international break in the relegation zone, having never really looked like threatening hosts Villa.

Their 29 points from 31 league matches this season means only in 2006-07 (34 games) and 2009-10 (33 games) have they gone later into a Premier League campaign without scoring more than 30 points.

Nottingham Forest’s win over Tottenham on Sunday put the East Midlanders three points clear of the drop zone and Nuno Espirito Santo will now use the two-week break to work out how to get his own side out of trouble.

This was the last match for both sides before the international break.

On their return, Aston Villa takes on Bologna in the quarter-finals of the Europa League on Thursday 9 April.

Bryson DeChambeau broke down in tears after he won back-to-back LIV Golf titles with a play-off victory at the inaugural South African event.

DeChambeau and Spain’s Jon Rahm had both finished on 26 under par over 72 holes at Steyn City in Johannesburg.

The American, 32, birdied the first extra hole in the play-off to edge out Rahm which clinched consecutive titles following his victory in Singapore last weekend, also via a play-off.

“I wish I could tell you why I am so emotional,” DeChambeau said afterwards.

“A lot had happened in my life in the last week, I am so grateful for my team and everybody supporting me.

“Golf is a fickle game, you work so hard at it your whole life and then you realise golf is just golf.”

Last weekend, Canada’s Richard T Lee missed a short putt to hand two-time major winner DeChambeau victory.

But on this occasion a superb second shot in the play-off from DeChambeau at the par-five 18th set up the win.

After a tee shot landed in grass muddied by torrential rain, DeChambeau slammed the ball into the heart of the green with a wood.

Rahm failed to take advantage of his tee shot on to the fairway as his second found a greenside bunker.

After he reached the green in three, Rahm watched his birdie putt slide right, which left DeChambeau needing two putts for victory and a £3m ($4m) first prize.

His eagle putt stopped just short before he tapped in for a triumph that triggered an emotional reaction.

After tournaments this season in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Africa, the sixth LIV Golf event will be in Mexico from 16 April.