Monday, December 23, 2024

The sporting weekend in pictures

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England secured a five-wicket win in their first Test match against Sri Lanka on Saturday, while Erling Haaland helped Manchester City to victory with a hat-trick against Ipswich.

Lando Norris beat home favourite Max Verstappen in the Dutch Grand Prix and Lydia Ko scooped her third major title after winning the AIG Women’s Open.

Here the PA news agency takes a look at some of the best images from this weekend’s sporting action.

Joe Root’s half-century helped steer England to a five wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first Test at Old Trafford (Nick Potts/PA)
Erling Haaland kicking the ball for Manchester City
Erling Haaland bagged a hat-trick as Manchester City enjoyed a 4-1 win over newly promoted Ipswich. The Norway international’s haul was his 10th hat-trick for City (Peter Byrne/PA)
West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen consoling a ball boy
West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen (right) consoles a ball boy who got trapped underneath an advertising board after fans spilled onto the pitch during the Hammers’ 2-0 win at Crystal Palace. Bowen and team-mate Tomas Soucek helped the youngster to safety with the captain gifting him his match shirt afterwards (Zac Goodwin/PA)
The Queen with the connections of Ebor winner Magical Zoe
The Queen attended the final day of the Sky Bet Ebor Festival at York and is pictured with the connections of winner Magical Zoe (Mike Egerton/PA)
Callum McGregor celebrating his goal with teammates
Callum McGregor (second left) scored Celtic’s first goal as they beat St Mirren 3-0 in the William Hill Premiership, their third league win of the season (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Lando Norris holding up his trophy
Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen in the Dutch driver’s backyard to ignite his hopes of winning the Formula One world championship. Norris finished 22.8 seconds clear of Verstappen in Zandvoort (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Josh Key battling for the ball with Callum O’Dowda and Chris Willock
Josh Key (centre) battles for the ball against Callum O’Dowda (left) and Chris Willock (right) in the south Wales derby. An equaliser from Callum Robinson saw Cardiff draw 1-1 with Swansea (David Davies/PA)
Noni Madueke scoring for Chelsea
Noni Madueke (right) scored a 15-minute second-half hat-trick as Chelsea thumped Wolves 6-2 (Joe Giddens/PA)
Lydia Ko holding up her trophy
Lydia Ko completed a fairytale fortnight by adding the AIG Women’s Open title at St Andrews to her Olympic gold medal from Paris (Steve Welsh/PA)
Mo Salah celebrating
Mo Salah celebrates scoring after helping Liverpool secure a 2-0 victory over Brentford in a first competitive fixture at Anfield for new manager Arne Slot (Peter Byrne/PA)
Jack Farrimond scoring a try
Jack Farrimond was one of the try-scorers for Wigan Warriors, who beat Hull FC 22-4 to join Hull KR back at the top of the Super League table (Richard Sellers/PA)
Endrick celebrating his goal
Endrick scored his first goal for Real Madrid as they claimed a 3-0 win against Valladolid in LaLiga (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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