Sports Gallery: Super Bowl Weekend
NFL took centre stage this weekend’s sporting calendar as the Kansas City Chiefs faced the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.
The Kansas City Chiefs became NFL champions for the second time in four years after fighting back to claim a thrilling 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Chiefs trailed for much of the game in Phoenix and were 27-21 down heading into the final quarter, but the underdogs came back to secure victory.
Last week, the NFL agreed a 10-year partnership with sports and entertainment platform DAZN Group.
A Finn Russell-inspired Scotland earned a record victory against Wales to continue a stunning start to their Six Nations with two wins from two.
Three first-half goals helped Manchester City see off Aston Villa in their first game since being accused of more than 100 rule breaches by the Premier League. The game finished 3-1 to the home side as Pep Guardiola’s men closed the gap on leaders Arsenal.
The win follows last week’s announcement from the Premier League, that claims the current league champions breached financial rules over a period of nine seasons.
England earned a first win of Steve Borthwick’s tenure with a pragmatic bonus-point win over Italy in the Six Nations at Twickenham.
Last year, Six Nations Rugby announced a new partnership with software technology company Sage.
DS Penske’s Jean-Eric Vergne fended off pressure from Envision Racing duo Nick Cassidy and Sébastien Buemi to secure victory at the inaugural Greenko Hyderabad E-Prix in Round 4 of the ABB FIA World Championship, that all-electric motor racing series’ debut in India.
England Women kicked off their T20 World Cup campaign with a seven wicket win over West Indies Women.
West Indies finished on 135-7 from their 20 overs. Thanks to 42 from captain Hayley Matthews and 34 from Shemaine Campbelle. Sophie Ecclestone finished with figures of 3-23, while Sarah Glenn was England’s most economical bowler with 1-20.
Sky Sports recently signed an extension to retain the ICC broadcast and digital rights to show all men’s and women’s ICC events, including the ICC Cricket World Cups and ICC T20 World Cups through to the end of 2031.
