Gallery: Weekend In Sport
Duhan van der Merwe, Virgil Van Dijk, and Grace Clinton were the stars of the latest weekend in sport as Scotland, Liverpool FC, and the Lionesses sealed victories. We’ve looked back at the highlights…
Duhan van der Merwe became the first Scotland player to score a Calcutta Cup hat-trick as the hosts secured a 30-21 Six Nations victory over England at Murrayfield.
The powerful winger scored two incredible tries at Twickenham last year and went one better this time.
George Furbank and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso enjoyed their first England tries, but Van der Merwe stole the show with his clinical prowess, while Finn Russell was perfect with the boot to keep Scotland out of reach in a largely scruffy contest.
Both teams sit on two wins from three, with Scotland away to Italy next and England at home to unbeaten defending champions Ireland.
Earlier this month, Six Nations Rugby agreed a new partnership with UK-based digital image tech start-up SmartFrame Technologies.
Virgil van Dijk’s header deep into extra time gave Liverpool a remarkable 1-0 Carabao Cup final win over Chelsea at Wembley.
Van Dijk had seen a header contentiously ruled out for offside on the hour but there was no reprieve for Chelsea when he glanced home another from Kostas Tsimikas’ corner in the 118th minute.
It means Jurgen Klopp’s side have achieved the first part of a potential four-trophy haul in the manager’s farewell season, but it was a bitter blow to Chelsea and manager Mauricio Pochettino.
They have now lost six successive Wembley finals, including three against Liverpool, and wasted a host of opportunities here.
Last year, Liverpool FC signed a multi-year deal with Orion Innovation to become the Red’s official digital transformation partner.
England threatened to pull off a famous victory only for India to seal the series with a five-wicket win on the fourth day of the fourth Test in Ranchi.
India have now taken an unassailable 3-1 lead and stretch a proud unbeaten home record that dates back to 2012, while England suffer their first series defeat under Ben Stokes’ captaincy.
Grace Clinton had a dream debut as she scored for England in their 7-2 thrashing of Austria on Friday.
Midfielder Clinton, on loan at Tottenham from Manchester United this season, headed in England’s second goal having struck the post minutes earlier.
On an impressive night for the Lionesses in Spain, Alessia Russo scored twice, as did Beth Mead, while Jess Carter and Rachel Daly added to England’s tally.
The Football Association (FA) has recently announced a new long-term partnership with E.ON.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen made an ominous start to Formula 1 pre-season testing with a lap time that put him more than a second clear of the field.
The three-time world champion was 1.14 seconds quicker than McLaren’s Lando Norris in second, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz 0.1secs behind in third.
Lap times in testing are notoriously unreliable form guides, because of the number of variables at play.
However, Verstappen’s car looked poised and quick whenever it was out on track.
McLaren Racing recently extended its partnership with Hilton.
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