Gallery: Weekend In Sport
Formula 1 returned on Saturday and followed the latest weekend in sport’s theme – familiar winners. Max Verstappen, Manchester City, and Arsenal all secured wins in their respective sports, while Carlos Alacraz and Rafael Nadal faced off in Vegas…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen secured victory in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix with his dominance in the sport looking set to continue.
Verstappen led team-mate Sergio Perez home ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.
Leclerc recovered from dropping to fifth early on to pass Mercedes’ George Russell for fourth in the closing laps.
The weekend in Bahrain had been dominated by Red Bull boss Christian Horner, who has been at the centre of a complaint of inappropriate behaviour from a female colleague for the last month.
In February, Silverstone agreed a 10-year deal with Formula 1 that will see the British Grand Prix continue at the historic track until 2034.
Alessia Russo scored the only goal of the game as Arsenal overcame local rivals Tottenham in front of a sellout crowd at Emirates Stadium.
The England striker smashed the ball home from close range early in the second half after Kim Little and Beth Mead combined to create the chance.
Victory keeps Arsenal firmly in the Women’s Super League title race, three points behind leaders Manchester City.
Alessia Russo has previously appeared at Sport Industry Dining – an exclusive networking dinner for the sport industry that features an athlete Q&A. Access to the events is available via Sport Industry Membership.
Manchester City came out on top in the biggest game of the Premier League weekend, defeating local rivals Manchester United 3-1.
United had taken the lead after a stunner from Marcus Rashford, but a Phil Foden second half double secured the win for the treble winners, before Erling Haaland put the cherry on the cake in the final minutes.
Dimitri van den Bergh beat world champion Luke Humphries in the deciding leg of the final to win the UK Open title for the first time.
Van den Bergh led 10-8 but missed six darts at doubles for victory, before Humphries fought back to level.
Humphries had two match darts of his own to clinch the title in the decider but the Belgian managed to secure his second major title.
Severn Stars continued their perfect start to the Netball Super League season with victory over Team Bath.
Severn were up 37-22 against the five-time champions at half-time and they extended their lead to 72-44 for their third win in three matches.
England Netball recently announced new broadcast agreements with the BBC and Sky Sports.
Carlos Alcaraz defeated 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal 3-6 6-4 (14-12) at the inaugural Netflix Slam in Las Vegas on Sunday.
The showdown, the latest in Netflix’s push for live streaming events, pitted two superstar Spaniards in an exhibition match which was rescheduled from last year due to Nadal’s injuries and arrived just in time as the two players head to Indian Wells this week.
Sportradar will debut it latest streaming technology product at the Indian Wells Open, through its partnership with the ATP.
Great Britain’s Jemma Reekie said she had learned “a good lesson” before the Paris Olympics after winning World Athletics Indoor Championship 800m silver in front of her home crowd to clinch her first major medal.
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