Gallery: Weekend In Sport

It was a record-breaking weekend for the London Marathon as 50,000 runners took part in the iconic race. Elsewhere, Manchester United survived a scare against Coventry City in the FA Cup, England thumped Ireland at Twickenham and Verstappen won again…

Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir stormed to victory in a women’s only world-record time of two hours 16 minutes and 16 seconds in the London Marathon.

World record holder Tigst Assefa, Megertu Alemu, both of Ethiopia, and Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei also beat the previous women’s only record of 2:17:01, set by Mary Keitany in 2017.

Kenya’s Alexander Mutiso Munyao held off distance-running great Kenenisa Bekele to win the men’s race in 2:04:01.

The British duo of Emile Cairess and Mahamed Mahamed finished third and fourth.

This year, the London Marathon 2024 will became the first marathon to offer equal prize money for its wheelchair and able-bodied races.

In the men’s race, Alexander Mutiso Munyao delivered another win for Kenya on a day the London Marathon remembered last year’s champion Kelvin Kiptum.

A race that started with a period of applause for Kiptum, who was killed in a car crash in Kenya in February, ended with his countryman and friend running alone down the final straight in front of Buckingham Palace to earn an impressive victory in his first major marathon.

London Marathon Events (LME) recently extended its long-running partnership with Sports Tours International.

Manchester United made it through to the FA Cup final despite squandering a 3-0 lead against EFL Championship side Coventry City.

The Red Devils led 3-0 well into the second half before Coventry clawed themselves back into the game to make it 3-3 and take it to extra time.

A tight VAR offside decision denied the underdogs an unbelievable last-minute winner before United prevailed in the penalty shootout.

United will face local rivals Manchester City in the final after Pep Guardiola’s men beat Chelsea 1-0 on Saturday.

Last week, the Football Association (FA) and Premier League revealed all FA Cup replays will be scrapped as part of a revamped structure for the domestic knockout tournament.

Abby Dow and Ellie Kildunne both scored hat-tricks in England’s highest points win over Ireland in front of 48,778 at Twickenham to remain on course for the Grand Slam.

Centre Megan Jones and Jess Breach scored two tries each, with Natasha Hunt and Zoe Aldcroft also crossing.

Sadia Kabeya and Maddie Feaunati went over in the second half, with Ireland managing a penalty try in response.

England’s previous highest points win over Ireland was a 79-0 win in 2002.

The British & Irish Lions recently launched a £3m funding grant which will develop women’s rugby union player and coaching pathways across the UK and Ireland.

Max Verstappen was again victorious this weekend, this time at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Safety cars broke up Red Bull’s cruise to a one-two finish, shuffling Sergio Perez behind McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

The Mexican soon picked off Leclerc but Norris drove an exceptional final stint to hold on to second ahead of Perez.

Last week, Red Bull Racing agreed a new partnership with Electronic Arts (EA), that includes EA Sports branding on Max Verstappen’s helmet.

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