Gallery: Weekend In Sport
With the Olympic Games just around the corner, Dina Asher-Smith warmed up by securing a gold medal at the European Athletics Championships. Northampton Saints, Carlos Alacraz and Max Verstappen also had great weekends…
Northampton Saints claimed their first Premiership title since 2014 as they held off a fierce fightback from 14-man Bath to edge to a rollercoaster 25-21 victory at Twickenham.
Saints scrum-half Alex Mitchell scored the winning try with seven minutes left after Bath had come from behind to lead despite the dismissal of prop Beno Obano 21 minutes in.
Back in March, Premiership Rugby and TNT Sports extended their longstanding domestic broadcast rights partnership for the UK and Ireland.
Dina Asher-Smith claimed 100m gold at the European Athletics Championships as British team-mates Georgia Bell and Lizzie Bird also achieved medals in Rome.
Asher-Smith took victory in 10.99 seconds, crossing the line ahead of Poland’s Ewa Swoboda (11.03secs) and Italy’s Zaynab Dosso to celebrate her first major international medal since winning European 200m silver in 2022.
Carlos Alcaraz won the men’s French Open title by edging a scrappy five-set final against Alexander Zverev.
Third seed Alcaraz won 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 on the Roland Garros clay.
The Spaniard was below the level of confidence and consistency which enabled him to win his first two major finals – at the US Open in 2022 and last year’s Wimbledon.
But the 21-year-old came through to become the youngest man to win Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces.
The ATP Tour recently inked a two-year extension of its partnership with Italian wine company Asti Docg, which will run until the end of 2025.
Iga Swiatek achieved the rare feat of winning a third successive French Open women’s title with a comprehensive victory over Italian 12th seed Jasmine Paolini.
Poland’s Swiatek continued her recent dominance on the Roland Garros clay with a 6-2 6-1 win against first-time major finalist Paolini.
In other tennis news, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) recently announced a revamped calendar for 2025 following a two-year review into tennis’ grass court season.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won a gripping wet-dry Canadian Grand Prix that developed into a five-car battle for the lead over the final 10 laps.
Verstappen expertly managed a restart after a safety-car period with 11 laps to go to bolt into a decisive lead while McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri fought with the Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton behind him.
Back in April, Red Bull Racing has agreed a new partnership with Electronic Arts (EA), that includes EA Sports branding on Max Verstappen’s helmet.
Scotland raced to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Oman at the T20 World Cup to go top of Group B.
A wonderful unbeaten 61 from Brandon McMullen guided Scotland to their target of 151 in just 13.1 overs as Richie Berrington’s side delivered a real statement.
The nature of the result leaves Scotland in a strong position to make the Super 8s and leaves England’s qualification hopes hanging by a thread.
In February, the International Cricket Council (ICC) unveiled a film to promote the T20 Men’s World Cup 2024.
In this year’s Soccer Aid, England beat World XI 6-3 after with the likes of Joe Cole and Eden Hazard on the scoresheet.
£15m was raised at the annual event, this year hosted at Stamford Bridge.
Ellen White became the first woman to score at a Unicef Soccer Aid Charity match when she tapped in a cross from Jack Wilshere.
Last week, Soccer Aid revealed three new partnerships with Huel, Lumi Therapy and The Walt Disney Company.
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