Gallery: Weekend In Sport
After another fantastic weekend of sport, we have taken a look back to bring you some of the highlights, with a nod to the latest updates from off the pitch…
Ben Stokes rose to the occasion once more as England beat Pakistan by five wickets in a nail-biting final to win the Men’s T20 World Cup and become world champions.
The victory in Melbourne is England’s second T20 world title following victory in the West Indies in 2010.
As well as being broadcast across Sky Sports, the final was made available to the whole nation of free-to-air television after Channel 4 secured a deal with Sky last week.
England’s Red Roses were defeated by New Zealand on Saturday, meaning the All Blacks won the World Cup for a sixth time on a historic night for women’s rugby at Eden Park.
The Red Roses went down to 14 players when Lydia Thompson was shown a red card in the 18th minute and led for most of the game but a New Zealand try nine minutes from time sealed their fate.
Last week, Gill Burns MBE spoke on how the Red Roses’ success can become a huge opportunity for rugby.
Manchester City fell to their second defeat of the season when Brentford pulled off a shock victory at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Ivan Toney, who had been left out of England’s World Cup squad two days previously, scored a brace which left Manchester City five points off the pace in the title race.
Last week, City reported club record revenues of £613m and profits of £41.7m for the 2021-22 season.
England suffered a shock semi-final defeat as Samoa won a golden-point thriller in the Rugby League World Cup to set up a meeting with Australia in their first final.
It was a battle of two Brits in the Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday, but George Russell took a maiden GP victory – and a first for Mercedes in 2022 – edging out team mate Lewis Hamilton in Sao Paulo.
Last week, Formula 1-focused global sports marketing agency Right Formula acquired London-based sports PR and content agency Patterrn.
Great Britain failed to reach their first Billie Jean King Cup final since 1981 as they were defeated by Australia in Glasgow.
Britain, who did not qualify but were given a spot as hosts, lost the best-of-three semi-final when Olivia Nicholls and Alicia Barnett were beaten in doubles.
UK coverage was provided across BT Sport and BBC after the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) announced at the beginning of November that they had secured the rights.
