Gallery: Weekend Sport
In a thrilling weekend of sport, Saracens and Quins took centre stage in North London, Saka and Kane lit up Wembley, and Cambridge came out on top at The Boat Race. We’ve picked out the highlights…
England captain Sarah Hunter’s career came to an emotional end as the Red Roses secured a 10-try Six Nations win against Scotland in Newcastle.
It was Scotland’s first game since players were given contracts in December, but the scoreline showed a wide gulf with England remains, with the match ending 58-7 to the hosts.
Jenny Mitton, Director & Women’s Sport Lead at M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment recently took a look at the opportunities for sponsors in women’s sport for 2023, including the strides forward within rugby.
Saracens beat Harlequins 36-24 to secure home advantage in the Premiership semi-finals.
England’s Owen Farrell kicked 11 points and Sarries ran in five tries in front of more than 55,000 fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Last month, Harlequins legend Ugo Monye was the latest guest at Sport Industry Dining. Access to all Dining events can be gain via Sport Industry Membership.
England maintained their winning start to Euro 2024 qualifying with a comfortable victory over Ukraine at Wembley.
Captain Harry Kane and Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka starred for Arsenal, which both players scoring in the first half to secure the 2-0 win.
Arsenal continued their Women’s Super League title challenge with north London derby success at Tottenham.
First-half goals from Stina Blackstenius and Caitlin Foord set the Gunners on course for victory.
Tottenham’s Bethany England pulled one back from the penalty spot as Spurs looked to mount a fightback.
But Foord, Kim Little and Frida Maanum extended Arsenal’s tally to five after the break as they strolled to a 1-5 win at Brisbane Road.
The rising popularity of the WSL highlights an exciting time for women’s football. Earlier in the month, the UK government announced that girls will be granted equal access to all school sports as part of a new package of measures following a campaign by the EURO-winning Lionesses.
Frankie Dettori and Country Grammer were denied a fairytale finish in the Dubai World Cup as Japanese challenger Ushba Tesoro swooped for victory.
Trained by Noboru Takagi and ridden by Yuga Kawada, the winner of the £10m race has been impressive since switching from turf to the dirt.
Last week, ITV secured the broadcast rights for the Dubai World Cup, and it was shown on ITV4 and ITVX.
Cambridge’s men won the Boat Race to complete a double for the university over rivals Oxford.
They held off a late charge from Oxford on choppy waters to win by just over a length for their fourth victory in the past five races.
Earlier, Cambridge’s women took victory by four-and-a-quarter lengths over Oxford despite a protest from their opponents over potential encroachment.
The Boat Race recently announced a multi-year partnership with global asset manager T. Rowe Price.
