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The sporting weekend in pictures

Geraint Thomas, Xherdan Shaqiri and Katie Taylor were among the weekend’s big winners.

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Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday while Liverpool overcame bitter rivals Manchester United in the Premier League.

Here we look at some of the weekend’s best action in pictures.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018
Geraint Thomas was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Harry Kane (David Davies/PA)
Southampton v Arsenal
Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl enjoyed a dream home debut after his side beat Arsenal 3-2 to end the Gunners’ 22-match unbeaten run (Adam Davy/PA)
Alvarez v Fielding
Mexico’s Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez beat Britain’s Rocky Fielding in three rounds at Madison Square Garden to become a three-weight world champion (Frank Franklin II/AP)
India’s Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli scored his 25th Test century as India took on Australia on the second Test in Perth (Trevor Collens/AP)
Leicester Tigers
Leicester’s bid to reach the knockout phase of the Champions Cup suffered a huge blow as they lost 34-11 at home to Racing 92 (Mike Egerton/PA)
Men’s Hockey World Cup
England finished fourth for the third successive time at the Men’s Hockey World Cup after being thrashed 8-1 by Australia in the third-place play-off (Aijaz Rahi/AP)
Daniel Candeias
Daniel Candeias was on the scoresheet as Rangers beat Hamilton 2-0 to return to the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership table (Graham Stuart/PA)
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty earned Juventus victory over Torino in the Turin derby (Alessandro Di Marco/AP)
The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers
The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers to win the NFC North division title (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
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