The sporting weekend in pictures

Leicestershire celebrated a first List A title for almost four decades.

Published Sep 18, 2023

At the Rugby World Cup there were victories for England, Ireland and Wales as Australia crashed to a shock loss to Fiji, while Carlos Sainz ended the winning streaks of Max Verstappen and Red Bull with victory in the Singapore Grand Prix.

Brighton pulled off an impressive 3-1 triumph at Manchester United, Ryan Fox triumphed at Wentworth and Great Britain booked a last-eight place in the Davis Cup in dramatic fashion.

Here, the PA news agency looks at some top images from the weekend’s sporting action.

Fiji’s Temo Mayanavanua celebrates after the victory over Australia (Aurelien Morissard/AP) — Fiji beat Australia 22-15 in Saint-Etienne to leave the Wallabies in danger of missing out on the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup (Aurelien Morissard/AP)

Lance Stroll walked away from a dramatic crash in qualifying (Caroline Chia/AP)

United boss Erik ten Hag substitutes Rasmus Hojlund for Anthony Martial (Martin Rickett/PA) — There were boos when United boss Erik ten Hag opted to substitute Rasmus Hojlund (left) for Anthony Martial, shortly before Brighton went 3-0 up (Martin Rickett/PA)

Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski (right) celebrates with Richarlison after scoring against Sheffield United (Jonathan Brady/PA) — Tottenham also came from behind to win, beating Sheffield United 2-1 at home via stoppage-time goals from Richarlison (left) and Dejan Kulusevski (right) (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Freddie Steward scores for England against Japan (David Davies/PA) — Freddie Steward was among the scorers as England registered their first tries of the World Cup (four in total) in a 34-12 win over Japan in Nice (David Davies/A)

Wales' Tomos Williams is tackled by Portugal’s Anthony Alves (Mike Egerton/PA) — Wales overcame Portugal 28-8 in Nice (Mike Egerton/PA)

Ryan Fox became the first New Zealander to win the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth (John Walton/PA)