The sporting weekend in pictures

Lando Norris beat home favourite Max Verstappen in the Dutch Grand Prix and Lydia Ko scooped her third major title after winning the AIG Women’s Open.

England secured a five-wicket win in their first Test match against Sri Lanka on Saturday, while Erling Haaland helped Manchester City to victory with a hat-trick against Ipswich.

Lando Norris beat home favourite Max Verstappen in the Dutch Grand Prix and Lydia Ko scooped her third major title after winning the AIG Women’s Open.

Here the PA news agency takes a look at some of the best images from this weekend’s sporting action.

Joe Root hitting the ball — Joe Root’s half-century helped steer England to a five wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first Test at Old Trafford (Nick Potts/PA)

West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen consoling a ball boy — West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen (right) consoles a ball boy who got trapped underneath an advertising board after fans spilled onto the pitch during the Hammers’ 2-0 win at Crystal Palace. Bowen and team-mate Tomas Soucek helped the youngster to safety with the captain gifting him his match shirt afterwards (Zac Goodwin/PA)

Callum McGregor celebrating his goal with teammates — Callum McGregor (second left) scored Celtic’s first goal as they beat St Mirren 3-0 in the William Hill Premiership, their third league win of the season (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Josh Key battling for the ball with Callum O’Dowda and Chris Willock — Josh Key (centre) battles for the ball against Callum O’Dowda (left) and Chris Willock (right) in the south Wales derby. An equaliser from Callum Robinson saw Cardiff draw 1-1 with Swansea (David Davies/PA)

Lydia Ko holding up her trophy — Lydia Ko completed a fairytale fortnight by adding the AIG Women’s Open title at St Andrews to her Olympic gold medal from Paris (Steve Welsh/PA)

Jack Farrimond scoring a try — Jack Farrimond was one of the try-scorers for Wigan Warriors, who beat Hull FC 22-4 to join Hull KR back at the top of the Super League table (Richard Sellers/PA)