Lewis Hamilton claimed his best result of the season at the French Grand Prix – and then said he is ready to extend his Formula One career.
In his 300th race, Hamilton started fourth and finished second as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc crashed out from the lead to hand Max Verstappen another victory.
Great Britain clinched a surprise bronze in the men’s 4x100m relay at the World Championships thanks to Jona Efoloko, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Reece Prescod.
However, Dina Asher-Smith faces a race against time to be fit for the Commonwealth Games after the 26-year-old, who won 200m bronze on Thursday, pulled up with an injury in the women’s 4x100m on Saturday.
New England captain Jos Buttler’s hopes of overseeing a first white-ball series victory since taking over from Eoin Morgan were scuppered due to rain at Headingley.
Here, the PA news agency looks back at an action-packed sporting weekend in pictures.
New Manchester City signing Erling Haaland scored on his first appearance for the club in a friendly against Bayern Munich in the United States (Morry Gash/AP)
Reece Prescod helped Great Britain to a surprise bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon (Martin Rickett/PA)
England’s Jason Roy during the rained-off third One-Day International match against South Africa at Headingley (Tim Goode/PA)
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes team-mate George Russell finished second and third at the French Grand Prix (Manu Fernandez/AP)
Dina Asher-Smith (centre) faces a race to be fit for the Commonwealth Games after an injury in the relay at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon (Martin Rickett/PA)
Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France (Yoan Valat/AP)
Brazil’s Elaine Martins in action during the women’s long jump at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon (Martin Rickett/PA)
Eve Perisset’s extra-time penalty beat Holland to set up a Euro 2022 semi-final for France against Germany (Mike Egerton/PA)
Scotland’s Richie Ramsay won his first tournament for six years with victory at the DP World Tour’s Cazoo Open at Hillside in Southport (Peter Byrne/PA)
Liverpool’s Paddy Pimblett spoke out about mental health issues after revealing that just hours before his Ultimate Fighting Championship outing in London he learned a friend had taken his own life (Adam Davy/PA)
Everton fans staged a protest outside Goodison Park to complain about leadership issues within the club (Peter Byrne/PA)
The New Orleans Pelicans have opted not to take the Los Angeles Lakers' first-round pick in this year's NBA Draft as part of the Anthony Davis trade. The Pelicans will take the Lakers' pick next year.
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Teams have made their big splashes in free agency and made their draft picks, it's time for you to do the same. It's fantasy football mock draft time. Some call this time of year best ball season, others know it's an opportunity to get a leg up on your competition for when you have to draft in August. The staff at Yahoo Fantasy did their first mock draft of the 2024 season to help you with the latter. Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens are here to break it all down by each round and crush some staff members in the process.
Kansas City Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub said kicker Harrison Butker may be removed from kickoffs. But not because of Butker's recent controversial remarks.
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