The sporting weekend in pictures

ParalympicsGB finished with a bumper medal haul in Paris, and Lee Carsley’s spell as interim England boss started with a win in Dublin

Pa Sport Staff
Monday 09 September 2024 00:00 EDT
Great Britain’s Matt Bush (left) and Poppy Maskill, who won three gold medals, carried the Union flag during the closing ceremony of the Paris Paralympics on Sunday evening (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Great Britain’s Matt Bush (left) and Poppy Maskill, who won three gold medals, carried the Union flag during the closing ceremony of the Paris Paralympics on Sunday evening (Zac Goodwin/PA) (PA Wire)

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Great Britain’s Paralympics team ended with a total of 124 medals in Paris, of which 49 were gold, while interim England boss Lee Carsley guided his new-look side to a Nations League win over the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.

At the US Open, Aryna Sabalenka silenced the home crowd as she beat American Jessica Pegula to lift the women’s trophy in New York before world number one Jannik Sinner followed up his gruelling semi-final win over Britain’s Jack Draper to defeat home favourite Taylor Fritz in the men’s final.

Closer to home, the Tour of Britain finished in Suffolk, while England’s hopes against Sri Lanka in the third Test faded with the bad light at the Oval.

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

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