The sporting weekend in pictures
Arsenal were unable to give themselves any breathing room at the top of the Premier League.
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City closed the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal with victory over Leicester before the Gunners squandered a 2-0 lead to draw at West Ham.
Corach Rambler won the Randox Grand National after the start of the race at Aintree had been delayed for 14 minutes by animal rights protesters.
Seven-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan got the defence of his World Snooker Championship title under way with victory over Pang Jungxu, while Neil Robertson made two total clearances of 146 in his first-round success in Sheffield.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best images from the weekend’s sporting action.