The football world paid tribute to Jimmy Greaves, who died on Sunday, while Kent clinched the Vitality Blast on another dramatic Finals’ Day and the Gallagher Premiership returned with champions Harlequins victorious.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the best pictures across another busy weekend of sport.
Tributes were paid to Jimmy Greaves after Tottenham confirmed the goalscoring great had died on Sunday morning with West Ham fans paying respect to their former striker before the match with Manchester United (Mike Egerton/PA)
Antonio Rudiger was a surprise scorer for Chelsea in their impressive 3-0 win at Tottenham which keeps them joint-top of the Premier League (Tim Goode/PA)
David Moyes’ decision to bring on Mark Noble to take a stoppage-time penalty backfired when David De Gea denied the Hammers captain and secured the visitors a 2-1 win (Mike Egerton/PA)
England Women started life under new boss Sarina Wiegman with an 8-0 win over North Macedonia at St Mary’s on Friday (John Walton/PA)
Livingston’s Andrew Shinnie scored the only goal of the game against Celtic in the cinch Premiership (Andrew Milligan/PA)
The Gallagher Premiership campaign started at Ashton Gate on Friday where an understrength and recently promoted Saracens shocked last season’s play-off semi-finalists Bristol with a 26-9 away win (David Davies/PA)
Newcastle Falcons’ pushed Harlequins close in their opener but the champions started the defence of their Gallagher Premiership crown with a 26-20 win on the road (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Jordan Cox produced heroics with the bat and in the field to help Kent Spitfires win the Vitality Blast, palming the ball back into field for team-mate Matt Milnes to catch and dismiss Somerset’s Lewis Gregory in spectacular fashion (Mike Egerton/PA)
Kent Spitfires captain Sam Billings and team-mates celebrate after a 25-run win over Somerset in the Vitality Blast Final ended their 14-year wait for another T20 title (Mike Egerton/PA)
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