England saw their World Cup dreams end with defeat to France in the quarter-finals on Saturday night.
Away from Qatar, England’s cricketers continued to impress against Pakistan, the Sky Bet Championship returned in sub-zero temperatures while there was also a world title boxing showdown and European rugby union fixtures.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best images from the weekend’s sporting action.
England’s hopes of repeating their 1966 triumph ended in heartbreak at the Al Bayt Stadium (Nick Potts/PA)
Kane, though, failed to hit the target with his second spot-kick (Mike Egerton/PA)
There was also bitter disappointment for England fans watching back home (Victoria Jones/PA)
England’s cricketers had a more successful weekend as Jack Leach (centre) made another breakthrough in the second Test against Pakistan in Multan (Anjum Naveed/AP)
An Arctic blast welcomed the Sky Bet Championship’s return to action, with Preston winning 4-1 at Lancashire rivals Blackburn (Barrington Coombs/PA)
Saracens returned to the top table of European rugby with a hard-fought 30-26 Heineken Champions Cup win over Edinburgh at a freezing StoneX Stadium on Sunday (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Chelsea overcame wintry conditions at Kingsmeadow to edge past Reading 3-2 and keep themselves clear at the top of the WSL table (John Walton/PA)
