It has been another eventful year of sporting action.
Manchester City completed the treble, Europe regained the Ryder Cup and Max Verstappen was once again a dominant winner of the Formula One world championship.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the last 12 months through a selection of sporting pictures.
Gerwyn Price donned a pair of ear defenders to block out the Alexandra Palace crowd at the PDC World Championships in January (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Runners and riders make the water jump during The Ultima Handicap Chase on day one of the Cheltenham Festival in March (David Davies for the Jockey Club/PA)
A Just Stop Oil protester jumps on the table and throws orange powder during the match between Robert Milkins against Joe Perry during day three of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible. A female protester was stopped from attacking the match between Mark Allen and Fan Zhengyi by referee Olivier Marteel on the other table (Mike Egerton/PA)
Luca Brecel kisses the trophy after winning the World Snooker Championship in May. The Belgian beat Mark Selby 18-15 and became the first player from mainland Europe to win the competition at the Crucible (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Erling Haaland was named Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year in May. In August he was also crowned Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year after an outstanding debut season with Manchester City, scoring 52 goals in all competitions (John Walton/PA)
England’s Jonny Bairstow removes a Just Stop Oil protester from the pitch during day one of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s (Mike Egerton/PA)
England’s Chris Woakes celebrates with Mark Wood after hitting the winning runs to win the third Ashes Test at Headingley (Mike Egerton/PA)
England’s Stuart Broad and fiancee Mollie King with their daughter Annabella after the final day of the Ashes. Broad had announced his decision to retire from cricket two days earlier and managed a dream finish to his England career, taking the final two wickets to draw the series 2-2 (John Walton/PA)
Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi (left) and and Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali (right) celebrate their respective World Athletics Championships gold medals in the men’s high jump and 3,000m steeplechase by entering the water jump in Budapest (Martin Rickett/PA)
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen competing in his home race at the Netherlands Grand Prix in Zandvoort. Verstappen went on to win the Formula One title with a record 19 wins from 22 races (Tim Goode/PA)
Andy Murray celebrates after beating Switzerland’s Leandro Riedi during Great Britain’s Davis Cup group-stage match in Manchester (Martin Rickett/PA)
Europe’s Rory McIlroy was involved in an angry exchange, which spilled over into the car park, with Joe LaCava, caddie of United States’ Patrick Cantlay (Mike Egerton/PA)
Wales’ Louis Rees-Zammit scores his side’s fourth try of the game against Georgia in their Rugby World Cup pool C match in October. Wales went on to reach the quarter-finals (David Davies/PA)
Frankie Dettori celebrates after winning the Qipco Champion Stakes on King Of Steel at Ascot in the final ride of his career in Britain (John Walton/PA)
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates during a Davis Cup semi-final match against against Italy’s Jannik Sinner in Malaga in November (Adam Davy/PA)
