The sporting weekend in pictures

Manchester United clinched their first major trophy after beating Tottenham 4-0 to win the Women’s FA Cup, while England got their international summer off to a winning start with a 53-run win against Pakistan in the first T20 at Edgbaston.

Burnley were relegated from the Premier League and Lauren Price claimed the WBA, IBO and Ring Magazine welterweight world titles with victory against Jessica McCaskill in Cardiff.

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

Celtic
Celtic moved a step closer to retaining the cinch Premiership title after beating Rangers 2-1 (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Burnley
Burnley were relegated from the Premier League following a 2-1 defeat to Tottenham (Adam Davy/PA)

Bevan French
Bevan French scored two tries as Wigan moved to the top of the Betfred Super League following a 48-6 win over Huddersfield (Ian Hodgson/PA)

Rob Burrow Kevin Sinfield
Kevin Sinfield completed the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon on Sunday as he continued fundraising efforts for his former Leeds Rhinos team-mate and the Motor Neurone Disease Association (Danny Lawson/PA)

Olva Kooij
Olva Kooij claimed his first victory in a Grand Tour in stunning style after winning stage nine of the Giro d’Italia (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Rory McIlroy warmed up for the US PGA Championship with a fourth victory at Quail Hollow (Chris Carlson/AP)
Rory McIlroy warmed up for the US PGA Championship with a fourth victory at Quail Hollow (Chris Carlson/AP)

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