The sporting weekend in pictures

Max Verstappen registered another dominant win at the Chinese Grand Prix, while Peres Jepchirchir smashed the women’s-only world record to win the London Marathon on Sunday.

Manchester United scraped into the FA Cup final with a penalty shoot-out victory against Coventry and will face rivals Manchester City, who beat Chelsea 1-0 in their semi-final on Saturday.

Ellie Kildunne continued her impressive form for England in the Guinness Women’s Six Nations and Manchester City moved to the top of the Women’s Super League table after beating West Ham 5-0.

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

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen won the Chinese Grand Prix (Andy Wong/AP)
Ellie Kildunne
Ellie Kildunne continued her fine form in the Six Nations, scoring a hat-trick as England beat Ireland 88-10 at Twickenham (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Rasmus Hojlund
Rasmus Hojlund scored the winning penalty to send Manchester United into the FA Cup final after beating Coventry 4-2 on spot kicks following a 3-3 finish in normal time (Nick Potts/PA)
Bernardo Silva
United will meet rivals Manchester City in the final after Bernardo Silva’s late goal earned a 1-0 win against Chelsea in Saturday’s semi-final (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Peres Jepchirchir
Peres Jepchirchir smashed the women’s-only world record to win a thrilling London Marathon in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds (John Walton/PA)
Marcel Hug
Marcel Hug won a record fourth-consecutive men’s wheelchair race, clocking 1:28.33 (John Walton/PA)
Khadija Shaw
Khadija Shaw scored a diving header as she bagged a brace in Manchester City’s 5-0 win against West Ham in the WSL (Ian Hodgson/PA)
Casper Ruud
Casper Ruud beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets to win the Barcelona Open final (Joan Monfort.AP)
Joe Hart
Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart saved Killian Phillips’ spot-kick to beat Aberdeen 6-5 on penalties in the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup semi-finals (Steve Welsh/PA)
Jude Bellingham
Jude Bellingham scored a stoppage-time winner for Real Madrid as they beat Barcelona 3-2 in El Clasico (Manu Fernandez/AP)
Luca Brecel
Defending champion Luca Brecel was knocked out of the opening day of the World Snooker Championship (Richard Sellers/PA)
Nelly Korda
Nelly Korda celebrates after winning the Chevron Championship (David J. Phillip/AP)

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