The sporting weekend in pictures

There was a fairy-tale winner in the Grand National as amateur Sam Waley-Cohen won on long-shot Noble Yeats, owned by his father.

Monday 11 April 2022 00:23 BST

Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez takes a free-kick that hits a post in Sunday’s Premier League clash with title rivals Liverpool (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Wire)

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Manchester City and Premier League title rivals Liverpool drew 2-2 in a thriller at the Etihad Stadium and Scottie Scheffler won the Masters in Augusta.

There was a fairy-tale winner in the Grand National as amateur Sam Waley-Cohen won on long-shot Noble Yeats, owned by his father, and England’s Women maintained their 100 per cent start in rugby’s Six Nations.

Here, the PA news agency takes a look back at the sporting weekend in pictures.

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The sporting weekend in pictures

There was a fairy-tale winner in the Grand National as amateur Sam Waley-Cohen won on long-shot Noble Yeats, owned by his father.

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