The sporting weekend in pictures
Max Verstappen’s bid to win a record-equalling 10 consecutive races went up in smoke at the Australian Grand Prix.
![Carlos Sainz delivered the best drive of his career at the Australian Grand Prix just 16 days after an appendectomy to lead home a Ferrari one-two finish with Charles Leclerc (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP)](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/03/25/05/24-db8543e723384d8ea606d3483c965806.jpg)
Gareth Southgate’s England side suffered their first defeat since the World Cup and Max Verstappen did not win the Australian Grand Prix – but Bethany England joined an exclusive Women’s Super League club.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best images from the weekend’s sporting action.
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Max Verstappen’s bid to win a record-equalling 10 consecutive races went up in smoke at the Australian Grand Prix (Scott Barbour/AP)
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