PICTURES: The weekend’s best from the world of sport

Here is a selection of the best sporting pictures from around the world over the last weekend.

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing’s Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates winning the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit in Suzuka, Mie prefecture, Japan on Sunday. Picture: Philip Fong / AFP

Chennai Super Kings opener Rachin Ravindra plays a shot during their Indian Premier League match against the Delhi Capitals at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday. Delhi won by 25 runs. Picture: R. Satish Babu/AFP

American Kenneth Bednarek reacts after winning the men’s 200m short sprint event at the Grand Slam Track competition at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday. Picture: Ricardo Makyn/AFP

Paris-Saint Germain supporters celebrate after their team won the French Ligue 1 title when they beat SCO Angers at The Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris on Saturday. PSG clinched the title as they prepare for a Champions League quarterfinal showdown with Aston Villa. PSG needed just a draw at home to their struggling opponents to be confirmed as champions again, having started the day a huge 21 points clear of nearest challengers Monaco with seven matches left. Picture: Franck Fife/AFP

Northampton Saints prop Emmanuel Iyogun (centre) runs with the ball as he is tackled by Clermont’s Folau Fainga’a (left) and Ben Urdapilleta during the European Rugby Champions Cup last-16 rugby union match at Franklin’s Gardens Stadium, in Northampton, on Friday night. Picture: Darren Staples/AFP

Russia’s Andrey Rublev and America’s Ben Shelton compete during the Ultimate Tennis Showdown in the Nimes Arenas on Friday. Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP

Aston Villa striker Donyell Malen celebrates after scoring a goal during their 2-1 English Premier League win over Nottingham Forest at Villa Park on Saturday. Picture: Justin Talls/AFP

South Africa’s Gerda Steyn signs autographs after winning the women’s elite race during the 2025 Two Oceans Ultra Marathon finishing at UCT Rugby Fields on Saturday. Picture: Peter Heeger/Gallo Images

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals celebrates after scoring his 895th career goal during the second period against the New York Islanders to become the NHL all-time goals leader at UBS Arena on Sunday. Picture: Bruce Bennett/AFP

The Fiji men’s and New Zealand women’s teams celebrate with their trophies after winning their respective titles at the Singapore leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series at the National Stadium in Singapore on Sunday. Picture: Roslan Rahman/AFP

Brian Harman of the United States poses with the trophy after winning the Texas Open after the final round at TPC San Antonio on Sunday. Picture: Jonathan Bachman/AFP

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