International sport took centre stage this weekend with both of England’s cricket and football teams in action up and down the country.
Elsewhere, there was drama in Formula One at the Azerbaijan GP and high-profile exits at Roland Garros, while a popular and unexpected winner at Epsom in the Cazoo Derby.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the best pictures from over the last few days.
TORONTO (AP) — Federico Bernardeschi returned from a red-card suspension to post the second hat trick in the history of the Canadian Classique in Toronto FC's 5-1 romp over CF Montreal on Saturday night. Bernardeschi, who missed Wednesday’s 2-0 loss to Nashville while serving a one-match suspension for a red card he received in a 3-2 loss to New York City FC on May 11, joins Toronto's Ayo Akinola, who accomplished the feat on July 16, 2020. It was also the first hat trick by a Toronto player sin
Jáder Obrian scored two goals, Sebastián Driussi added another goal and Austin FC beat Sporting Kansas City 3-2 Saturday night. Obrian's second goal gave Austin (6-4-4) the lead for the good in the 39th minute. Dani Pereira played an entry to near the penalty spot where Obrian cut back to evade a defender an slipped a shot in side the post to make it 2-1.
Jeff Daniels is recalling filming Dumb and Dumber and the infamous toilet scene. The actor of Netflix’s Man in Full recently revealed in an interview that he feared his career would end over the funny scene in the comedy. Daniels starred in the 1994 comedy as Harry, opposite Jim Carrey. In the film, the two …
Saturday, hundreds gathered to say their last goodbyes to fallen Euclid Police Officer Jacob Derbin and attend his funeral service at St. Columbkille Parish in Parma.
MIAMI (AP) — Edwin Díaz is open to a change to help ignite the slumping New York Mets — even if that means losing his role as closer. Amid a terrible start to the 2024 season in which he's blown two consecutive save chances and three of his last four, the star reliever with a $102 million contract said he would be willing to take a demotion if the team thinks that's best. “I’m open to everything,” Díaz said Saturday after squandering a four-run lead in the ninth inning against one of the league'
A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people from seven nearby villages have been evacuated, authorities said on Sunday. Mt. Ibu erupted on Saturday evening, sending ash 4 km (2.5 miles) high, as streaks of purple lightning flashed around its crater, according to information and images shared by Indonesia's volcanology agency. Indonesia's volcanology agency raised the alert level of the volcano to the highest level on Thursday, after Ibu erupted multiple times earlier this month.