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The sporting weekend in pictures

Ipswich and Leicester celebrated Championship success and Lando Norris ended his wait for an F1 win.

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Great Britain’s Lando Norris won his first Formula One Grand Prix in Miami as Ipswich ended a 22-year absence from the Premier League.

Celebrity Ipswich fan Ed Sheeran, who lives in Suffolk and sponsors the club’s shirts, filmed himself getting up early in Miami to join in with the celebrations as the Tractor Boys beat Huddersfield 2-0 on the final day of the Sky Bet Championship season.

Elsewhere, Erling Haaland scored four as Manchester City thrashed Wolves 5-1 to keep the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal, Leicester held a Championship title parade, snooker’s World Championship final got underway and Mystik Dan won the Kentucky Derby.

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

Miami F1 GP Auto Racing
McLaren driver Lando Norris steers his car on the way to victory at the Miami Formula One Grand Prix (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
Leicester City Champions Parade
Leicester players and management lift the Sky Bet Championship trophy on the balcony during a parade in the city on Sunday (Nigel French/PA)
Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers – Premier League – Etihad Stadium
Erling Haaland celebrates his third goal in Manchester City’s 5-1 victory over Wolves and the Norwegian striker would go on to score a fourth (Richard Sellers/PA)
Bromley v Solihull Moors – Vanarama National League – Play Off Final – Wembley Stadium
Bromley captain Byron Webster lifts the trophy after the club reached the English Football League for the first time in their 132-year-old history by beating Solihull Moors in a penalty shoot-out at Wembley (Nick Potts/PA)
Cazoo World Snooker Championship 2024 – Day Sixteen – The Crucible
England’s Kyren Wilson and Jak Jones, of Wales, pictured before the World Championship snooker final at the Crucible in Sheffield (Mike Egerton/PA)
Spain Tennis Madrid Open
Andrey Rublev celebrates his second ATP Masters title success after beating Felix Auger-Aliassime to win the Madrid Open (Manu Fernandez/AP)
Marlins Athletics Baseball
Oakland Athletics shortstop Darell Hernaiz (right) tags out Miami Marlins’ Nick Gordon (left) at second base on a steal-attempt during the third inning of their baseball game on Sunday (Godofredo A. Vasquez/AP)
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