Weekend in pictures: Coral card at Leopardstown and cricket glory

One of three Gigginstown House Stud horses in an 11-runner line-up, Empire Of Dirt jumped well throughout and was produced with a perfectly timed run by Moore to take up the running two from home.

The Colm Murphy trained nine-year-old then winged the last before keeping on strongly to beat Killer Crow by 2 1/4 lengths in the feature chase on a superb day’s action at the Dublin venue.

Killultagh Vic in remarkable recovery for victory

Jockey Ruby Walsh stole the show on a tremendous Coral-sponsored card at Leopardstown with an amazing recovery to partner Killultagh Vic to victory.

The Willie Mullins trained gelding was cruising to success in the ‘Money Back On Fallers’ at Coral.ie Novice Chase but slithered on his belly and came to a virtual standstill after jumping the last.

This allowed Blair Perrone and Lord Scoundrel to go past, but Walsh somehow managed to gather up his mount despite having lost and iron and Killultagh Vic rallied gamely to get back up close home and land the spoils by 3/4 of a length.

Haye announces comeback in swift style

Former world heavyweight champion David Haye made a devastating comeback to the ring in front of his home support at the O2 Arena in London, as he rampantly stopped Australian Mark de Mori in the opening round of his returning bout.

‘Rocket’ surges to sixth Masters title

Ronnie O’Sullivan rocketed to his sixth Masters crown at Alexandra Palace to equal Stephen Hendry’s total tally, emphatically earning a dominant 10-1 victory over Barry Hawkins, the joint-biggest winning margin ever in the event’s final.

Sensational Broad skittles through South Africa

Stuart Broad inflicted a devastating series-winning spell with the ball on the hosts, as he claimed the first five wickets of the second innings at a loss of just one run at one point. The England paceman is now top of the Test bowling world rankings.

Terry makes amends with late equaliser

After helping Everton to an early lead by scoring in his own net, Chelsea captain John Terry left it very late to salvage a point in the match of the weekend which ended 3-3. Replays did later show that the former England defender’s goal should’ve been ruled out for offside, though.

Rampant Rooney continues scoring run

In an otherwise tame derby between bitter rivals Liverpool and Manchester United, Wayne Rooney came up with the goods after smashing home late on to claim all the spoils. A special mention should go to Red Devils keeper David de Gea, though, whose heroics kept the visitors in the game with worldly saves.

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