Weekend in pictures: Southgate’s England prevail, Bisping retires Henderson and Burns beats Relikh

Weekend in pictures for October 8 and 9

There was plenty of thrilling sporting action to take place over the weekend, including 2018 World Cup qualifiers involving the Home Nations and the Republic of Ireland. UFC 204 also took centre stage in Manchester, while there was racing drama from Newmarket.

So, following the thrills and spills from around the sporting world, Coral look back over the best of the action in photo form with our latest weekend in pictures for October 8-9…

Boxing

All eyes were fixed on the SSE Hydro in Scotland for fight night as home hero Ricky Burns took on dangerous challenger Kiryl Relikh…

Burns sets up Broner bout by outpointing Relikh

Football

All of the British Isles countries were in action as they looked to earn some crucial early points in the bid to qualify for Russia 2018. There were wins for both the Republic and Northern Ireland, along with England, though Wales and Scotland endured mishaps…

Alli and Sturridge strike Southgate’s England past Malta

Frustrated Scots held by Lithuania

Lafferty helps fire Northern Ireland to San Marino win

Bale nets but Wales stutter against Georgia

McClean double delights Irish in Moldova success

Horse racing

Racing action came from Newmarket this past weekend, where both Churchill and Sweet Selection enjoyed success for respective trainers Aidan O’Brien and Hughie Morrison…

Churchill all class in Dewhurst Stakes

Sweet Selection storms to Cesarewitch glory

UFC

Manchester hosted an intriguing UFC 204 match-up between Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson, with the latter having retired after the bout…

Bisping battles to successful defence over Henderson

Formula 1

The battle for Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship supremacy continued in Japan as Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton locked horns again…

Rosberg extends F1 lead with Japanese GP triumph

Related

You’ll find previous editions of weekend in pictures in the Coral news archives.

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