Weekend in pictures: Olympics end with Bolt and Brazil brilliance, Pogba’s PL return
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Holly Thackeray | August 21, 2016
Weekend in pictures: August 19-21
There have been tears, joy, sweat, controversy and unbelievable sporting feats achieved this weekend, as the Olympics came to a triumphant close and the Premier League continued into a dramatic second matchweek among other events.
So, relive the magic moments with Coral’s weekend in pictures…
Horse Racing
The prestigious Ebor Festival came to a thrilling conclusion in York with the meeting’s eponymous handicap contest on Saturday…
Heartbreak City delivers in Ebor
Tony Martin’s French gelding Heartbreak City followed up on three wins in Ireland this season to land the 1m 6f feature race at York, beating Ebor each-way punt Shrewd by four lengths.
Olympics
It was an emotional last few days of Olympic action in Brazil, as Team GB continued unprecedented away success by bagging yet more Golds, and Usain Bolt cemented his legendary status with more heroics…
Bolt bows out with triple-treble
Having already secured individual Golds in the Men’s 100m and 200m, Bolt supposedly bows out of the Olympics for good in bombastic style.
Heath adds to Team GB Gold haul
Women’s Hockey history made
Farah at the double
By doing so, he became just the second athlete to win both those races at two Olympic Games – there’s just no stopping him!
Adams smashes boxing barriers
Emotional Neymar gifts Brazil first football Gold
It was fittingly the iconic Samba Boys skipper Neymar (later to retire from the captaincy) who dispatched the deciding spot-kick as the tie went to penalties, meaning football giants Brazil amazingly won their first Olympic Gold in their national sport.
UFC
In the early hours of Sunday morning, there was also a huge bout to enjoy, as Irish hero Conor McGregor sought revenge on previous conqueror Nate Diaz in the UFC 202 re-match.
McGregor bites back to defeat Diaz
Premier League matchweek two
Man Utd see off Southampton as Pogba returns
Four-star Man City stun Stoke
Leicester and Arsenal all even
Boro bag Black Cats points in Northeast derby
Middlesbrough edged the first feisty Northeast derby of the season against Sunderland at the Stadium of light, with Alvaro Negredo turning provider twice for Cristhian Stuani. The Black Cats fought back to 2-1 but it was to no avail. First blood Boro.
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