Sport pays coronation tribute to King Charles III

Manchester City's Premier League crippled astatine location to Leeds was moved from a lunchtime kick-off to debar a clash with the Coronation

Sport has paid tribute to King Charles III connected the time of his coronation.

Similar tributes were besides planned earlier Saturday's last circular of games successful the rugby national Premiership, which commencement astatine 16:00 BST.

And determination were peculiar ceremonies held astatine the Newmarket equine contention meeting, arsenic good arsenic astatine the Badminton Horse Trials.

Football's tribute to King Charles III started with Friday's Women's Super League lucifer betwixt Arsenal and Leicester astatine Boreham Wood, erstwhile players surrounded the centre ellipse to observe the nationalist anthem.

On Saturday, Chelsea guardant Sam Kerr, an Australian international, was chosen to transportation her country's emblem to pb the Australian delegation arsenic they made their mode into Westminster Abbey successful London earlier the coronation ceremony.

Chelsea guardant has scored 63 goals successful 120 appearances for Australia

The nationalist anthem was aboriginal observed earlier 4 Premier League matches that kicked disconnected astatine 15:00 BST, which included Manchester City v Leeds, Bournemouth v Chelsea, Tottenham v Crystal Palace and Wolves v Aston Villa.

Manchester City's crippled astatine Etihad Stadium had primitively been planned for an aboriginal televised kick-off but was moved to debar a clash with the coronation ceremonial aft the Premier League agreed to unbend broadcast blackout rules.

Liverpool volition besides play the nationalist anthem earlier their lucifer against Brentford astatine 17:30 BST, contempt the nine saying they know immoderate fans "have beardown views connected it".

A conception of the club's enactment booed 'Abide With Me' and 'God Save The Queen' earlier past season's FA Cup final.

Cricketers stood portion God Save The King was played earlier games successful the County Championship and Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy, which started connected Saturday morning.

Former England skipper Alastair Cook, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II successful 2019, joined his Essex team-mates and opponents from Surrey, including England players Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes and Will Jacks, arsenic they lined the bound borderline astatine Chelmsford.

Similar scenes played retired astatine Headingley, Derby, Trent Bridge, Old Trafford and Chester-le-Street, portion rainfall delayed play astatine Taunton, allowing spectators to ticker the coronation ceremonial connected large TV screens astatine the crushed earlier the commencement of Somerset's lucifer against Northamptonshire.

Knight of the realm Alastair Cook was among the players to observe the nationalist anthem successful Chelmsford earlier Essex v Surrey successful the County Championship

Events successful London besides had an interaction astatine the Badminton Horse Trials, wherever the day's dressage started astatine 08:00 BST and paused astatine 10.15 BST to let spectators to ticker the Coronation connected large screens, with contention opening again from 12:45 BST.

And racing astatine Newmarket was enactment back, starting astatine the aboriginal clip of 13:40 BST, owed to the Coronation. meaning the featured 2,000 Guineas, the archetypal classical contention of the level season, has been enactment backmost to the aboriginal clip of 16:40 BST.