Rearview Mirror

If you slept through the weekend, here's what you missed:

EPL - Manchester United and Chelsea recorded victories, while Arsenal drew and Manchester City lost (at Chelsea). At the other end of the table it remains incredibly tight - only one win separates 13th placed Blackburn from bottom team Wigan. With three teams to go down, there will be plenty of pressure in the remaining 8 rounds, given the stakes involved. Even the teams immediately above Blackburn need to watch their form as they could quickly be dragged down into the dog fight.

Cricket - The group stages are wrapped up, with the quarter finals starting Wednesday. After Australia's disappointing effort against Pakistan, and the strong chance of now going out against India in the quarters, the tide now seems to be moving rapidly against Ricky Ponting's captaincy. His grumpy demeanour has attracted plenty of attention in the tournament, and there now seems to be a groundswell underway to install Michael Clarke as captain for the Bangladesh tour soon after the World Cup. It was only a few weeks back that Clarke seemed in danger of losing his spot, but a return to form, coupled with Ponting's continuing run of outs, and his well received captaincy in the one-day series against England have quickly shifted perceptions.

In Hobart, a surprisingly aggressive declaration by NSW captain Simon Katich wasn't backed up by his fielders, and three missed chances late on the third day saw Tasmania cruise home on day 4 to their second Sheffield Shield win. Former NSW player Ed Cowan won man of the match honours for his disciplined first innings century, although Phil Hughes must have run him close. The NSW opener made 138 and 93 as his late season resurgence continued.

NCAA - the tournament continued to throw up surprises as the powerhouse Big East conference continued to get pummelled in the round of 32. Only two of their eleven teams have made it through to the round of 16, and both of those beat other Big East teams to get there. Saturday's shock departure of  number one seed Pittsburgh at the hands of Butler, was followed by the exit of second seeded Notre Dame who lost to No. 10 Florida State. Purdue, a third seed, were stunned 94-76 by 11th seeded Virginia Commonwealth. This will be a first sweet 16 match for VCU, and with a Florida State match-up to come, one of these outsiders will push on for s hot at the Final Four. The schedule for the round of 16 matches can be seen here.

Tennis - Novak Djokovic continued his blistering start to 2011, winning his 23rd straight match, with an 18-0 record in 2011 after defeating Rafael Nadal in three sets at the Indian Wells masters tournament. After defeating Roger Federer in the semis, Djokovic now overtakes Federer as the number 2 player in the world. In the women's tournament, world number one Caroline Wozniacki defeated Marion Bartoli in three sets.

Rugby - England crashed to defeat in Ireland, ending their dreams of a Grand Slam. However, England still won the tournament after France bounced back from their shock loss to Italy and comfortably defeated Wales in Paris. Scotland overcame Italy to ensure it was the Italians who ended up with the wooden spoon.