Rearview Mirror

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

Cricket World Cup - India proved too good for Sri Lanka in the final. See the write-up here. 


NCAA - The Final Four on Saturday saw two excting games, and a return to the final for Butler who were able to see off Virginia Commonwealth 70-62.  In Monday's final they will meet Connecticut, who overcame Kentucky 56-55 in a tense match.

AFL - Round 2 saw another convincing performance from reigning premier Collingwood, another draw, and a thumping for debutants Gold Coast. Collingwood dominated North Melbourne throughout the game to run out 87 point winners with Travis Cloke kicking five goals while Dane Swan finished with 40 possessions. Gold Coast made their debut in the AFL, but the party was spoilt by a ruthless visiting Carlton side. The Blues blitzed Gold Coast in the first quarter, all but ending the contest with a nine goal to one rout, but kicked on to win by 117 points. Chris Judd outclassed Suns skipped Gary Ablett, and was well supported by Murphy and Gibbs, while Garlett and Walker finished with five apiece up front. In the second draw in two weeks, St kilda went a behind closer to winning this week, but split the points with a gallant Richmond side.

In other matches, Geelong ground out a tough win at Fremantle, West Coast had a good win away to Port Adelaide, Sydney ran down a near five goal deficit to sneak the points against Essendon, and Hawthorn kicked badly but still had too much for Melbourne. 

EPL - It was all Manchester on the weekend as Arsenal and Chelsea were held to draws by Blackburn and Stoke, while Manchester United came from two down to win 4-2 at West Ham with a hat-trick from Wayne Rooney. On Sunday, Manchester City put five past Sunderland in a match that was pretty much all over when Tevez made it 2-0 after 14 minutes. Arsenal now trail United by seven points with a game in hand.