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

EPL - summary of the season's last round here. Shortly after the season closed, Chelsea announced their manager Carlo Ancelotti would be leaving only a season after he won the double in his first season at the club. A mid-season slump put him in a hole, and despite a late title run, speculation was rife that he was on his way out in recent months.

NBA - On Sunday, the Miami Heat took a 2-1 lead over the Boston Celtics behind a strong game from Chris Bosh who hit 13 of his last 15 shots to finish with 34 points. On Saturday, the Dallas Mavericks rebounded from the second game loss to win at Oklahoma City and take a 2-1 series lead. Dirk Nowitzki had an off night, but made some crucial late baskets to help the Mavericks hold off a last quarter surge from the Thunder.

AFL - top sides Geelong and Collingwood showed their class and composure to get home in matches against Carlton and Adelaide respectively. Geelong did it the hard way, withstanding a late shot for goal from Carlton that could have won the game, whereas Collingwood hit the Crows with an eleven goal fourth quarter burst that turned a handy lead for the Crows into a comfortable victory for the 'Pies. Elsewhere, West Coast humiliated the Bulldogs, Richmond surprised the Bombers, the Hawks were far too good for Sydney, the Saints struggled past Melbourne, Fremantle were too good for Port Adelaide, and the Brisbane Lions defeated North by 14 points for their first of the season. That Brisbane should win their first with Jonathan Brown playing his first game in eight weeks was no coincidence as the captain kicked four of their six second half goals.

IPL - Mumbai scored 23 runs in the last over to steal a win over Kolkata, ensuring that Sunday's final two group games would be repeated in the finals this week. Bangalore and Chennai will have a rematch in the qualifier on Tuesday, followed by the eliminator between Mumbai and Kolkata on Wednesday. Bangalore finished top of the points table after Chris Gayle hit an unbeaten 75 off 50 balls to lead them to a comfortable victory over Chennai.

French Open - the clay courts at Roland Garros opened for business on Sunday as the French Open kicked off with a couple of first round upsets. On the men's side, Marin Cilic (19th seed) lost in straight sets to the 99th ranked Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, while on the women's side, the highest seed to lose was 18th seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta who went out to Varvara Lepchenko of the USA. Few seeds were in action on the opening day with the highest seeds in action both winning in staright sets - Sam Stosur (8th) and David Ferrer (7th).