If you slept through the weekend, here's what you missed:
EPL - the English Premier league opened up, with Manchester United jumping out to an early advantage over their expected rivals for the title. A predictable late goal gave United a 2-1 win at West Brom, while Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal all drew (Manchester City play Monday). Adding to Arsenal's woes, they had Gervinho sent off, while Fabregas is supposedly on his way back to Barcelona for somewhat less than Arsenal were asking.
EPL - the English Premier league opened up, with Manchester United jumping out to an early advantage over their expected rivals for the title. A predictable late goal gave United a 2-1 win at West Brom, while Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal all drew (Manchester City play Monday). Adding to Arsenal's woes, they had Gervinho sent off, while Fabregas is supposedly on his way back to Barcelona for somewhat less than Arsenal were asking.
Golf - A rollercoaster conclusion to the US PGA saw Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley fight out a thriller which looked all over when Bradley triple-bogeyed the 15th hole. At that stage, Dufner had a five shot lead over Bradley, but that disappeared as Dufner bogeyed 15 through 17, while Bradley bounced back to birdie 16 and 17 - the last with a monster putt that he nearly replicated for a birdie on 18. Bradley went into the clubhouse at 8 under, tied with Dufner who was hitting off back on the tee. Dufner managed to land his second shot in the middle of the green, leaving a similar putt to Keegan's, and safely got down in two to send the contest to a three-hole playoff.
Momentum was all with the red-shirted rookie Bradley, not to mention the four shot advantage he had just experienced over the playoff holes, 16 through 18. However, it was Dufner who had the first advantage when he nearly holed his second shot on 16, missing by a ball's width. It drifted only a few feet past, but Bradley hit a phenomenal shot inside that, and made his putt after Dufner missed, taking a one shot advantage. Onto the 17th, where, as he had done in regulation, Dufner three-putted to give Bradley a two shot lead heading to 18.
After they finished in near identical spots on the 18th green, Dufner made his putt to pressure Bradley, but the rookie in his first ever major was able to safely get down in two to clinch a fantastic victory. Once again, the majors have thrown up another first time major winner as Tiger Woods' fall from preeminence has left a vacancy that no one else can get close to filling.
Momentum was all with the red-shirted rookie Bradley, not to mention the four shot advantage he had just experienced over the playoff holes, 16 through 18. However, it was Dufner who had the first advantage when he nearly holed his second shot on 16, missing by a ball's width. It drifted only a few feet past, but Bradley hit a phenomenal shot inside that, and made his putt after Dufner missed, taking a one shot advantage. Onto the 17th, where, as he had done in regulation, Dufner three-putted to give Bradley a two shot lead heading to 18.
After they finished in near identical spots on the 18th green, Dufner made his putt to pressure Bradley, but the rookie in his first ever major was able to safely get down in two to clinch a fantastic victory. Once again, the majors have thrown up another first time major winner as Tiger Woods' fall from preeminence has left a vacancy that no one else can get close to filling.
AFL - after some blow out victories in recent weeks, league leaders Collingwood and Geelong were run closer this week, but both pulled out close victories over resurgent St Kilda and Adelaide respectively. Elsewhere, Hawthorm, Carlton and West Coast all registered impressive victories, headlined by the Hawks 165 point drubbing of a demoralised Port Power. Essendon registered a crucial win over the Bulldogs, while the Swans and Fremantle's losses keeps their fans fingernails in danger, and North Melbourne's fans hoping to steal 8th spot. The ladder looks like this with three rounds remaining.
Cricket - England moved to the number one spot in the Test cricket rankings with a crushing win over India in the third test, taking a 3-0 lead in the four test series. With the exception of MS Dhoni, the Indian batsmen again provided little resistance to England's seamers. Bowled out for 224 and 244, Dhoni's 77 and 74 not out were India's only half-centuries in the game, while England's 7/710 contained a century and three fifties in addition to the minor matter of Cook's 294 as England swept home by a massive innings and 242 runs.
Over in Sri Lanka, Australia have bounced back from the 2-0 loss in the Twenty20 series to take the first two matches in the five-match ODI series. With the batting line-up bolstered by the experienced Clarke and Ponting, Australia have looked a more formidable side in registering two convincing victories.
Rugby - as the World Cup nears, England lost 19-9 to Wales in Cardiff, and Australia had a rare win in South Africa, taking the Tri Nations clash 14-9.
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