Football
It was a fabulous weekend for Chelsea as they won 3-1 at title rivals
Manchester City in Saturday’s early kick off to go four points clear of City at
the top of the table. Chelsea came from behind to record their eighth
successive victory, before City saw Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho sent off in a
melee just before the final whistle – both players will serve lengthy
suspensions.
More excellent news for Chelsea came the following day when Liverpool
surrendered a 3-1 lead in the last 14 minutes to lose 4-3 at Bournemouth.
Liverpool are also four points off the pace.
Arsenal took advantage of defeats for City and Liverpool to move into
second place with a 5-1 win over West Ham. Alexis Sanchez bagged a hat-trick,
and some of the goals scored by Sanchez and his team-mates were genuine
contenders for Goal of the Month.
Another North London side scoring five were Tottenham. Harry Kane and
Christian Eriksen both scored twice in a 5-0 win over Swansea. The Welsh side
now return to the bottom of the table.
Manchester United may be becoming increasingly concerned about the
number of late goals they are conceding. A Leighton Baines penalty two minutes
from time secured Everton a 1-1 draw after United had taken the lead. United
are not only 13 points off the top of the table but are as many as nine points
adrift of fourth place.
West Brom are up to seventh after beating Watford 3-1.
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew may have been facing the sack if his
side lost to Southampton, but has players responded in the right way and
delivered a 3-0 win. Christian Benteke scored twice.
Sunderland’s revival continues as they beat Leicester 2-0, continuing
the champions’ woeful away form – they have just one point on the road so far
this season.
Stoke’s good recent form continued with a 2-0 win over Burnley.
Newcastle still lead the Championship, despite a second successive
defeat. The Magpies had two sent off as they lost 2-1 at Nottingham Forest.
However, Brighton missed the chance to take over at the top when they were held
0-0 at Cardiff.
Preston had two players sent off for fighting with each other in a 2-1
defeat by Sheffield Wednesday.
National League side Barrow beat League One Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the
second round of the FA Cup. Another non-league side beating Football League
opposition were Sutton, who won by the same score against Cheltenham. There
will be a third non-league team in Monday night’s draw as Eastleigh drew 3-3
with Halifax.
Curzon Ashton were dreaming of being the fourth non-league side in the
hat when they stormed into a 3-0 lead against Wimbledon, only to see their lead
disintegrate in the last 10 minutes as Wimbledon ran out 4-3 winners.
Rugby Union
England completed a remarkable year by beating Australia 37-21 to extend
their winning run to 14 matches. After a shaky start, England came through by
scoring four tries, two from Jonathan Joseph. If England retain their Six
Nations title next year and complete a Grand Slam in the process, they will
break New Zealand’s record of 18 consecutive international victories.
Third-placed Bath beat leaders Saracens 14-11 in the English Premiership
to move within three points of the pace. Second-placed Wasps beat Worcester
26-12.
Leicester and Exeter both won, so the East Midlands side remain one
point ahead of the West Country team in fourth place.
Welsh flanker Dan Lydiate will miss the Six Nations and the British
Lions tour next summer after suffering a cruciate ligament injury.
Motor Racing
Only days after winning his first Formula One world title, Nico Rosberg has
announced his retirement from the sport. The German driver held off a late
surge from Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to win the title by five points.
Boxing
Britain’s Billy Joe Saunders
retained his WBO world middleweight title, but not without a scare, as he only
beat challenger Artur Avakov on a narrow points decision.Snooker
Mark Selby won the UK Championships
with a 10-7 win over Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final.
Golf
Tiger Woods is once again back on
the golf course. The former world number one and winner of 14 majors finished
15th in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
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