As promised (though a day late), here is my first ever weekend review of sport - a feature that will be continued every week on either a Tuesday or a Wednesday.
Football:
Firstly, it was a good weekend for Arsenal football club. Despite not signing anyone, the gunners registered their first win of the Premier league season over Fulham and ensured they will once again play in the champions league after a convincing 5-0 aggregate win over Turkish side Fenerbahce. Fans will hope that with the attraction of Champions league football assured, some of the world's better players will be lured to the Emirates stadium.
However, the game of the weekend between champions Utd and Mourinho's Chelsea did not live up to its billing, resulting in a rather lame goalless draw that sees both sides drop valuable points very early into the season.
This weekend was also one filled with shock results as newly promoted sides Cardiff and Hull both won, over Man City and Norwich respectively. They were even more accomplished feats as Cardiff went a goal down and Hull had to play the majority of the game with ten men after Sagbo was sent off for an off the ball challenge.
There were also wins for Spurs, Stoke and Liverpool as the reds and Tottenham continued their winning starts to the season.
F1:
Seb Vettel extended his lead in the drivers championships with a win in the Belgian grand prix at Spa. He led the Ferrari of Alonso and Hamilton's Mercedes over the line in a tense and exciting race, though the winner was never really in doubt. After overtaking Hamilton on the first lap, Vettel led the whole way to the finish and his nearest rival is now Alonso, who started exceedingly well to jump from mid-grid to 3rd instantly before overtaking Hamilton halfway through the race. There was also a strong performance from Button to register one of Maclaren's best performances of the season, whilst fellow Brit Di Resta crashed out. Also, Raikkonen, Vettel's previous closest rival, retired from the race to end his astonishing run of race finishes in the points - spanning 34 races!
Cricket:
The ashes finished with a thrilling draw as England's chase was cut short by bad light with only 21 runs and 4 overs remaining. It was set up by an attacking declaration from Michael Clarke in order to try to generate the first Australian win, but it so nearly backfired as the light saved Australia's blushes from a 4-0 series defeat.
In the Women's ashes, England need just one more win from the remaining two T20s to take the Ashes as they hold an 8-4 lead in the series (2 points for a win).
Tennis:
The US Open got underway on Monday and their were wins for Nadal, Williams and Djokovic over Monday and Tuesday. There were also victories for Britain's Dan Evans, against the 11th seed in straight sets, and Laura Robson. However, Heather Watson lost in three sets to the in-form Halep. Andy Murray begins his title defense tonight.
Overall it was a thrilling weekend of sporting action and this coming week now brings the close of the transfer window, the US open and the T20s between England and Australia for both the Women and Men.
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