Weekend Wrap: The Biggest Moments In This Weekend’s Sport
7 years ago - Sportingbase
In this segment, we bring you a look at the biggest sporting moments of the past weekend.
This week saw upsets, redemption and high scores:
Supercars
Scott McLaughlin won the 2018 Supercars championship for Ford in Newcastle this Sunday, the first series win of his career.
McLaughlin was in a similar position last year when he was controversially penalised in the final moments of the race and ultimately beaten by Jamie Whincup.
There was no cruel twist of fate this year for the New Zealander who came second in the final race of the year, choosing to let David Reynolds pass, instead of risking the championship.
While McLaughlin redeemed himself, there was still some controversy, with Shane van Gisbergen being docked of Saturday’s race win, for refueling breaches, which allowed McLaughlin some space on top of the leaderboard heading into Sunday’s race.
The win is a nice farewell to the Ford Falcon, which will bow out of the Supercars competition, making way for the Ford Mustang in 2019.
The Supercars dished up another of the weekend’s memorable moments as Craig Lowndes was also farewelled on the day, with this year being the last series he’ll compete in full time.
Lowndes raced in the Supercars championship full time for 22 years, and while he only finished 11th in Sunday’s race, he will be remembered as one of the all-time greats.
LSU vs Texas A&M
Louisiana State University and Texas A&M University put on a high-scoring thriller over the weekend in college football.
The game went into a whopping seven overtimes, resulting in a 74-72 scoreline, with the A&M Aggies edging out the win in front of their home crowd.
The scoreline is the highest in history for a Division 1 game.
Wide Receiver Kendrick Rogers made possibly the touchdown catch of the year for Texas in the third overtime, forcing a fourth, where he again scored.
Rogers was also the one to complete the two-point conversion in the seventh overtime, to snag the win.
Tempers did flare after the match, with a staff member from each side appearing to exchange punches on the field following the match.
However, that won’t overshadow the truly memorable and historic game.
Real Madrid trounced
Everyone loves an upset, well perhaps everyone except Real Madrid fans at the moment.
The European giants were defeated 3-0 to Eibar in La Liga over the weekend.
The club now sits down in sixth place, five points adrift of arch-rivals Barcelona.
Many were quick to criticise new goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois for letting three past him.
Courtois transferred to Madrid from Chelsea despite Madrid already having the world-class Keylor Navas between the posts.
On the other hand, former Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is making a great impression at his new club.
He became the quickest player to score 10 goals for Juventus when he scored in their win against SPAL on Saturday.
Chelsea handed first defeat
Tottenham prevailed 3-1 winners against cross-city rivals Chelsea over the weekend, the first time the latter has been defeated this season.
Courtois’ replacement at Chelsea, ‘the world’s most expensive goalkeeper’ Kepa, was also criticised for letting three goals past him.
Two of those came in the first 16 minutes thanks to Dele Alli and Harry Kane.
Son Heung-Min scored a miraculous solo goal in the second half to give Spurs a third.
While substitute Olivier Giroud scored a late consolation goal for Chelsea.
The result puts Tottenham in third, now above Chelsea who are two points behind in fourth.
Manchester City continue to be out in front leaders.
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