This week in Sports History:
1887 – Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen
1936 – Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
1966 – Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
1930 – 4th Test Cricket WI v England ends in a draw after nine days
What happened This Weekend In Sports:
| Formula 1 | |
| 2015 Chinese Grand Prix | 1- Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes2- Sebastian Vettel – Ferrari
3- Nico Rosberg – Mercedes |
| Man runs on Shangai track | Concerns were sparked when a man ran across the track at the Chinese Shanghai International circuit at the Grand Prix that took place this weekend. |
| James Allison flies high in F1 | The British Engineer who transformed Ferrari’s fortune keeps sane by flying his plane when he gets time off. |
| Football | |
| La Liga | Real Madrid 3 – 0 EibarMálaga 2 – 2 Atlético Madrid
Sevilla 2 – 2 Barcelona Celta Vigo 6 – 1 Rayo Almería 3 – 0 Granada Getafe CF 1 – 1 Villarreal Espanyol 1 – 0 Athletic Real Sociedad 2 – 2 Deportivo Córdoba 0 – 2 Elche |
| Bundesliga | Hannover 96 1 – 1 Hertha BSCBayern Munich 3 – 0 EintrachtMönchengladbach 3 – 1 DortmundSchalke 04 0 – 0 SC FreiburgMainz 05 2 – 3 Bayer
Paderborn 2 – 1 FC Augsburg Hamburger SV 0 – 2 Wolfsburg 1. FC Köln 3- 2 Hoffenheim VfB Stuttgart 3 – 2 Werder |
| Horse Racing | |
| Stewards called in over Adelaide’s baby oil treatment ahead of Queen Elizabeth Stakes | Applying baby oil to the testicles of race horses, which is referred to as a common practice to help lubricate the galloping action, will be taken to rule makers an maybe in future be barred. |
| Elite Criterion has more to give after Queen Elizabeth Stakes win | David Hayes is excited about the upcoming challenges over the next 12 months for him and his horse, Queen Elizabeth. |
| Cricket | |
| Indian Premier League | RR – KXIP: RR won by 26 runsCSK –SRH:CSK won by 45 runsKKR – RCB: RCB won by 3 wicketsDD – RR: RR won by 3 wicketsKXIP – MI: KXIP won by 18 runs |
| Tennis | |
| Rankings for the ATP as far | 1 Novak Djokovic 132052 Roger Federer 8895
3 Andy Murray 6060 4 Kei Nishikori 5280 5 Rafael Nadal 5255 |
| Rankings for the WTA as far | 1 Serena Williams 99812 Maria Sharapova 7890
3 Simona Halep 7571 4 Petra Kvitová 6060 5 Caroline Wozniacki 4675 |
| Golf | |
| 2015 FedExCup – Standings through: The Masters | 1 – Jordan Spieth -18 $1,800,000T2 – Phil Mickelson -14 $880,000T
2 – Justin Rose -14 $880,000 4 – Rory McIlroy -12 $480,000 |
“If at first you don’t succeed, you are running about average.”
– M.H. Alderson
