Guangzhou Evergrand top league after weekend
Starting with football, and here in China reigning champions Guangzhou Evergrande are now top of the superleague after thrashing Tianjin Teda 5-2 on Friday.
But just behind them are Beijing Guoan who beat Guizhou Renhe 2-1 to take them level on points with Evergrande on 15.
Moving through the weekend, Shanghai East Asia FC now sit third after defeating Changchun Yatai 1-0. A goal by Jiayu Wang in just the sixth minute was the only one in that match.
Also on Saturday Shangdong Luneng beat Hangzhou Greentown 2-0 and now sit fourth in the Chinese superleague.
Moving on to Sunday Guangzhou R and F scored a convincing 4-0 victory over Henan Jianye to move to fifth in the league.
Rodrigues and Abderrazak Hamdallah combined to score two goals a piece in that game.
Liverpool on course for Premiereship title
Now looking to English football and…
Liverpool have now gone a step closer to clinching the Premiere League title after a thrilling 3-2 home win against Manchester City.
Liverpool's 10th straight league victory carries them to 77 points, two points ahead of Chelsea - and crucially seven points ahead of Man City who have two games in hand on the Merseyside team.
Liverpool have four games to play and if they win them all they'll claim their first top-flight title in 24 years.
Liverpool Manager Brendan Rodgers is optimistic:
""It was a wonderful game of football and I think it had everything; an incredible amount of credit to the players and the supporters today. I think our game started on the way in; it was totally unique what we received coming in on the coach and that gave us the energy before we even stepped onto the field, and the performance level today of the players was sensational really."
Chelsea who have played the same number of matches as Liverpool are now on 75 points after defeating Swansea City 1-0 away.
Mo Farah 'disappointed' by London Marathon result
Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah has said he is disappointed following his marathon debut in London yesterday.
The double Olympic gold medalist in the 5 and 10 thousand metres was a hot favourite ahead of the starting pistol, but went on to finish in eighth place, just shy of the British record.
But he says he's not going to give up so easily:
"Eighth, I am disappointed 100 per cent, but as a champion I have won on a track, medals, world championships, Olympics. That is as big as it gets. For marathon, it is a challenge, I want to know that I can run a great marathon. The same as achieving medals on the track."
Farah's time of 2:08'21 was over a minute slower than the British Marathon record set by Steve Jones in 1985 which he had been targeting and 5 seconds off the Welshman's London record time.
Meanwhile the winner of the race yesterday was well ahead of that. World record holder Wilson Kipsang won for a second time in London setting a course record over 26.2 miles of 2:04'27.
Second place went to fellow Kenyan athlete Staley Biwott.
The Kenyan's also wrapped up the women's event as Edna Kipalgat pipped her compatriot Florence Kipalgat by just three seconds with a time of 2:20'21.
Home athletes dominate at North Korean marathon
Staying with marathon running briefly there was another event over the distance yesterday as North Korea invited runners of all abilities to Pyongyang.
In all 400 foreigners attended the event which marked 102nd anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea.
According to state media runners from 15 countries took part including from China, Russia, Namibia, South Africa and Kenya with amateurs joining from Germany, Norway, Switzerland and Australia among others.
North Korean Pak Chol won the men's category, with Rwandan Mvuyekure Jean Pierre finishing second and Ukrainian Babaryka Ivan third. North Koreans swept all medals for the women's race, with Kim Hye Gyong finishing first.
The men's winning time was 2:12'26 while and the fastest woman came home in a time of 2:27'04.
Bubba Watson claims second masters
In Golf
Bubba Watson has clinched his second Masters in three years with a three-shot victory at Augusta National.
The 35-year-old held off an inspired challenge from his playing partner, Jordan Spieth.
Spieth led by two shots after four holes but Watson took advantage of a slight stumble in his fellow American's game, and upped his own around the turn to take control over the back nine.
He mixed five birdies with two bogeys to card a three-under-par 69 on the last afternoon posting an eight-under total of 280 overall.
The man from Bagdad in Florida was thrilled to be compared to others who have achieved the same feat.
"Yeah, it's overwhelming, you know, to win twice, to be with the great names that you just said, again, small town guy named Bubba now has two green jackets, it's pretty wild, I know my mom probably watched at home, I wish she was here, but yeah, it's pretty cool."
Spieth who, at 20-years-old, was aiming to become the youngest player to win the Masters, had to settle for a share of second place at five under after signing off with a 72, finishing level with Swede Jonas Blixt (71).