Cricket
IPL 2024
Neither Mumbai nor Chennai made it to the playoffs! That's rare.
RCB fans face disappointment again.
India W Tour of Bangladesh, 3rd - 5th T20Is
Clean sweep! 'Nuff said.
Zimbabwe M Tour of Bangladesh, 1st - 5th T20Is
Bangladesh dominated the first two matches, narrowly won the next two, and Zimbabwe stole a consolation win at the end.
Pakistan W Tour of England, 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs
I just need to know how Pakistan managed to lose both tour matches.
Pakistan M Tour of Ireland, 1st-3rd T20Is
Ireland stole a win at the start and got our hopes up. Then Pakistan won the next two matches in convincing fashion.
Bangladesh M Tour of USA, 1st-3rd T20Is
USA stuns by winning the first two matches??? And then they had the complacency to rest some of their first-choice players for the third match??? The confidence, the disrespect! Bangladesh did win that third match by a full 10 wickets for a consolation win but this was a stunner.
South Africa M Tour of West Indies, 1st-3rd T20Is
West Indies might be turning back into a serious force to contend with, having done a clean sweep.
Formula 1
Miami GP
Shocking news from the Red Bull garage this weekend as a huge torrent of rumours is confirmed - superstar car designer Adrian Newey will be leaving the team's trackside operations immediately, and will be quitting the team at the end of the year! Big, big blow for Red Bull Racing.
And as if to be poetic, Lando Norris wins his first race, beating out Max Verstappen. Norris qualified 5th but opted for a late pitstop, and benefitted from a Safety Car to put him into the lead.
Ricciardo also scored his first points of the season in the sprint race.
Emilia-Romagna GP
Verstappen won this one, but he was being hunted down at the end by Norris. The fans did pile on Norris for not being able to make the overtake stick, but I think that's unfair. These cars have a lot of dirty air (again) and overtaking at Imola with these massive cars is not easy. Norris gets a lot of undeserved (and blind) hate from the fans.
Monaco GP
Perez qualified badly, crashed on lap 1. Many people think it's Magnussen's fault, but in my opinion Perez knew Magnussen was there and yet left no room. The wall does curve, which makes assigning blame difficult, but ultimately on Lap 1 you can't say a lot.
Carlos had collided with Piastri and lost a lot of places, but the red flag caused by the Perez-Magnussen crash let him reset his position.
After the red flag, everyone changed their tyres and the race effectively became a no-stop, with everyone driving real slow just to keep the tyres alive till the chequered flag. With minimal tyre degradation, there were no overtakes. This led to the race becoming more of a parade in 4 groups. Verstappen was sandwiched between Russell and Hamilton, the latter making a free pitstop (with Tsunoda being a lap down) to try to overtake Verstappen. He was told to take a normal outlap, which meant Verstappen could pit and come out ahead, leading to a lot of headache for Mercedes fans.
Ultimately the race was won by the polesitter, Leclerc, whose run of bad luck at home finally came to an end. The race was boring but the commentator's speech at the end was amazing.
Formula E
Berlin E-Prix
Lots of drivers had to go for their WEC commitments, leading to a lot of reserve drivers taking the wheel here. In the midst of all this, Barnard (subbing in for Bird) scored points in both races!
Shanghai E-Prix
First race at this F1 circuit, even if it's on a modified layout. Last lap battle with Cassidy not being able to make full use of his saved energy in Race 1. Fun racing!