Southampton made the shock decision to sack their manager Nigel Adkins (after a come-from-behind draw at Chelsea) and replace him with Mauricio Pochettino. The Argentinean took charge of the Saints in their 0-0 draw with Everton at St Mary’s on Monday.

The Black Caps beat the Proteas by 27 runs in Kimberley on Tuesday to clinch the one-day international series 2-0. Five run-outs were the undoing of an inexperienced South African batting line-up.

Bradford City became the first fourth-tier club to reach a major English domestic cup final for 51 years on Tuesday when they held off Aston Villa for a 4-3 aggregate win in the Capital One Cup semifinal.

South Africa got their Africa Cup of Nations campaign on track with a much-improved performance to secure a 2-0 victory against Angola in Group A on Wednesday. Siyabonga Sangweni and Lehlohonolo Majoro scored for the hosts.

Swansea City knocked out Chelsea to reach the League Cup final, but Wednesday's second leg is more likely to be remembered for the bizarre sending off of Eden Hazard for kicking a ballboy who was time-wasting by lying on the ball.

Phil Hughes returned to form with a century to lead Australia to a series-levelling 32-run win over Sri Lanka in the final one-day cricket international at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Wednesday.

South Africa narrowly avoided a home-series whitewash at the hands of New Zealand when Ryan McLaren hit a six off the last ball to secure a one-wicket victory in the final one-day international in Potchefstroom on Friday.

Victoria Azarenka successfully defended her Australian Open title and retained the number one world ranking after coming from a set down to beat a battered and bruised Li Na in three sets on Saturday.

Australia’s Twenty20 poster boy David Warner's unbeaten 90 was in vain as Sri Lanka beat Australia by five wickets in the first Twenty20 International on Saturday at Sydney's Olympic Stadium.

Luton Town, still reeling from three successive relegations and their infamous 30-point deduction in 2008, produced the greatest upset in the FA Cup for 24 years when they beat Premier League team Norwich City 1-0 at Carrow Road on Saturday.

Englishman Chris Wood stroked in an eagle on the last hole to win his first European Tour title in spectacular style at the Qatar Masters in Doha on Saturday. Wood held his nerve to shoot a 69 to beat South Africa’s George Coetzee and Sergio Garcia of Spain by one shot.

Novak Djokovic became the first man to win three successive Australian Open titles in the professional era when he beat third-seed Andy Murray in four sets on Sunday.

The magic of the FA Cup returned with a weekend of upsets in the fourth round. Oldham beat Liverpool thanks to two goals from Matt Smith, Leeds beat Spurs and Chelsea just survived at Brentford.

Itumeleng Khune celebrates a late equaliser for South Africa that saw the hosts go through to the quarterfinals of the 2013 African Cup of Nations on Sunday. Cape Verde clinched their place in the quarterfinals with a 2-1 victory over Angola in the night's other game, which was played simultaneously, thanks to a goal in injury time.

Cape Verde's fairytale run in the Africa Cup of Nations continued when they qualified for the quarterfinals thanks to a 2-1 win over Angola in a final-round Group A match in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.

Lionel Messi hit four goals for leaders Barcelona against Osasuna and Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a hat-trick for Real Madrid against Getafe as the two teams warmed up for their midweek King's Cup semifinal clash with crushing La Liga victories on Sunday. Messi became the youngest-ever player to score 200 Liga goals, while Ronaldo brought up his 300th club goal for Real.

Tigers Woods held a six-shot lead at 17 under par when fourth-round play was suspended by darkness at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on Sunday. The world No 2 has 11 holes to complete later on Monday.