Gallery: Weekend In Sport
As is tradition, the FA Cup third round kicked off the 2024 football calendar with sixth-tier side Maidstone United proving the biggest upset. We’ve looked back at all of the highlights…
National League South side Maidstone United secured a historic FA Cup win by defeating EFL League One’s Stevenage.
Sam Corne’s first-half penalty sent the lowest-ranked team remaining in this season’s competition through to the fourth round for the first time since their reformation in 1992.
Maidstone, fourth in National League South, had already pulled off a shock this season by beating League Two promotion-chasers Barrow in the second round.
Before Christmas, the FA extended its partnership with Mitre, which sees the Emirates FA cup continue to use Mitre footballs in the tournament.
Jack Lisowski claimed a 6-2 win over world champion Luca Brecel as the 50th edition of the Masters got under way in stunning fashion at Alexandra Palace.
Breaks of 70, 100, 96 and 69 gave England’s Lisowski a commanding 4-0 lead at the mid-session interval.
The Belgian rallied with runs of 80 and 72 but Lisowski sealed his win with breaks of 63 and 68.
Lisowski will now face Shaun Murphy in the quarter-finals on Thursday after he beat Chinese debutant Zhang Anda 6-2.
The World Snooker Tour (WST) announced the renewal of a long-term partnership with BetVictor last year.
Liverpool grabbed two late goals to be beat Arsenal 0-2 at the Emirates Stadium in the FA Cup third round.
Despite a dominant first-half display from the Gunners, a failure to finish their chances meant that the sides remained level at the break.
Liverpool improved in the second half with a Jakub Kiwior own goal opening the scoring before Luis Diaz secured the win in the closing seconds of the match.
In the match, Arsenal wore an all-white kit as part of the club’s No More Red campaign.
Jack Draper opened with an impressive straight-set win over Sebastian Baez at the Adelaide International but fellow Briton Katie Boulter lost.
Draper comfortably beat the 26th-ranked Baez 6-1 6-3 as he continues his preparations for the Australian Open.
However, British number one Boulter suffered a 6-3 6-4 defeat by Romania’s Anna Bogdan in the women’s event.
Another British tennis star, Cameron Norrie, was announced at the top of the ATP’s Carbon Tracker last week.
Gloucester fell to a record-breaking ninth consecutive Premiership defeat as they were beaten 17-10 by rivals Bath.
Ruan Ackermann and an Adam Hastings penalty gave the visitors a 10-5 half-time lead at the Rec, with Bath’s score through Tom de Glanville.
Will Muir’s try levelled things up and a second from De Glanville put Bath in control.
Victory sees Bath move up to third while Gloucester remain without a league win since 20 October.
Last year, Premiership Rugby renewed its partnership agreement with Land Rover Defender.
