It's been another scintillating week of sport around the globe, with England tasting success both at home and on the other side of the world, while the first trophy of the football season was handed out at Wembley.
Audley Harrison
The A-Force is back! Again! Yes, that's right, Audley Harrison will just not go away as he again
won the Prizefighter heavyweights title and yet another comeback for the former Olympic gold medallist is on the cards as he again goes in search of a world heavyweight title fight.
Harrison looked in better shape than ever as he dispatched old foe Martin Rogan en route to a convincing Prizefighter win. The 41-year-old then insisted he was not just a three-round specialist and says he can complete his 'journey' by becoming a world heavyweight champion this year.
Bad Week
David Price
Right at the opposite end of the spectrum to Harrison's weekend was David Price. The giant Liverpudlian lost his unbeaten record in devastating fashion as he suffered a shock second-round knockout at the hands of veteran American Tony Thompson at the Echo Arena on the banks of the Mersey.
Price was
caught around the ear by Thompson which sent him crashing to the canvas, and although he got back on his feet his legs had completely gone the referee waved off the contest to the dismay of most of the 6,000 fans inside the area. Price remains defiant that it is only a setback but it remains to be seen just how his big KO will impact his bid for a world title going forward.
Rory McIlroy
The world's number one golfer was also the subject of a knockout blow over at the WGC World Matchplay golf in Arizona, and he went even earlier than Price as he
lost in the first round against his old friend from the amateurs Shane Lowry.
McIlroy now has to deal with the pressure of being top of the rankings and his mega-money deal with Nike has only intensified that scrutiny. Missing the cut in his first event in Abu Dhabi was bad enough but now a first-round loss has only served to heighten the murmurs around the golfing world about the logic of changing his equipment.
Ireland rugby
Ireland travelled to Murrayfield and totally dominated their Six Nations clash with Scotland, but were left in a state of stunned disbelief as they somehow manage to turn that domination into a 12-8 defeat.
The Irish had
a remarkable 80 per cent of possession at Murrayfield and Scotland even played 10 minutes of the first half with 14 men after Ryan Grant's yellow card, but Ireland could only muster Craig Gilroy's try and a Paddy Jackson penalty - and Scotland's four penalties from Greig Laidlaw gave them an astonishing victory.
