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Sky Sports take a look at the winners and losers from the past week

It has been another bumper week of sporting action, but as always we have sifted our way through the thrills and spills to bring you the highlights and lowlights from the last seven days.

Bad Week

Catalan Dragons It was not for the want of trying, but Catalan Dragons became the first victims to fall as the Super League season entered the knockout stages with round one of the play-offs. Laurent Frayssinous' men made a trip to the KC Stadium on a wet and windy Thursday night, only to return to France bruised after losing 14-4 in a fiercely contested encounter. As the rain persisted in East Yorkshire the Dragons sorely missed the kicking game of Scott Dureau, who missed the end of the season with a quad injury. Hull FC managed to repel almost everything the visitors could muster as the Dragons head back to Perpignan slayed, as their dreams of Super League title enter a 14th year. Mo Farah "Mo Farah having a bad week," I hear thousands of Brits cry? Monday morning's newspapers are awash with a very unfamiliar sight for British sports fans. No 'Mo-Bot' this time, anguish painted across the face of the double world and Olympic champion as he crossed the line second to arch rival Kenenisa Bekele. British hero Farah chased down his nemesis in the Great North Run to no avail on Sunday as Bekele clinched a thrilling sprint finish. There was a solitary second between the pair at the line after Farah made a late surging attempt to hunt down the Ethiopian. An unaccustomed taste left in the 30-year-old's mouth. Eli Manning Who would want to be a younger brother? The American Football quarterback continues to endure heartache in the shadow of his older brother, Peyton. Eli was once again unable to break the shackles as Manning Senior landed two touchdown passes as Denver Broncos racked up a 41-23 victory over the New York Giants. Manning Junior has never prevailed against his elder sibling and Sunday's rout was the third time the Giants have been slayed by Peyton. The now Broncos quarterback starred twice for the Indianapolis Colts and took centre stage yet again with 307 yards and 30-of-43 passes completed. Ian Holloway The Crystal Palace boss could only watch from the stands at Old Trafford as his side were beaten 2-0 by defending champions Manchester United in a game marred by controversy. Holloway was banished from the touchline and fined £18,000 following his comments regarding a contentious penalty decision in the aftermath of Palace's defeat to Tottenham. How could the outspoken extrovert resist vocalising his opinions again? Well, "I can't afford it," said the man famed for airing his views on the controversial points. United's Ashley Young was booked for diving and could well have been dismissed for the same offence in a second incident, in which Kagisho Dikgacoi instead saw red and Palace were one-nil down to a Robin van Persie penalty. Red? Doesn't even come close to describing the colour of Holloway's face.

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