Wales won, Liverpool got back on track and Romelu Lukaku gave Inter Milan a lightning-quick lead.
Controversial refereeing decisions blighted Wales ' Six Nations win over England at the Millennium Stadium, and Sunday's Premier League draw between Chelsea and Manchester United .
Jurgen Klopp 's Liverpool got back on track with a win over Sheffield United while Romelu Lukaku kept Inter Milan on top of Serie A in double-quick time.
Here the PA news agency takes a look through the images that have defined this sporting weekend:
Josh Adams scored a controversial opening try for Wales against England (David Davies/PA) Ireland cruised to Six Nations victory over Italy in Rome (Marco Iacobucci/PA) John Stones grabbed the winner as Manchester City extended their winning run to 20 games (Clive Brunskill/PA) Curtis Jones scored his first league goal of the season as Liverpool beat Sheffield United (Lee Smith/PA) Chelsea's Premier League clash with Manchester United ended in a controversial draw (Ian Walton/PA) Celtic edged past Aberdeen in their first game since the departure of Neil Lennon (Andrew Milligan/PA) Romelu Lukaku scored after just 32 seconds as Inter Milan beat Genoa 3-0 in Serie A (Luca Bruno/AP) Everton edged a 3-2 win over Tottenham in the WSL (Adam Davy/PA) Tritonic emerged as a strong Cheltenham contender by winning the Adonis Juvenile Hurdle at Kempton (Alan Crowhurst/PA) Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks brought Brooklyn Nets' eight-game winning streak to an end in the NBA (John Minchillo/AP) Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy was one of the players at the Workday Championship to wear Tiger Woods 's traditional final-round colours of red and black in honour of the golfer, who continues to recover in hospital following a car crash (Phelan M Ebenhack/AP)