West Bromwich Albion managed to stop the great run of Crystal Palace by beating them 2 – 0 in round 33 of Premier League. Everton defeated Burnley 1 – 0 with a Kevin Mirallas strike. Leicester City is fighting hard for survival in the elite, and winning against Swansea City 2 – 0 is a great step. Stoke City was better than Southampton 2 – 1 at home. Chelsea overpowered Manchester United thanks to a goal by Eden Hazard in the derby of the day and made a huge step towards winning the title.
Arsenal is the first finalist of FA Cup after beating Reading 2 – 1 after overtime. Hero of the team from London was Alexis Sanchez who scored both goals for his team.
Both finalists of ATP 1000 – Monte Carlo Rolex Masters tournament are now known. Tomas Berdych needed only 68 minutes to eliminate Gael Monfils 2 – 0 (6 – 1, 6 – 4). Eight-ranked tennis player on ATP list will meet World Number One, Novak Djokovic, in the final. Serb dominated over Rafael Nadal 2 – 0 (6 – 3, 6 – 3) to reach another final.
Barcelona defeated Valencia at home, with goals by Luis Suarez in the first and Lionel Messi in the last minute of the match, in round 32 of Liga BBVA. Atletico Madrid defeated Deportivo La Coruna 2 – 0, while their opponent in the upcoming Champions League match, Real Madrid, defeated Malaga 3 – 1. In the final match of the day Athletic Bilbao was convincing against Getafe in 4 – 0 win.
Cesena got the important point in their survival battle, as they played without scoring at Sampdoria. In the other Serie A match of the day Juventus beat Lazio with two goals in first thirty minutes.
Bayer Leverkusen was powerful at home demolishing Hannover 96 4 – 0 in round 29 of Bundesliga. Bayern Munich awaits Porto in Champions League quarterfinal rematch after winning on the road at Hoffenheim 2 – 0. Hertha Berlin and FC Cologne played without scoring and visitors celebrated 2 – 3 in a duel between Freiburg and Mainz 05. After shocking news that coach Jürgen Klopp will leave the team at the end of the season, Borussia Dortmund won 3 – 0 against Paderborn. In the last match of the day Augsburg defeated VfB Stuttgart 2 – 1.
Paris Saint-Germain won three important points on the road at Nice in round 33 of Ligue 1. Game ended in 1 – 3 with two goals by Javier Pastore. Match between Guingamp and Evian ended in 1 – 1, as did the clash between Monaco and Rennes. Metz was better than Lens 3 – 1, while Reims won at Bastia 1 – 2 and Toulouse won at Lorient 0 – 1.
NBA Play-offs are now under way and Washington Wizards made the first surprise by beating Toronto Raptors 93 – 86 on the road. The game was decided after overtime as Raptors managed to tie the game in the final minutes of regular time. Paul Pierce was big for the winning team with 20 points and was helped by Bradley Beal who scored 16 points and had 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Golden State Warriors defeated New Orleans Pelicans as expected although not as easily, 106 – 99. Stephen Curry put up 34 points while Klay Thompson scored 21, with 14 rebounds by Andrew Bogut and 12 by Draymond Green.
Czech Republic is one step away from reaching the finals of FED Cup as they took the 2 – 0 lead over France in the semifinals. Lucie Safarova was better than Caroline Garcia 2 – 1 (4 – 6, 7 – 6, 6 – 1), and Petra Kvitova, best-ranked Czech player, beat Kristina Mladenovic 2 – 0 (6 – 3, 6 – 4). In the other semifinal pair Russia won both matches of the day against Germany. Veteran Svetlana Kuznetsova was better than Julia Goerges 2 – 0 (6 – 4, 6 – 4). Anastasia Pavlychenkova lost the first set to Sabine Lisicki but still got the vital 2 – 1 (4 – 6, 7 – 6, 6 – 3) win for her country.
Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes AMG will start from the pole position in Bahrain Grand Prix. He will be joined in the front row by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari, with their teammates Nico Rosberg and Kimi Räikkönen starting third and fourth. Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa of Williams will be in the third row with again no drivers of McLaren-Honda in top 10. Bahrain Grand Prix is set to start on Sunday at 18:00.