Amir Khan was successful in defending his WBA light-welterweight title against Paul McCloskey; least to say in a controversial points decisions. But you would have had to turn four pages in from the back to read any news involving this extraordinary bout.
Lewis Hamilton put in a fantastic performance at the Chinese Grand Prix to see off the challenge of Sebastian Vettel's Red Ball in an exhilarating final five laps; not to mention as well the superb driving skills shown by Mark Webber to climb from 18th on the grid to finish on the podium in third place. However, despite a small image and a few words at the bottom of the back page, it took a while to find the story.
Stoke City reached their first FA Cup final in all of its clubs history on Sunday against an extremely tough Bolton side. Not only did they succeed in securing the win but they demolished Owen Coyle's team with some Barcelonaesque passing and movement to face Manchester City at Wembley for one of English football most prestigious awards.
Of course there was the massive Manchester derby that was watched by nearly every football fan as well.
And finally Arsenal V Liverpool; a game that outlined the excitement and heartbreak that is football. It was a game that summed up just how unpredictable football can be with two very late minute penalties after a highly competitive contest.
So the UK's number one selling tabloid had a chance to show just how the Uk's brightest sportsmen had shown on this sport-filled weekend, but just like Liverpool manager, Kenny Dagliesh, had predicted they chose otherwise.
The leading headline and the main picture of the back page sport illustrated the war of words between Arsene Wenger and his Liverpool counter partner after Dagliesh had told Wenger to "Piss off".
Yet again we say thank you to this Pessimistic "Comic" that is The Sun, they make us feel so proud of our sport in this country.
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