Weekend Talking Points: Dons lead cupsets, as Djok, Osaka and Rose win

We round-up all the weekend’s sporting action

A busy weekend of sport saw Premier League clubs go tumbling in the FA Cup, England get a humbling in the West Indies and Novak Djokovic land a record-breaking seventh Australian Open.

There was also success for Naomi Osaka and Justin Rose, while Cheltenham Trials Day gave us plenty of pointers ahead of the Festival in March. You can read about it all in this weekend’s talking points.

Dons lead the way in weekend of Cupsets

20 Premier League clubs entered the FA Cup at the third round stage. 13 have already been eliminated. Arsenal, Burnley, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur are amongst the latest batch of sides to be sent packing from the competition.

That quartet all suffered defeats by fellow top-flight opposition. The same cannot be said of West Ham United and Everton. The Hammers were humbled 4-2 by League One side AFC Wimbledon, while Everton were downed 3-2 by Millwall at The Den.

It capped a weekend of cup shocks, which see Manchester City as the 7/4 favourites for the competition, ahead of Manchester United at 7/2.

Djokovic and Osaka do the business Down Under

Can anyone stop Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka? Judging by the weekend’s Australian Open Finals it would seem not. Djok racked up a straight sets victory over Rafael Nadal to make it a record seven tournament wins Down Under, while Osaka won in three sets against 8th seed Petra Kvitova.

It means the pair have each won the last two Grand Slam titles in the Men’s and Women’s Singles competitions. Can they make it three apiece at the French Open in May? Djokovic is 15/8 for Roland Garros success, with Osaka an 8/1 shot behind Simona Halep and Serena Williams.