There were all the usual heroics on the sporting field and, modern sport being as it is, there's been plenty going off the field as well.
We start with football, and the congress of the sport's scandal-plagued governing body, FIFA, in Mexico City.
President Gianni Infantino has promised a new era of openness and transparency at the organisation.
And to that end, following the scandals over the awarding of hosting rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively, Mr Infantino says the selection of future World Cup hosts needs to be bullet proof.
He says a broad range of criteria now has to be taken into account when selecting a host.
"We have to include human rights requirements, sustainable event management and environmental protection in the bidding documents. We are a modern organisation now and these are topics that an event like the Men's World Cup needs to deal with."
Mr Infantino has also hinted at the co-hosting of World Cup tournaments by more than one country returning as an option, with a joint Argentina-Uruguay bid for the centenary World Cup in 2030 rumoured as an option.
Sadly, discussion of doping is as common as that of corruption in modern sport.
But some accused of drug cheating are trying to fight back.
Former Russian laboratory chief Grigory Rodchenkov has alleged he ran a doping program at the 2014 Winter Olympics, hosted in Russia.
One of those named as a cheat by Mr Rodchenkov, skier Alexander Legkov, says the allegations by the former laboratory chief, who has fled to the United States from Russia since those Winter Olympics, are part of a push against Russia.
"I think this is some political game, people are very strongly positioned against our country, because right now it is one of the strongest countries in this world today and I believe you would absolutely agree with me."
No political games in the AFL- for now anyway- but there was certainly a variety of results in the games played on the field in Round 8.
Richmond upset the Sydney Swans with a goal after the siren to win by one point, whilst Carlton registered their fourth win in a row with a two-point victory over Port Adelaide.
But not all games could be that close.
Collingwood got a much-needed win by annihilating the Brisbane Lions, and West Coast beat St Kilda by more than 100 points in Perth - the Saints kicking only three goals in the match.
And then, Greater Western Sydney.
The Giants are finally living up to their name in their fifth season in the competition.
On Saturday, they won their fifth consecutive match, beating Gold Coast - who came into the competition one year before them - by 91 points, a new team record for biggest margin of victory.
They're now in third place on the ladder and their latest victim says they can challenge to win the competition this year.
Gold Coast coach Rodney Eade has seen a lot in his time and he believes some pundits are still underestimating the Giants.
"There's no reason why GWS can't be there at the end. (I'm) really impressed with what they do, they way they go about it. They've got the right amount of grunt. But they can really run. They've got some real good runners. They've got a dangerous forward line. People in Melbourne would say 'Well, they'll make the finals'. But I think they'll go further than that. I think they'll really challenge."
North Melbourne is still in first place with eight wins from eight games after beating Essendon.
In rugby league, however, there's been a change at the top of the ladder.
North Queensland is down to fourth place, and Brisbane up to first, after Saturday's doubleheader at Lang Park.
Brisbane beat Manly, 30 points to 6, whilst North Queensland lost 15 points to 14 to the Melbourne Storm.
North Queensland coach Neil Henry thinks the NRL competition going on hiatus last weekend for representative play may have hurt his team on their return to the field against the Storm.
"You know, having the week can be a good thing, sometimes it's not. We certainly weren't as clinical, if you like, as what we have been. So sometimes, having that break, you kind of lose a bit of that momentum."
Elsewhere, the scandal-plagued Parramatta Eels ended a bad week on a bad note, beaten by a last-minute try by South Sydney.
And Cronulla beat the Newcastle Knights so badly - 62-0 - that Knights fullback Dane Gagai cried on the field after the match.
Round 10 concludes on Monday night with a match between strugglers the Gold Coast Titans and the Sydney Roosters.
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