In England, Arsenal are FA Cup champions.
That's a statement you could have made in twelve other years as well; after all, they've won the famous football tournament thirteen times now, more often than any other team.
But this might be the most interesting year to state their achievement, this particular one sealed with a 2-1 win over Chelsea in the final at London's Wembley Stadium.
Arsenal's FA Cup triumph comes after a season where they could only finish fifth in the Premier League thus missing out on their usual qualification for the UEFA Champions League next season.
And that's led to questions over whether Arsene Wenger, Arsenal's manager since 1996, is still the man to lead the famous club.
A board meeting later this week will seemingly decide his fate.
Wenger seems to want to stay- and denies that this victory, if it was his last act as Arsenal manager, was the best way to go out.
"There is no perfect way. I believe that I just want to do well for this club. And apart from that. I think it's down to the board members."
Barcelona similarly ended a disappointing season on a high by winning Spain's Copa del Rey final.
In Scotland, Celtic capped off their dominant campaign by winning the Scottish Cup final with a late goal by Australian Tom Rogic.
The only remaining question in European football this season will be answered next weekend, when Real Madrid plays Juventus in the UEFA Champions League final in Cardiff.
In rugby league, there were only four games in the NRL competition this past weekend, as everyone gears up for the first State of Origin game in Brisbane on Wednesday night.
Both the New South Wales and Queensland teams feature some intriguing new faces and some new opportunities for older faces.
Feeling that he falls into the latter category is New South Wales prop Andrew Fifita.
He says he now feels more responsibility, particularly amongst New South Wales' big men.
"Out of the forwards, I think I've been here the longest now. I feel like a leader in this team now. I feel like I'm one of those old blokes. I have to have a bit of cockiness with my game- a bit of arrogance, I guess."
Queensland has won ten out of the last eleven State of Origin series, but will be missing the likes of stars Johnathan Thurston, Matt Scott, and Billy Slater to begin the series.
In cricket, the Champions Trophy begins later this week, with Australia tuning up for the tournament by beating Sri Lanka over the weekend in a practice match.
Bookmakers have hosts England as favourites to take out the most prestigious 50-over tournament in cricket outside of the World Cup.
Australian batsman Aaron Finch doesn't begrudge the home side that favouritism.
But he says people shouldn't forget Australia's formidable credentials going into the tournament either.
"England has played some great one-day cricket over the past eighteen months, two years. So, I think they probably deserve it. I think when you look around other countries, form's been a little bit patchy - a lot of teams winning at home and losing away. It's probably justified, to be fair. But we're world champions. We've played some great cricket in world tournaments. It's just a case of trying to get the job done on the day."
Australia's first match in the Champions Trophy is against New Zealand on Friday.
And in the AFL, Adelaide is still in top spot on the competition ladder after a 100-point thrashing of Fremantle.
But perhaps the most significant result of the weekend came in Sydney where late goals to Shaun Burgoyne and Jarryd Roughead have given Hawthorn victory over the Sydney Swans.
It's a result that leaves Sydney with just three wins from their first ten games this season- and maybe out of the finals race already, whilst simultaneously perhaps keeping Hawthorn's finals hopes alive.
Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson says the way his team won such an important game in difficult circumstances is very pleasing.
"We had a our backs to the wall. We were challenged. And we stood up when it was really important to stand up. They had momentum at the back end of the third quarter and then the first ten minutes, fifteen minutes of the last (quarter). It looked like at that point in the game, that the dam wall had burst, and that they were just going to go away with the game. So, the resilience of the group, just to find a way to fight their way back into the contest, because Sydney were winning too much easy ball, that was the most pleasing part of the victory."
There are only six games on the fixture next weekend, highlighted by Friday's clash between first-placed Adelaide and third-placed Geelong.
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