You can't always get what you want, and you can't always leave the way you want.
That is the lesson to be learnt after the final of the men's 100-metre sprint at the World Athletics Championships in London.
Retiring legend Usain Bolt was favoured to go out in style by winning yet another world championship.
It would have been the perfect way to end an extraordinary career, which has included eight Olympic gold medals.
But, in a shock, the big Jamaican was beaten.
And, in a further shock, he finished third.
Controversial Justin Gatlin of the United States took the main prize, with fellow US sprinter Christian Coleman second.
Gatlin is not everyone's idea of an ideal world champion -- the twice-banned drug cheat was soundly booed.
But the ill-feeling toward the 35 year-old does not extend to the man whose farewell he wrecked.
"I was disappointed. I've told you guys throughout the years that he is a great competitor. He has proven himself over and over that, when we show up at a championship, he's going to bring his all. So I knew from the gun that, no matter what happens, he is always going to be ready, and he showed up today. He was the better man on the day."
For Australian football fans, the weekend was spent basking in the warm afterglow of the success of the women's national team.
The Matildas won the Tournament of Nations in the United States on Friday, thrashing Brazil 6-1.
Their victory in the tournament has fans salivating over what is possible for the team, with the next Women's World Cup in France less than two years away.
Arriving home in Sydney over the weekend, Matildas coach Allen Stajcic says the side's focus is now on next year's Asian Cup.
"Our aim is to win that tournament. We want to qualify for the World Cup, we want to qualify well. We want to be a seeded team by the time we get to the World Cup. So, there's a lot of goals and ambitions that we've set for ourselves, and it's not just false bravado anymore. It's real talk from the players and the playing group that we can achieve all these things."
The top four teams in the eight-team 2018 Asian Cup qualify for the 2019 Women's World Cup.
In the AFL, the Adelaide Crows are again six points clear atop the ladder after thrashing local rival Port Adelaide in their Showdown match.
The play of returning star Eddie Betts was a highlight for the Crows.
But not all the AFL's top-ranked teams had such a happy weekend.
Geelong has dropped to fourth after being soundly beaten, at home, by the Sydney Swans.
Geelong coach Chris Scott blamed the defeat on his side's veterans, not the young players.
"It was really good experience for the 10 guys in the team, (playing) under 50 games in that sort of heat. A lot of those guys, we were really happy with. It wasn't our young, inexperienced ones who let us down. Some of our more experienced players had a bad night."
And, even worse, one of those experienced players, Geelong captain Joel Selwood, injured his left ankle during the match.
He will require surgery and will likely miss Geelong's three remaining matches before the finals begin.
In rugby league, it was a standard weekend, with the Melbourne Storm top of the ladder and more complaining about referees.
This week's verbal eruption came from North Queensland Cowboys coach Paul Green after his side lost to Melbourne.
Speaking after the 26-8 defeat, Green was forthright with his feelings.
"It's just a shame the refs ruined it, because that was the worst bloody refereeing display I've ever seen tonight -- against two really good teams."
Elsewhere, the Penrith Panthers have taken the Saint George Illawarra Dragons' spot in the competition's top eight teams.
The Dragons somehow managed to lose to struggling South Sydney.
The Panthers took advantage, winning their match against the Wests Tigers.
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