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In Pictures: A weekend of winning

There was lots of glory up for grabs in the weekend’s sporting action.

John Terry
Chelsea made owner Roman Abramovich a very happy man when his team beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties and were crowned European Champions for the first time [GETTY]
Published On 22 May 2012

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Didier Drogba
In what may be the final act of his Chelsea career, Didier Drogba sealed victory in a tension-packed final with the last kick of the shootout to clinch victory after he had headed Chelsea(***)s equaliser two minutes from time to force a 1-1 draw and send the game to extra time [GETTY]
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Chelsea parade
Thousands of jubilant Chelsea fans filled the streets of West London during a parade to celebrate their team(***)s victory in Munich [GETTY]
Fernando Torres
But not everyone was happy. Chelsea Spanish striker Fernando Torres said he had had the worst moments of his career with the club this season telling Spanish sports daily As he had been bitterly disappointed at being left out of the starting line-up for Saturday(***)s final [GETTY]
Napoli
Napoli won their first major title since the Diego Maradona era, denying Serie A champions Juventus the double by beating the Turin side 2-0 in the Italian Cup final on Sunday [GETTY]
Montpellier
Montpellier upset the odds to the win the French league title for the first time, upsetting big-spenders Paris Saint-Germain who spent more than $132 million on players. Montpellier(***)s title-winning squad featured nine homegrown players, in contrast to PSG(***)s star-studded team [REUTERS]
Santos
Santos Laguna beat Monterrey 2-1 to claim the Mexican first-division title. Santos won the two-legged finals series 3-2 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw last week at Monterrey. The playoff decided the second half of Mexico(***)s split season, called the Clausura. The first half title - the Apertura - was won by Tigres [EPA]
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Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal showed Novak Djokovic he(***)s still the man to beat on clay ahead of his French Open title defence, defeating the top-ranked Serb 7-5, 6-3 in a rain-delayed final to win his record sixth Italian Open title [EPA]