And then there was the invite-a-friend weekend, which let players bring three friends to Tyria.
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Forest went into the game as favourites, having finished third in the Championship, nine points above sixth-placed Blackpool and having had the chance to rest players last weekend while the Seasiders had been fighting for the point they needed to clinch their play-off place.
Meanwhile, second division Nancy simply refused to release three of their African players for this weekend's games.
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The Rays could also be boosted by a trio of returning players for the weekend fixtures at the Hull Arena.
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England lost 15-9 to Scotland at the weekend and Vickery admitted more players could have joined Jonny Wilkinson in being dropped.
But an exciting weekend is guaranteed with 16 players within three shots of Couples and Dufner, including Phil Mickelson whose four-under par 68 lifted him to two-under par.
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The Daily News and New York Times reported over the weekend that baseball is looking into players' ties to the clinic.
"We have introduced an exciting youth element while not ignoring the claims of older players who are performing every weekend, " Straeuli said.
No Pakistan's players were included in this weekend's auction.
The WRU took the extreme step of taking its own regions to the high court to ensure the early release of Welsh players to prepare for last weekend's opening autumn Test against South Africa.
"The club could have gone into last weekend's match at Wigan mourning two players, not one, " said Rooney.
On the weekend of 20-21 November, 124 players were unavailable to play in Italy's Serie A due to injury.
He might have been talking about today's crisis in Somalia, and the international players meeting in Addis Ababa this weekend.
The Heineken Cup holders led the Magners League at the start of the weekend, but rested all their Ireland squad players for the trip to Newport's Rodney Parade.
The weekend will launch with a rare opportunity for string players of grade 4 standard and above to play alongside Benedetti in a performance of the Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana.
Robinson does not want players turning out for their clubs the weekend before England begin their Six Nations campaign against Wales on 4 February, or the two blank weekends during the championship.
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On average, that is 5.4 players for each Premier League team or a fifth of each club's designated 25-man squad, with Aston Villa and Tottenham each having as many as 11 players on the treatment table over the weekend.
In Wellington Samoa were missing a couple of key players, but they're back this weekend.
Coach Warren Gatland has also released 14 players to Wales' four regions for the weekend's Magners League clashes.
One of Argentina's key players said a fond farewell to Brazil last weekend.
However, selection for the Lions XI has been limited to players not already involved in county cricket that weekend.
Some performances against Italy were unacceptable and every single one of those players is extremely fortunate to be playing this weekend.
Sunderland boss Steve Bruce demanded an improvement from his side after last weekend's dismal defeat to West Brom and his players responded with an energetic start.
He is among 12 foreign based players that will face the Super Eagles this weekend, in the final group match of the first round stage of the qualifiers.
Before the weekend meeting, Modi reiterated that he would not allow England players to play in only a handful of IPL matches.
Players, and critics, will be watching this weekend closely to see.
They create a lot of noise and as players here, as we're expected to perform, our players are really expecting our fans to perform this weekend.
The best ones are often weekend long tournaments filled with dozens of hours of gameplay from top players.
With Brian O'Driscoll among seven players not considered after their involvement in European finals last weekend, Saturday is an early chance for Earls to stake a claim at outside centre.
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