The week in numbers: w/e 23/5/10

489,000,000 – In euros, the estimated debt of Spanish champions Barcelona, who this week spent €40m on striker David Villa, and are reportedly also seeking to add Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas and Liverpool‘s Fernando Torres before next season begins.

90,000,000 – The additional revenue (in pounds) Blackpool can expect to earn after beating Cardiff City in the Football League Championship playoff final on Saturday.

4,800,000 – Blackpool’s annual player wage bill, which is only slightly more than Kieron Dyer – who has played 19 games in 3 seasons at West Ham – earns (£4.3m pa) on his own.

0 – Days in which Alexandre Vinokourov has successfully defended the race leader’s pink jersey in the Giro d’Italia. He has taken the lead twice, but immediately conceded it the following day on both occasions.

11:10 – Time swing against Vinokourov on Wednesday’s stage 11. He started the day with an advantage of 1:12 over second-placed Cadel Evans, and finished it in tenth position, 9:58 behind Richie Porte.

6 – Spaniard David Arroyo became the sixth man to lead the Giro after Saturday’s stage 14.

3 – In winning the Champions League final, Inter Milan completed the treble of league, domestic cup and Champions League trophies in the same season, denying Bayern Munich the exact same achievement.

161 – At the start of the French Open yesterday, the men’s singles ranking of Alex Bogdanovic, Britain’s second highest-ranked male player behind Andy Murray, who is ranked fourth.

176 – Days spent by Avram Grant as manager of Portsmouth, up until his resignation last Thursday. He is the fourth manager to leave the club in the last 19 months (after Harry Redknapp, Tony Adams and Paul Hart).

The week in numbers: w/e 16/5/10

56 – The number of people who died in the Bradford City fire, 25 years ago last week.

0 – After six races of the F1 season, we have yet to see any car other than the two Red Bulls start from pole position. (Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber have three each.)

0 – The FA Cup has never been won by a team relegated from the top flight of English football in the same season.

2 – The number of missed penalties in Saturday’s FA Cup final, the first time this had ever happened.

4 – The number of times the leader’s pink jersey has changed hands so far during the first eight stages of the Giro d’Italia. Bradley Wiggins claimed it on stage one, since when it has gone to Cadel Evans (stage two), Alexandre Vinokourov (stage three), Vincenzo Nibali (stage four) and Vinokourov again (stage seven).

2 – Last Wednesday’s Europa League final was the second time goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer had played in the final of Europe’s second cup competition, with two different clubs. On both occasions he has lost to a Spanish side.

1 – Yesterday was the England men’s cricket team first win in five attempts in a world final. They beat Australia by seven wickets in the final of the World Twenty20.

17 – Runs required by Australia off the last five balls of their World Twenty20 semi-final against Pakistan. Mike Hussey then hit 22 off the next four.

99 – Final points total for Barcelona, who clinched the Primera Liga title last night. Runners-up Real Madrid finished on 96, which also surpassed the previous record total.

4 – The number of seasons Oxford United spent in the Conference before earning promotion back to League 2 yesterday with a victory over York City. Oxford had been the first winner of a major trophy to be relegated from the Football League in 2006.

120,000 – Pounds per week reportedly demanded by 33 year old William Gallas during his contract talks with Arsenal. Bye bye.

The week in numbers: w/e 9/5/10

138 – In millions of pounds, the current debt of Portsmouth FC, about double what it was when the club went into administration at the end of February.

0 – The number of Grand Tour stage wins for both Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins before his two second victory in the opening time trial at the Giro d’Italia on Saturday.

103 – The final tally of Premier League goals for Chelsea, who hammered eight past Wigan yesterday. It is the highest total for a season in 47 years.

18 – Yesterday was the 18th consecutive league game without a win for Wigan in London, underlining quite how remote Man U‘s chances of securing the title really were.

1 – Mark Webber became the first F1 driver in five races this season to convert pole position into a race win at Barcelona yesterday.

85 not out – Runs scored by Cameron White off just 49 balls (including six sixes and six fours) in Australia‘s World Twenty20 win over Sri Lanka last night. The entire Sri Lankan side managed just two runs more than White.

31 – The number of league wins (from 37 matches) for Real Madrid after their 5-1 thumping of Athletic Bilbao. This is one more than Barcelona, who still lead Spain’s Primera Liga by a point with one game remaining. The previous record for wins in a season was 28, jointly held by … Real Madrid and Barcelona.

92 – The previous points record for a Primera Liga season (set by Real Madrid in 1997), already broken by both Barcelona (96) and Real Madrid (95).

00:54 – The time on Tuesday morning at which Australia’s Neil Robertson finally overcame Graeme Dott to win the World Snooker Championship.