diff --git a/sports-matcher/server/controllers/matchController.js b/sports-matcher/server/controllers/matchController.js
index c4f02da..53cc013 100644
--- a/sports-matcher/server/controllers/matchController.js
+++ b/sports-matcher/server/controllers/matchController.js
@@ -48,12 +48,11 @@ MatchController.get("/recent/:limit?", needDatabase, async (req, res) => {
         }
         let recent = null;
         if (user) {
-            await user.populate("participatingMatches").populate("participatingMatches.members.$");
-            recent = user.participatingMatches.slice(-limit);
+            recent = matchModel.find({ creator: user._id });
         } else {
-            recent = await matchModel.find().where("publicity").gte(2).limit(limit).sort({ createDate: -1 }).populate("members.$");
+            recent = matchModel.find().where("publicity").gte(2);
         }
-        await recent; // Populates all references.
+        recent = await recent.sort({ createDate: -1 }).limit(limit).populate(["sport", "participants"]);
         res.status(200).send({ recent: recent });
     } catch (error) {
         console.error(error);
@@ -76,6 +75,10 @@ MatchController.post("/", needDatabase, requireAuthenticated, async (req, res) =
             sport: await sportModel.findByName(req.body.sport),
             participants: [user._id]
         });
+        if (!match.sport) {
+            res.status(400).send("Invalid sport name provided.");
+            return;
+        }
         await match.save();
         user.createdMatches.push(match._id);
         user.participatingMatches.push(match._id);