Football’s governing body FIFA on Wednesday unveiled the logo for the 2013 Confederations Cup, 500 days before the tournament’s opening game in Brasilia. The green, blue, yellow, white and red …
It’s all just a little bit of history repeating as the New England patriots take on the New York giants in Super Bowl XLVI / 46. The game will be …
Organisers of next year’s America’s Cup sailing regatta on San Francisco Bay say they will reconsider the format of the challengers’ series after receiving only three entries. Regatta director Iain …
South Korean sprinter Lim Hee-Nam and Portugal’s European 5000m bronze medallist Sara Moreira received six-month bans from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Tuesday for doping. Both athletes …
France’s Groupama were neck and neck with Spanish team Telefonica as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet sailed into the South China Sea on Tuesday, after Puma suffered yet another setback …
Australian Jenny Owens avoided a chaotic series of crashes in the final of the skier cross event at the X Games to snare a bronze medal in Aspen, Colorado. It …
Ian Thorpe has set the quickest time of his comeback to finish sixth in the 100m freestyle final at a low-key event in Luxembourg in 50.76 seconds. Thorpe, who qualified …
Japan produced a new Olympic hopeful on Sunday when Risa Shigetomo won the Osaka international women’s marathon in only her second such event. The 24-year-old secured victory after a strong …
Caine Eckstein won round four of the Australian Ironman Series at Perth on Sunday as local lifesaver Elizabeth Pluimers won the women’s race to take the overall lead in her …
Asafa Powell won the 50m at the US Open indoor athletics meeting on Saturday, then predicted the powerful Jamaican sprint squad could sweep the 100m podium at the London Olympics. …
Reigning world champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their fourth straight US national ice dance title on Saturday in another dominant display. Their final score of 191.54 points was …
Ian Thorpe finished fourth in the 200m freestyle final at a low-key swimming meet in Luxembourg, but in a time unlikely to satisfy the Olympian. Thorpe completed the A final …
West Australian Elizabeth Pluimers has defeated Noosa Head’s Jordan Mercer by just four seconds to win the fourth round of the Australian Ironwoman series in Perth. Northcliffe’s Pluimers, who started …
Australia’s world champion 470 dinghy crew Malcolm Page and Mathew Belcher have won a gold medal at the sailing World Cup in the US. The pair entered Saturday’s medal race …
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, Jan 28 AFP – In-form Swiss skier Didier Cuche won the men’s World Cup downhill here on Saturday on a course shortened due to fog. The 37-year-old Swiss …
SAINT-MORITZ, Switzerland, Jan 28 AFP – American Lindsey Vonn claimed her eighth World Cup win of the season and 49th of her career on Saturday, dominating the St Moritz downhill. …
Pole vaulter Steve Hooker took small steps but reckons his comeback fell “flat”, while Sally Pearson just wanted to puke. Australia’s track and field headliners had varying reactions to Saturday’s …
Mooloolaba ironman Ali Day will try hard to ignore the black shirt on his back when he contests Sunday’s round of the Australian Ironman series in Perth. The 21-year-old boasts …
