Australia defeated Fiji with a final score of 46-12, Australia never lost the lead throughout the entire game, score 24 of their points in the first half alone. Australia improves their record to 1-2 and will play Argentina next.
The IRB Junior World Championship is an international rugby union competition. This event replaced the IRB’s former age-grade world championships, the Under 19 and Under 21 World Championships.
USA won their 3rd straight match with a final score of 5-10 over Australia. USA held off a last minute rally by Australia in the closing minutes of the game to get the win.
The American Eagle played a great game, but in the final play, Australia scored the final try to win the Cup Quarter Final 24-19.
MINSK, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Australia got a measure of revenge for losing the Olympic gold to Britain by beating their arch-rivals in the men’s team pursuit final at the world track cycling championships on Wednesday. The Australian quartet of Glenn O’Shea, Alexander Edmondson, Michael Hepburn and Alexander Morgan completed the 4,000 meters at the […]
Although both Great Britain and Australia had close qualifying times, Australia dominated in the final for the win.
Things didn’t go well for the home team in their first match, as Australia scored three unanswered tries in the first half, then held on to the win, 26-7.
Michael Rogers (AUS), right, and Bradley Wiggins (GBR) during stage eleven of the 2012 Tour de France between Albertville and La Toussuire. (Bernard Papon/Presse Sports via US PRESSWIRE) PARIS, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Three-times world time-trial champion Michael Rogers has signed a two-year contract with Saxo-Tinkoff, the Dutch team said on Friday. The 32-year-old Australian […]
Painful hits and crazy fans; what’s not to love about Rugby 7′s from the 2012 Gold Coast Sevens?
Fiji captain Levani Botia and coach Timoci Wainiqolo talk about their first win of the season.
Check out the best scoring tries from the 2012 Gold Coast Sevens.
Fiji defeated New Zealand 32-14 in the Cup final of the 2012 Gold Coast Sevens to successfully defend the title they won in 2011 and claim the first Cup of the new HSBC Sevens World Series.
Michael Fedo and James Fleming both scored hat-tricks as Scotland beat Team USA 40-5 in the Shield final to win the first Shield of the season and collect three Series points in the process.
In the Shield semi-final, helped by the speedy rookie Carlin Isles, Team USA gets its first win of the season (33-26) and advances to the Shield final.
In the Bowl Quarter-Final, Team USA played tough, but some weak defense and bad luck gave it away to Wales in the end, 27-19.1
By just .03 seconds, the Australians win the Women’s 4x100m Medley 34 points over Great Britain, USA was .18 seconds back in 3rd.
Ed Jenkins raises the winner’s trophy as Australian players celebrate after defeating Samoa 28-26 in the final of the Tokyo Sevens rugby tournament.
Oct. 9, 2011: Watch highlights from the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal between Australia and South Africa.
Sept. 30, 2011: Watch highlights from the Rugby World Cup match between Australia and Russia.
Sept. 23, 2011: Watch the highlights from the Rugby World Cup game between the U.S. and Australia.
Oct. 21, 2011: Highlights from the Rugby World Cup bronze final between Australia and Wales.
Sept. 17, 2011: Watch highlights from the Rugby World Cup pool match between Australia and Ireland.
Sept. 11, 2011: Watch highlights from the Rugby World Cup match between Australia and Italy.
Nov. 26, 2011: Watch highlights from Fiji’s 26-12 victory over New Zealand in the Cup final in Australia.
(Reuters) – Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali all but sealed overall victory in the Giro d’Italia after battling through a snowstorm and sub-zero temperatures to take his second stage win of the race deep in the Dolomite mountains on Saturday. His helmet, bike and race clothes caked in snow, Nibali raised first his right arm and then […]
(Reuters) – Heavy snow forced Giro d’Italia organisers to call off Friday’s mountainous stage 19 from Ponte di Legno to Val Martello and the route for the next day’s stage was re-designed. Saturday’s stage includes far fewer descents to ensure another day of mountain racing is not lost but it will still finish on the […]
(Reuters) – Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali took a major step towards overall victory in the Giro d’Italia on Thursday after powering to his first stage win during this year’s race in an individual uphill time trial. Nibali more than doubled his overnight advantage over his closest overall pursuer, Australia Cadel Evans, from one minute 26 seconds […]
VICENEZA, Italy (Reuters) – Italian Giovanni Visconti recorded his second stage win of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday to give his Movistar team their third straight victory and their fourth overall in the 2013 race. His compatriot Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall lead as the race reached its crucial final three mountain stages. Visconti, who […]
COL DU GALIBIER, France (Reuters) – Italian Vincenzo Nibali successfully contained his rivals’ attacks on the Giro d’Italia’s toughest high mountain stages on Sunday to take a big step towards overall victory. Nibali finished seventh in the stage, won by compatriot Giovanni Visconti, to retain the overall lead one minute 26 secones ahead of Australia’s […]
CHERASCO, Italy, May 17 – A series of small but challenging climbs late on Friday’s stage of the 2012 Giro d’Italia could not stop Britain’s Mark Cavendish taking his fourth stage win and second in two days. Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali remained overall leader but it was sprinter Cavendish who stole the show again after compatriot […]
(Reuters) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish racked up the 100th win of his career on stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia on Thursday but Bradley Wiggins’s hopes of overall victory were in tatters when he lost time on the main bunch. Tour de France champion Wiggins, who has been suffering from a chest infection, was dropped in the […]
May 15 (Reuters) – Lithuania’s Ramunas Navardauskas gave Garmin-Sharp a boost with a solo summit finish win on stage 11 the day after team leader Ryder Hesjedal lost all hope of repeating last year’s overall Giro d’Italia success. Navardauskas, who was part of a long-distance break of 20 through the Dolomite mountains, shed his closest […]
By Alasdair Fotheringham ALTOPIANO DEL MONTASIO, Italy (Reuters) – Colombian Rigoberto Uran moved into third place overall after capturing a solo victory in the Giro d’Italia’s first summit finish on Tuesday. Italian Vincenzo Nibali strengthened his overall lead after dropping Britain’s Bradley Wiggins and the Netherlands’ Robert Gesink on the final climb. Sky rider Uran […]
FIRENZE, ITALY (Reuters) – Pre-race favourite Bradley Wiggins endured another difficult day on a rain-lashed ninth stage of the Giro d’Italia although defending champion Ryder Hesjedal suffered most, dropping to 11th overall. Britain’s Wiggins, who crashed on a descent on Friday, remained fourth overall, one minute and 16 seconds behind leader Vincenzo Nibali despite for […]
New Zealand finishes in style beating Australia 47-12 to win their second Cup this season, but they never finished lower than 3rd, as they win their 11th World Series with a record 173 points.
(Reuters) – New Giro d’Italia race leader Vincenzo Nibali took an important step towards possible victory on Saturday by limiting his losses to favourite Bradley Wiggins in a time trial won by Wiggins’s British compatriot Alex Dowsett. Movistar rider Dowsett had a three-hour wait before all the favourites had finished and he could be sure […]
Benat Intxausti of Spain wears the pink jersey of the overall leader as he sprays sparkling wine on the podium after completing the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Marina San Salvo to Pescara, Friday, May 10, 2013. Australian rider Adam Hansen won the hilly and rainy seventh stage […]
Britain’s Mark Cavendish celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Mola di Bari to Margherita di Savoia, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Gian Mattia D’Alberto) By Alasdair Fotheringham MARGHERITA DI SOVOIA, Italy, May 9 (Reuters) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish captured […]
Britain’s Bradley Wiggins, center, pedals in the pack during the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia, from Policastro Bussentino to Serra San Bruno, Italy, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Enrico Battaglin of Italy sprinted to the stage victory, while compatriot Luca Paolini retained the overall leader’s pink jersey. (AP Photo/Fabio Ferrari) By Alasdair Fotheringham SERRA SAN […]
Italy’s Luca Paolini crosses the finish line to win the third stage of the Giro d’Italia from Sorrento to Marina di Ascea, Italy, Monday, May 6, 2013, and gain the pink jersey of leader of the race. Paolini, who rides for Katusha, broke away toward the end of the final descent to complete the 222-kilometer […]
By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) – Priscah Jeptoo took advantage of a fall by Ethiopia’s Olympic champion Tiki Gelana to give Kenya their third successive victory in the women’s race at the London Marathon on Sunday. Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede made up for missing out on the Olympics and destroyed Kenyan hopes of retaining […]
American Tatyana McFadden won the women’s wheelchair race to add to the Boston Marathon title she won on Monday and Australia’s Kurt Fearnley took victory in the men’s race to end Briton David Weir’s hopes of a record seventh title.
Courtesy of http://www.usaswimming.org Olympic gold medalists Breeja Larson (Mesa, Ariz.), Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md.) and Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif.) were victorious on the final night of the Arena Grand Prix at Mesa on Saturday. Hometown favorite Larson won the 100-meter breaststroke in front of a sold-out crowd at the Skyline Aquatic Center. She touched the […]
Skier Lindsey Vonn applauds as she watches Tiger Woods during the first round of the Masters golf tournament Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) By Steve Keating AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 11 (Reuters) – Tiger Woods got his Masters campaign off to a solid start on Thursday but the world number one […]
By Alasdair Fotheringham BEASAIN, Spain, April 6 (Reuters) – Colombia’s Nairo Quintana fended off overwhelming favorite Richie Porte of Australia to take a surprise overall win in the Tour of the Basque Country on Saturday. The 23-year-old Movistar rider finished second in the final, hilly individual 24-kilometre time trial at Beasain, 17 seconds down on […]
This year’s participating countries are New Zealand, Fiji, England, Samoa, South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Wales, France, Scotland, US, Kenya, Canada, Spain, Portugal and Japan, total of 16 countries. This event airs 3/30 @ 8:00pmET/5:00pmPT.
This year’s participating countries are New Zealand, Fiji, England, Samoa, South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Wales, France, Scotland, US, Kenya, Canada, Spain, Portugal and Japan, a total of 16 countries.
Cadel Evans (AUS) during stage twelve of the 2012 Tour de France between Saint Jean de Maurienne and Annonay Davezieux. (Mandatory Credit: Bernard Papon/Presse Sports via US PRESSWIRE) March 30 (Reuters) – Cadel Evans, bidding to revive his career after struggling since winning the 2011 Tour de France, has gone against convention and decided to […]
Courtesy of http://www.baa.org BOSTON, MA, January 15, 2013 – In its 28th year as principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon, John Hancock Financial today announced the elite field for the 117th running of the Boston Marathon on April 15. A complete field list follows. EDITOR’S NOTE – As of March 13, John Hancock has updated […]
MINSK, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Experienced American Sarah Hammer and young German rider Stefan Botticher each won their second gold medal of the world cycling championships, prevailing in the women’s omnium and the men’s sprint respectively on Sunday. Hammer, who sealed her fifth world title in the individual pursuit on Wednesday, beat her main rival […]
The German men, Stefan Botticher, Rene Enders and Maximilian Levy match the women as they win the Men’s Team Sprint Title beating Australia by .049 seconds.
The British women did what the men failed to do, beat the Australians for the Team Pursuit Title, Elinor Barker, Dani King and Laura Trott got it done by 1.773 seconds.
By Gilles Le Roc’h MUSCAT, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Britain’s Chris Froome laid down an early marker for the season as he beat all the major Tour de France contenders to win the Tour of Oman in style on Saturday. Team Sky’s Froome, second overall in last year’s Tour behind team mate and compatriot Bradley […]
Courtesy of usaswimming.org The second night of competition from the Arena Grand Prix at Orlando saw top finishes from multiple Olympians, including Olympic gold medalists Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) and Tyler Clary (Riverside, Calif.). Franklin won the women’s 100m back while Clary earned the top spot in the 200m fly. The meet concludes Saturday, February […]
Courtesy of usaswimming.org Olympic gold medalists Dana Vollmer and Missy Franklin were each victorious on the first night of competition of the Arena Grand Prix at Orlando. Vollmer won the women’s 100m fly while Franklin earned a first-place finish in the 200m free. The meet, taking place at the YMCA Aquatic Center in Orlando, runs […]
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