• Protestors hack Brazil World Cup 2014 website

  Protestors have reportedly hacked the official website for the Brazil Football World Cup 2014 and replaced the site with a video of a violent police response to a peaceful protest. According to News.com.au, the FIFA website was replaced with an embedded YouTube video, showing protesters marching, before riot police release tear gas and fire on the protesters with rubber bullets. The report ...

• Whatmore to review flop Pak players with World Cup 2015 in mind

  Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore has said that national team will be reviewed keeping in mind the 2015 World Cup after their dismal performance in the ICC Champions Trophy in England. Poor batting led to Pakistan's defeat in all three matches as they failed to post a single total above 170 runs, with the flop performance prompting calls from former players, media and fans to overhaul the system and ...

• Australia A squad to add players from defeated Champions Trophy team

  Cricket Australia (CA) will reportedly be sending certain players from the defeated ICC Champions Trophy squad to join Australia A to maximise preparation time for the Ashes. Following a disappointing pool-round exit from the Champions Trophy, Australia will use the extra time before the opening tour match to give some players time with the A team, who completed a 93-run first-class win over ...

• Serena Williams sparks outrage with drunk not virgin comments on US teenage rape victim

  American tennis star Serena Williams has sparked outrage with her comments about a teenage rape victim, saying that the victim was 'drunk' and 'maybe...not a virgin'. In an excerpt from Rolling Stone magazine, Williams criticised a 16-year-old girl who was raped by two football players, her fellow school students, while she was drunk, in Ohio in August 2012, News.com.au reports. According to ...

• Champions Trophy Srinath match referee for first semifinal

  Former India fast bowler Javagal Srinath was Tuesday appointed the match referee for the first Champions Trophy semifinal between England and South Africa at the Oval on Wednesday. Kumar Dharmasena and Rod Tucker are the on-field umpires while Bruce Oxenford and Steve Davis have been appointed as third and fourth umpires, International Cricket COuncil (ICC) said. Englishman Chris Broad has ...

• WICB president meets regional dignitaries

  The president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron has described a series of meetings he has been having with Caribbean prime ministers as "crucial" to the development of the sport in the region. Cameron's comments follow his latest round of meetings in which talks were held with St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in Kingstown and Prime Minister of ...

• Allow betting in cricket Vindu Dara Singh

  Actor Vindu Dara Singh, arrested for betting in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and now on bail, says betting in the game should be made legal. "Cricket is like a religion in India. IPL will be conducted and betting will take place as well," said Vindu Monday on the sets of his film "Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya" here. Vindu, who got bail June 4, feels the government should legalise betting ...

• Hughes Wade join Australia A squad

  Left-handed batsman Phil Hughes and wicket-keeper Matthew Wade will join the Australia A squad here Tuesday ahead of their final tour match against Gloucestershire beginning Friday. Skipper Michael Clarke, James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers will remain in London to prepare before the Ashes squad officially assembles June 24. Australia were knocked out ...

• England win toss choose to bowl vs South Africa

  LONDON (Reuters) - England won the toss and elected to bowl in their Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa amid overcast conditions at The Oval on ...

• World champion returns home

  See your ad here JACOB Willcox has returned triumphant from Nicar agua after being named the U16 world surfing champion.The 15-year-old local competed in the 2013 Dakine World Junior Surfing Championship and in the finals took on Leonardo Fioravanti of Italy, Jake Marshall of the US and Reo Inaba of Japan.He beat them all with a score of 14.90 and some impressive man oeu vres. "Glad I could ...

• North fitness boost for Lions

  North limped off with a hamstring injury at half-time of last Tuesday's rout of Combined Country XV and has been battling to recover in time for the series opener against the Wallabies.But assistant ...

• Moyes handed baptism of fire as football fixtures are unveiled

  new Manchester United manager's first home game.Before that, Moyes opens the 2013-14 campaign at the League Cup winners Swansea on 17 August and then after hosting Chelsea, United go to Liverpool on 31 ...

• England bowl first big guns missing

  England skipper Alastair Cook won the toss and chose to bowl first in their Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa, looking to take advantage of the swinging conditions.England announced a side devoid of Tim Bresnan and Graeme Swann, with the former at the side of his about-to-gve-birth wife, while the latter had a calf injury. They were replaced by Steve Finn and James Tredwell ...

• Musical spectacular to open first-ever Asia Pacific Special Olympics

  Asia Pacific Games in December, with well-known Australian performers to take the stage in a two-hour spectacular of music, dance, theatre, lights and fireworks. Details of the gala event, planned for Dec 1, 2013 at the 30,000-seater Hunter Stadium in Newcastle were released on Wednesday. Aussie singers Anthony Callea, Marcia Hines and Marina Prior are among the line-up of entertainers, which ...

• Cricket Australia plays down talk of Channel Nine influence over team selection

  Australia Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has poured cold water on suggestions that Channel Nine will have influence over team selections under its new broadcast deal.News Limited reported that Nine Network managing director Jeffrey Browne implied at a business lunch in Sydney that the broadcaster had concerns about CA's rotation policy last summer, which rested ...

• Column Spurs collapse starts at the top with Pop

  The sly smile on Erik Spoelstra's lips said it all. If only this once, the Miami coach couldn't wait to field questions. This was just minutes after a magical Game 6, when the memories of how his Heat defied the longest of odds to steal a win in overtime were still fresh: Down five points with just under 30 seconds left in regulation, against a San Antonio team and a coach, Gregg ...

• Cricket dad wants R2m from coach

  Durban - A Pietermaritzburg father has served a letter of demand on his son’s school cricket coach for R2.1 million, claiming that the boy suffered damage to his dignity and reputation after being axed from the captaincy of the first team at the start of the school ...

• NSW take experience from 2012 Origin loss

  A year wiser, NSW know exactly what they can take from last year's gut-wrenching series-deciding loss to Queensland. A game in which the Blues went close, though not close enough. And as they've done in every live rubber played at Suncorp Stadium since 2005, Queensland triumphed. Last year it was a long-range Cooper Cronk field goal which sank the hopes of ...

• S.Korea media blame Iran for angry World Cup scenes

  Iran players celebrate victory over South Korea in a World Cup qualifier in Ulsan, Korea, on Tuesday. South Korean media blamed Iran Wednesday for angry scenes at a tense World Cup qualifier which ended with fans pelting debris on to the pitch and the visiting coach under fire for a rude ...

• Lampard targets third World Cup

  Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has set his sights on representing England at a third FIFA World Cup. Lampard saw his contract extended at Chelsea after a stellar 2012-13 campaign, in which he scored 17 goals in 50 matches in all competitions. The 34-year-old has won 97 caps for England and has targeted a place in Roy Hodgson's squad in Brazil - if they qualify - which could be the final ...

• Mums the word on Hossa amid NHLs injury culture

  Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville didn't want to talk about the injury that forced him to scratch forward Marian Hossa from the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins.And why not?"I think that's self-explanatory," Quenneville said, once again declining to explain the secrecy that is as much a part of the NHL culture as playoff beards and Zambonis.Hossa's ...

• Pitcher safety against liners still issue for MLB

  Cleveland Indians reliever Vinnie Pestano has a recurring dream. A batter hits a line drive right back up the middle and it's screaming toward his head.He wakes up just before impact.The real thing is a nightmare scenario that happens a couple times a season in the major leagues."Guys are bigger now and hitting the ball harder and we're throwing the ball harder and when a guy hits ...

• Heat force Game 7 with 103-100 OT win over Spurs

  MIAMI -- When LeBron James' greatness almost wasn't good enough, officials began preparing for a San Antonio celebration.Miami's championship reign would be over. Someone in Spurs black would replace James as NBA Finals MVP.James and the Heat wouldn't let it happen. "To be a part of something like this is something you would never be able to recreate once you're ...

• Column Spurs Collapse Starts at the Top With Pop

  The sly smile on Erik Spoelstra's lips said it all. If only this once, the Miami coach couldn't wait to field questions. This was just minutes after a magical Game 6, when the memories of how his Heat defied the longest of odds to steal a win in overtime were still fresh: Down five points with just under 30 seconds left in regulation, against a San Antonio team and a coach, Gregg ...

• Intense hockey as both teams stand strong

  See your ad here MARGARET River A2 Women hockey team set out for another late game this week against Wests and kept attacking early in the game but couldn't convert.Wests had the same trouble with Margaret River defence holding tight with Caitlin Jarvis in goals and sister Maddie as fullback supported by Fran Badger.Jo Curtin scored the first goal for Margaret River before Wests pounced on ...

• Llambias resigns from Newcastle

  Joe Kinnear was confirmed as the club's director of football on a three-year deal.In a short statement on the club's official website, posted 20 minutes before the release of the 2013-14 season fixtures, Llambias said: "I have had an incredible journey during my five years at the club, including some challenging times. I will reflect with great fondness on my time in the north ...

• Swansea start for Moyes

  Aston Villa . The north-London clash is the start of a testing opening to the season for Villa, who have a home match against Liverpool and a trip to Chelsea in the following two ...

• Football transfer rumours Barcelona to sign Juan Mata

  are planning a 30m swoop. They're already "making overtures" to Mata's father.Once Mata is safely ensconced inside Camp Nou, Barcelona will move quickly to ...

• U.S. downs Honduras in qualifier

  Russ Isabella/USA TODAY Sports SANDY, Utah -- Jurgen Klinsmann is without a doubt the first coach in the history of the U.S. men's national team who uses the word "awesome" in press conferences. In fact, the West Coast transplant would be perfect for a cameo role in ...

• LeBron Heat outlast Spurs in Game 6 of NBA Finals

  LeBron James and his friends are the modern-day standard for counting championships before they are won, and there they were, on their home court, watching the NBA prepare a trophy presentation for ...

• Manchester United to Face Swansea in Season Opener

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• Ferguson stood down by Raiders for 4 weeks

  Canberra have made suspended NSW Origin winger Blake Ferguson unavailable for NRL selection for at least four weeks while he undertakes an extensive alcohol management program. The Raiders board made the decision on Wednesday after the club met with Ferguson following his dumping from the NSW team when charged with indecent assault over an alleged nightclub incident. The four-week period ...

• Lions Winger North Cleared for First Test

  (Reuters) - Hulking Welsh winger George North has been declared fit for the British and Irish Lions' first test against Australia, providing a welcome boost for the tourists after Tuesday's shock loss to the ACT Brumbies. North, who was nursing a hamstring strain, passed a fitness test on Wednesday to make himself available for the first test at the Suncorp Stadium. "I've never seen ...

• Well help pick cricket team - Nine

  Channel Nine Entertainment CEO David Gyngell (left) and Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland at the recent announcement of the new cricket TV deal in Melbourne. Picture: Mark ...

• Joe Kinnear Appointed Director of Football by Newcastle United

  On 18th June 2013, Newcastle United, of England’s Barclays Premier League, confirmed the appointment of Joe Kinnear as their new Director of Football. Following days of speculation, the club posted the following statement on their official ...

• Brazil braces for more anti-government protests

  Brazil braced for a new round of anti-government protests Wednesday after a violent night of looting and vandalism in Sao Paulo that led to at least 30 arrests. An estimated 50,000 people flooded the city's central Cathedral Square for the second night running, marching through streets and waving banners carrying slogans such as, "The people have awakened." One group tried to ...

• Altidore Leads US Over Honduras in WCup Qualifying

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• Mums the Word on Hossa Amid NHLs Injury Culture

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• Korea Coach Choi Exits Hong in the Running

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• Twins at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club

  , represents a pooling of talents by two Susans -- Susan Tibbles and Susan Bush. These are the women who invited the artists, and judged the awards, respectively. The show includes lots of assemblage work but is friendly to painting, as well, and the result is so wide-ranging and inclusive it could be understood as a kind of twin to the Santa Barbara art scene. Even artists who were not on the ...

• North available for first Test

  Rob Howley revealed he has fully recovered."George came through a fitness test this morning and I've never seen him in better shape. He'll be available and that's a big boost for ...

• Socceroos celebrate World Cup qualifier win

  Australia's national football team, the Socceroos, have celebrated booking their ticket in next year's World Cup in Brazil after a triumph against Iraq in Sydney on Tuesday night.Players were cheered at a public reception at Customs House, Circular Quay in Sydney Wednesday, signing autographs and posing for photos.The goal that secured the Aussies' 1-0 win was kicked in the dying ...

• Former Vidarbha captain coach Vijay Telang dies

  Vijay Telang has died aged 61. Telang, who played first-class cricket between 1970-86, scored 2724 runs in 50 games and also took seven ...

• World Cup 2014 Josh Kennedy coming to terms with scoring match-winning goal against Iraq

  Sydney 2000 Josh Kennedy says the impact of his match-winning goal in the World Cup qualifier against Iraq is only just "starting to sink in".Kennedy confirmed Australia's passage to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with his 83rd-minute header at the Olympic stadium on Tuesday night.The lanky striker was still coming to terms with being the toast of the nation as he joined his ...

• NZX 50 falls led by Sky TV on football rival

  New Zealand shares fell after an online rival to Sky Network Television emerged with the rights to English football, and network operator Chorus led a decline in companies sold down by offshore investors. The NZX 50 Index fell 16.651 points, or 0.4%, to 4445.55. Within the index, 21 stocks fell, 17 rose and 12 were unchanged. Turnover was $98.7 million. Sky TV fell after closely held Coliseum ...

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