Tuesday, 1 September 2009

Knights put to the sword

Newcastle's hopes of making the NRL finals remain on hold after the Knights slipped to a 30-14 defeat to Canberra on Monday.
UNION

Deans makes five changes to Wallabies

Will Genia in starting line-up, while Stephen Moore is benched and Al Baxter dumped

Lay off Barnes, urges Horwill

Berrick Barnes is on the verge of finding out whether Queensland fans resent his move to the NSW Waratahs.

Clubs show the big boys how it's done

GIVE me the choice between watching the Wallabies play the Springboks at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday or the last round of the Shute Shield club competition in Sydney.
Cricket

Adam Voges added to Australia ODI squad

National cricket selectors have added West Australian middle order batsman Adam Voges to the Australia one-day squad on the tour of England.
TENNIS

Hewitt joins Stosur in US Open second round, Dokic out

Samantha Stosur has battled to her first win at Flushing Meadows in five years to move unconvincingly into the second round of the US Open.

Federer, Serena win to begin US Open title defences

Roger Federer and Serena Williams began their US Open title defences with easy wins in matches that will probably stick only in the memories of the players they beat.
FOOTBALL

Debut goal for Ibrahimovic as Barca cruise to opening win

Club record signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a late debut goal as Barcelona began their title defence with a convincing 3-0 home win over Sporting Gijon on Monday.
AFL

Cleanskin Swans aim to stay out of trouble

EVEN before they had heard the news of rugby league's latest off-field scandal yesterday, Swans players had been spoken with about their behaviour during their traditional Mad Monday celebrations.
BASKETBALL

Boomers win four-nation event in China

Australia's men's basketball team won the four-nation Boris Stankovic Continental Cup in Kunshan City on Monday night, beating Turkey 69-52 in the final.
MORE SPORTS

Kiwi Henderson wins Tour of Spain third stage

New Zealander Greg Henderson of Team Columbia claimed his first victory from a major three-week race when he dominated a bunch sprint to win stage three of the Tour of Spain here on Monday.