Teams

Basketball

Pacers edge Miami to level NBA eastern conference series

The Indiana Pacers have bounced back from a heartbreaking game one defeat to edge LeBron James and the Miami Heat 97-93 and level the NBA Eastern Conference finals at one game apiece.

Zwaanswijk's character his greatest prize

Zwaanswijk

Dominic Bossi After 16 seasons with four clubs in three countries, the curtains have closed on the playing career of the Central Coast Mariners' Patrick Zwaanswijk.

CA's wage boost to ease the squeeze

Angela Reakes

David Sygall Cricket Australia's decision to raise the wages of top women players won't have NSW Breaker Angela Reakes rolling in cash. But it will make her demanding life a little more manageable.

Cricket

Women's teams to contest new-look Ashes

London England and Australia will break with tradition this season when the women's version of the Ashes is conducted across all three international formats.

Soccer

Bale's injury rocks Spurs in mixed Europe night for English teams

Gareth Bale.

Andy Scott It was a mixed night for England's trio of contenders in the Europa League on Thursday, with Chelsea winning their quarter-final first leg while Tottenham Hotspur were held to a draw and Newcastle...

A-League

Wanderers rewriting the rule book on debut teams

Wanderers

Darren Walton Already the talk of the A-League, the Western Sydney Wanderers are on course to achieve a footballing feat never seen before in Australia.

Prime Minister's XI

Flashy 50 will make BBL teams take notice

PM's player Jono Dean signs a autograph for Oliver Dunn,6 of Downer.

David Polkinghorne Prime Minister's XI: Was this the innings that launches the Big Bash League career Jono Dean so badly wants?

Cricket

Missing stars put teams to the test

30 January 2011, sport, Melissa Adams, Canberra Times, story James Buckley.
Queanbeyan v Tuggeranong at Manuka oval. Queanbeyan wicket keeper, Aaron Ayer and Tuggeranong batsman, Sam Thornton.  SPECIAL 0

Lee Gaskin Tuggeranong's batting depth will be put to the ultimate test with three of their mainstays missing from Saturday's crucial John Gallop Cup match with Eastlake.

Futsal

ACT teams plan for strong show

Fleta Page The 2013 Futsal Nationals kick off on Monday afternoon with the ACT men and women looking to go one step further than last year, when both lost the grand final to the NSW Thunder.

Who's a run machine to all the teams? Clarke!

Malcolm Knox

Malcolm Knox IT'S getting to the point where people will go to the cricket to say they saw Michael Clarke bat in 2012.

Cricket

Christian and Bollinger among those discarded by Indian Premier League teams

Michael Clarke

Jesse Hogan All-rounder Daniel Christian and former Test paceman Doug Bollinger are among 13 Australian discarded by their Indian Premier League teams.

Soccer

Weekend to savour for Melbourne teams

Melbourne Victory players celebrate with fans

Michael Lynch Strange to think, after Saturday night's barnstorming win over Sydney FC, that Victory was bottom of the league this time last week.

Cricket

Prize money rise for Test cricket teams

Dubai The top four Test teams will receive more prize money from the International Cricket Council next year.

Unbeaten teams face off in Copa groups

Five match ups between unbeaten teams take place in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores this week, including one between Boca Juniors and Atlas.

Fines for both teams from SCG match

By Roger Vaughan Match referee Jeff Crowe has warned Australia and India to focus on their cricket after fining paceman Ishant Sharma 15 per cent fine of his match fee.

New teams to test A-League's viability

By Philip Henderson, Jim Morton and Laine Clark The long-term viability of the A-League is set to be put to the test in six months with the competition poised to expand to 10 teams.

Glory keen to upset A-League's top teams

By Liam FitzGibbon Perth won't be in this year's A-League finals but skipper Simon Colosimo believes the Glory still have a big part to play in them.

Top teams break clear in WNBL

Adrian Warren The top four teams in the WNBL have broken away from the chasing group.

A League duo avoid big teams in ACL draw

Ian McCullough Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets managed to avoid the heavyweights of Asian football in their draws for the group stages of the Asian Champions League.

EPL clubs could mentor A-League teams

Shigemi Sato The EPL plans to help develop clubs in Asia - including Australia's Asian Champions League representatives, AFC president Mohammed bin Hammam said on Friday.