Nadal plans on staying No.1
By Paul Logothetis - October 14th 2008 (3 hours ago)
Rafael Nadal’s reign at No.1 is still young and the Spaniard heads into the Madrid Masters expecting a fight to hold on to the prestigious title.
From the experts
The low down from those in the know
Atkinson retains fourth at World Rally Championship
By Robert Grant - October 14th 2008 (3 hours ago)
Australian Chris Atkinson remains on track for his best season in the World Rally Championship after an untroubled drive to sixth in the Rally of France.
Mixed Bathurst fortunes set title race up perfectly
By Cameron Tomarchio - October 14th 2008 (3 hours ago)
Ford’s Bathurst delight and Holden’s absolute horror have set up an intriguing run home in the V8 Supercar title race.
Topsy-turvy NBL season continues
By Adrian Warren - October 13th 2008
Sydney showed Spirit and the Taipans bared their fangs as the “staggering” and “crazy” start to the NBL season continued.
Triple treat for Triple Eight
By Cameron Tomarchio - October 13th 2008
Ford pair Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup claimed an historic Bathurst 1000 hat-trick today but second-placed Greg Murphy was “pissed” that Lowndes got away with bumping him on lap one.
Culture change at Bathurst 1000 from rowdy to friendly
By Doug Conway - October 13th 2008
This year could mark a watershed in the behaviour of Bathurst 1000 motor racing crowds, from drunken and rowdy to family friendly.
Aussie wins Hawaiian ironman in second attempt
By Sam Lienert - October 13th 2008
Australian Hawaiian Ironman has taken out the Hawaiian Ironman in just his second attempt, proving experience isn’t everything in one of the world’s most gruelling sporting events.
Stunned Alonso wins, Hamilton pointless in Japan
By AFP - October 13th 2008
Two-times world champion Fernando Alonso admitted he was stunned after claiming his second successive victory by winning an incident-packed Japanese Grand Prix.
Bathurst is one of Australia’s great sporting events
By Adrian Musolino October 12th 2008
Bathurst’s importance to the V8 Supercar series is immeasurable. It is the categories’ showpiece event, its chance to reach viewers who ordinarily wouldn’t watch the regular V8 Supercar rounds. And as such, it ranks up there with the Melbourne Cup and the AFL Grand Final.
Tigers idle to big win over Adelaide
By AAP - October 12th 2008
The Melbourne Tigers have cruised to a 119-91 NBL win over the Adelaide 36ers at the State Netball and Hockey Centre tonight. The Tigers jumped to an early 16 point lead and were never challenged.
World’s best team says you’ve got to get Bak
By Guy Hand - October 12th 2008
The world’s No.1 cycling team believes Denmark’s Lars Bak rather than its three Australians will be the man to beat when the Herald-Sun Tour kicks off in eastern Victoria tomorrow.
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Cyclists ready to roll on the Sun Tour
By timbo_77 October 14th 2008 (4 hours ago)
The 2008 six stage edition of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour will include some of the biggest names in world and domestic cycling. Fifteen teams of seven riders have been invited to contest the Sun Tour this year, including international professional teams such as CSC-Saxo Bank (Denmark), Barloworld (Italy) and Toyota United (USA).
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What was the sporting highlight of winter?
By El Capitan October 9th 2008
Now that the football season is finished across the country (bar the A-League and the rugby league World Cup), I thought it would be timely to discuss the year that was in the football codes.
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Unveiling the next Roar columnist
By The Roar October 8th 2008
We had some wonderful entries in the 2008 Roar Armchair Sports Writer Award, our search to find Australia’s next great sports writer and turn them into a paid columnist.
We now have a winner!
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The Singapore Grand Prix was a real snooze
By Nick Bron October 8th 2008
I’ve been waiting and waiting for Roar regulars to fire up about the Singapore Grand Prix. Why? Because it was the most frustrating race of a so far spectacular season.
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The Code War is a real Haiku Battle
By Cosmos Forever October 7th 2008
I gave it to a few fellow Roarers earlier, tiring of when a perfectly good post descends into the all too familiar code-war. But rather than become bitter and distant, I’ve decided to be proactive going forward.
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‘Leadership groups’, ‘Banana skins’. Enough already!
By Con Stamocostas September 30th 2008
One you get some success coaching in sport, you then write a book about why you where successful. Then every other coach who wants to be successful reads the book. Once a seed has been planted, you see some of these ideas popping up all over the place.
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Australia diving in Davis Cup
By David Wiseman September 23rd 2008
Lost in the wash-up of the football finals was Australia’s exclusion from the Davis Cup World Group for a second great year. To put this in context, this is like Manchester United being relegated to the Championship.
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Webber should be optimistic in ‘09
By les_clarke September 22nd 2008
After another productive round in Italy last weekend, Australian F1 stalwart Mark Webber should be optimistic about 2009.
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The top 5 moments from the Bathurst 1000
By Jason Cave September 17th 2008
The SuperCheap Auto 1000 at Mount Panorama at Bathurst in NSW is one of Australia’s great sports events.
Seeing that the “Great Race” is upon us, now it’s time to look back on some of the most memorable moments that have made the Bathurst 1000 one of the great races in the world of motorsport:
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The great ‘comebacks’: from Muhammad Ali to Air Jordan
By The Roar September 11th 2008
The announcement that American cycling legend Lance Armstrong is to make a comeback at the age of 37 is just the latest in a series of comebacks of former champions who found the temptation for further glory too good to resist.
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Gilles Muller: an ode to the Grand Slam fairytale
By bahodl September 10th 2008
Gilles Muller is a realist. On his recent trip to the US Open, he didn’t even bother to book a hotel room for the second week of the tournament. He didn’t think he would need to.
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It’s all diamonds for the Aussie netball team
By skippy September 9th 2008
We finally have a name for our most successful international sporting team. Yes, netball. Despite having won nine World Championships, they didn’t have a nickname.
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Power plays a plenty in US Open Finals
By Rory O\'Donovan September 7th 2008
There are only two days remaining in the 2008 US Open, but by the time they’re over we’ll know a lot more about the new balance of power in both the men’s and women’s games.
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MotoGP is running with flat tires
By Adam Pearce September 2nd 2008
I love MotoGP and I used to like F1, before I realised it was sanitized as all hell, used as a plaything by the big boys in the sport, and was structured so that no small team will ever compete against the major players.
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How Nine will cover the London Olympics better
By Jason Cave August 27th 2008
Channel Nine will take over the Olympic Games TV rights from Seven in time for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada in 2010, and then for the ‘big one’ in London, 2012.
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Backing the underdog is much more fun
By dawson August 27th 2008
I love it when the underdog wins. That’s what sport is all about. There have been a number of fantastic stories this year: Greg Norman’s British Open, the emergence of Casey Dellacqua, and Spain winning Euro 2008.
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The ‘other’ sports capture the true Olympic spirit
By Homer August 26th 2008
It is only during the Olympics that - television coverage permitting - most of us will ever watch the vast array of sport on offer: handball, table tennis (Ping Pong for the more ocker among us), archery, weightlifting, and even diving.
Basketball? Equestrian? Seven got it wrong, again
By Neil.P August 26th 2008 - (3)
China second on the medal tally? Only in America
By Benjamin Conkey August 25th 2008 - (42)
Bolt vs Phelps: who’s the brightest star?
By mitchc6 August 24th 2008 - (8)
Phelps is swimming in greens
By Alan Nicolea August 23rd 2008 - (0)
The Great Gold Giveaway
By Gabriel Knowles August 23rd 2008 - (2)
Seven’s Olympic coverage so yesterday
By Scott Vincent August 22nd 2008 - (4)
The NBL has to change
By Aaron Doherty August 22nd 2008 - (5)
Phelps is on the money, but at what cost?
By Zolton August 22nd 2008 - (1)
