Posts Tagged "winning"

Australia’s nightmare summer continued on Friday night as South Africa wrapped up the one-day series 4-1 with a comfortable 39-run triumph in front of 18,002 fans at the WACA.

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Serena Vs Safina in Aussie Open final

By Darren Walton, 30 Jan 2009

 

Serena Williams and Dinara Safina will slug it out for grand slam spoils and the world No.1 ranking on Saturday night after sweeping into the Australian Open final.

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Dokic a true blue Australian? Kind of

By AAP, 25 Jan 2009

 

It is a good thing Australian tennis darling Jelena Dokic is “proud to play for this country again”. A good thing because mystery still surrounds from where exactly she hails.

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There is a perception that Craig Foster, Les Murray and the rest of the SBS team are prejudiced against English Football. But I don’t believe that these criticisms are fair.

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The last few years have witnessed a string of crazy sporting results: the Sydney Swans, Geelong Cats and West Tigers all breaking long premiership droughts; the Tampa Rays making it all the way to the World Series, while the Red Sox and White Sox both won it.

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Nalbandian in shock defeat

By Sam Lienert, 22 Jan 2009

 

Argentinian David Nalbandian suffered a shock defeat to unseeded Taiwanese player Yen-Hsun Lu on Wednesday night to make his earliest Australian Open exit in seven years.

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Richmond midfielder Mark Coughlan expects elite football to have a foreign feel to it by the time he makes a successful comeback to the AFL next month.

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For comeback queen, not quite a Date with destiny

By Guy Hand, 20 Jan 2009

 

It was so nearly a win for the ages – one for the thirty-somethings. But Kimiko Date Krumm, at 38 and playing her first grand slam match for 12 years, fell just short of producing an Australian Open moment as uplifting as it would have been unexpected.

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Federer wins first round clash

By Guy Hand, 20 Jan 2009

 

Roger Federer took the first step towards equalling Pete Sampras’ Grand Slam-winning record, beating off defiant Italian Andreas Seppi on Monday to march into the second round of the Australian Open.

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Seven titles from thirteen attempts; a better than 50 percent competition winning strike rate. Need we say more?

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Argentine coach Diego Maradona on Friday rated Lionel Messi as the best player in the world, rather than FIFA choice Cristiano Ronaldo.

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South Africa are 1-0 up in the one-day series after producing another brilliant run-chase to beat Australia by three wickets at the MCG.

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St George Illawarra believe the change of regime at the NRL club will attract interest from off-contract superstars Benji Marshall, Darren Lockyer and Karmichael Hunt.

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Kevin Pietersen’s exit as England captain, and the sacking of coach Peter Moores, left Australian cricket delighted with their old rivals’ self-inflicted wounds ahead of this year’s Ashes.

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South Africa captain Graeme Smith’s breakthrough century in the first Test against Australia on Saturday put the Proteas within sight of claiming what would be a memorable victory.

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Football Federation Australia has welcomed a decision by FIFA that will allow it to bid simultaneously for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

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Football Federation Australia has welcomed a decision by FIFA that will allow it to bid simultaneously for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

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Former Test captains Imran Khan and Wasim Akram joined the local media on Friday in hitting out at India’s decision to cancel next month’s tour to Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist attacks.

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Adelaide are out to claim both a $2 million prize and another slice of respect for Australian football in Thursday night’s Club World Cup playoff against Egypt’s Al Ahly.

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What do you consider the most heartbreaking losses in the history of Australian rugby? Because I enjoy making lists, here’s my rankings for the most heartbreaking losses in the history of Australian rugby.

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