It was a nail biting finish with the American bred and French trained horse Americain storming home by two lengths to win the Emirates Melbourne Cup 2010.  It  was  a classic battle with local favourite So You Think to the delight of racegoers at the Flemington race track. There was truly an international flavour to [...]

The 2010 World Rowing Championships was officially declared open by FISA President Denis Oswald at the Opening Ceremony at Lake Karapiro New Zealand on 30 October 2010. The ceremony program had many features including a performance by the ‘popera’ group Lyrica, and Zach Washer an acrobatic Cyr wheeler showed off his prowess to the crowd. [...]

Italian teenager Matteo Manassero aged 17 is on top of the world with his win at the Castello Masters making him the European Tour’s youngest  winner.   He replaces the previous youngest tour winner New Zealand’s Danny Lee who won the Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth, Australia when he was 18 in 2009. Manassero started [...]

After losing out to Andy Murray in the Shanghai Masters last week Swiss legend Roger Federer was in fine form in Stockholm.  He beat Florian  Mayer in the Stockholm Open final yesterday. The German Mayer ranked 47th played valiantly and broke the Swiss champion’s serve in the  seventh game of the opening set. However Federer [...]

The Santos Tour Down Under heralds in the first race of the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) World Road Cycling calendar.  Lance  Armstrong the seven-time Tour de France champion is a confirmed entrant for the January 2011 event in South Australia. Armstrong, returned to cycling in 2009 having quit in 2005 but he confirmed that 2010 [...]

Sir Alex Ferguson Manchester United’s Manager delivered the stunning announcement at a news conference on Tuesday that England International 24 year old Wayne Rooney wants to leave the the English Premier League club after six successful years there. Rooney was signed to the club by Sir Alex and has developed under his and the club’s [...]

Following allegations by the London Sunday Times newspaper that a couple of undercover journalists had filmed evidence of corruption involving two of its executive members, The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has today launched a formal investigation. The incident occurred when the two journalists posing as lobbyists for an American consortium were seeking endorsement [...]

The Velux 5 Oceans Challenge the longest and toughest race for individuals in any sport is a round-the-world single-handed yacht race across five oceans. Run every four years since 1982 the 2010/11 challenge departed from La Rochelle(France) today at 1.00pm cheered on by the crowds who lined the Bassin des Chalutiers.  In perfect conditions with [...]

Before a capacity crowd in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium the XIX Commonwealth Games came to an end on 14 October, 2010 in a flawless extravaganza of song and dance and a magnificent fireworks display lighting up the Delhi skyline. It is hard to credit that four weeks ago there were murmurings that the event might [...]

There will be  a few bleary eyes at the office today in New Zealand after the heart stopping final at the Commonwealth Games Rugby 7s final between New Zealand and Australia at 3.00am this morning NZ time. But in the end it was haka for breakfast. After a less than stellar year in the International [...]