Sat 20 Mar 2010 11:01 PM AEST
The Northern Mystics have summoned one last surge to hold off the fast-finishing Adelaide Thunderbirds 55-52 in an exciting and historic opening to the trans-Tasman netball league in Auckland.
German great Gerd Schonfelder closed out his Paralympic career on a high on Saturday (AEDT), winning the men's standing super-G title for his third gold medal of the Games to go with one silver.
Teenager Katie Goldman has come from the clouds to emerge as a genuine 800 metres freestyle Commonwealth Games medal contender with a stunning 11-second personal best at the trials in Sydney.
Seven-times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has pulled out of the Milan-San Remo classic race because of acute gastroenteritis, his RadioShack team said.
Three months ago Eamon Sullivan weighed up retirement.
Local Taj Burrow remains the man to beat at the Margaret River Pro after defending ASP world champion Mick Fanning crashed out in Western Australia.
Australia's Dale Begg-Smith joined French legend Edgar Grospiron as the greatest World Cup mogul skiing champion of all time after wrapping up his fourth season title.
Australian skier Marty Mayberry won a silver medal in the men's standing downhill skiing at the Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games.
Geoff Huegill is a shadow of the man he was two years ago, last night proving he has not lost the ability to represent his country in the pool.
Australian skier Bart Bunting has had a disappointing end to his comeback winter Paralympic Games, crashing out in the visually impaired men's downhill.
International Paralympic team officials will meet on Friday to consider adding snowboarding to the roster of competitions at the games.
09 Mar, 2010, 23:50PM
When it comes to the life of an elite batsman, perhaps Chrissy Amphlett and The Divinyls best summed it up in the 1980s when they penned the lyric "There's a fine line between pleasure and pain".
