Saturday, February 27, 2010
Williams through to Acapulco decider
Venus Williams will meet Polona Hercog in the final of the combined WTA and ATP event in Acapulco, Mexico on Sunday (AEDT).[MORE]
Dementieva all set for another title
Top-seeded Elena Dementieva is ready to claim another singles title at the Malaysian Open after a 6-1, 6-3 win in the semi-finals over Austria's Sybille Bammer in Kuala Lumpur.[MORE]
Karlovic reaches Delray Beach semis
Second-seeded Croatian Ivo Karlovic booked his first semi-final berth of 2010, downing seventh-seeded James Blake in three sets at the ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championships on Saturday (AEDT).[MORE]
Samuels steals the show in Sydney
World champion Dani Samuels continues to show remarkable improvement as a discus thrower, producing another personal best to easily win the event at the Sydney Track Classic on Saturday night.[MORE]
Saints win after Seaby blunder
St Kilda is through to the semi-finals of the AFL preseason cup after a blunder by Sydney ruckman Mark Seaby proved very costly at Docklands on Saturday night.[MORE]
Lockyer suffers head cut in trial win
Brisbane captain Darren Lockyer's bid for some playing time ahead of the NRL season kick-off was scuttled again by injury on Saturday night, as the Broncos had a 30-20 trial win over Queensland Cup side Redcliffe.[MORE]
Firrito happy with life under Scott
Two things are becoming increasingly clear about new coach Brad Scott's philosophy at North Melbourne - play hard, and nothing comes easy.[MORE]
Roosters trounce Eels
The Sydney Roosters ran over Parramatta 40-14 in an NRL trial match at Gosford on Saturday night to hand the Eels their third preseason loss in a row.[MORE]
Tsunami warning spreads across Pacific
Nations across the Pacific are bracing for a destructive tsunami triggered by a earthquake that struck near the coast of Chile. [MORE]
Dragons force Charity Shield draw
St George Illawarra flyer Brett Morris crossed in the final minute to hold South Sydney to a 26-26 draw and deny the Rabbitohs a third straight Charity Shield win on Saturday.[MORE]
Inkster, Miyazato lead in Singapore
Veteran American Juli Inkster and Japanese star Ai Miyazato were joint leaders after the third round of the USLPGA women's champions tournament in Singapore.[MORE]
Waqar to coach Pakistan
Former Test captain Waqar Younis has accepted an offer from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to take over as national team coach, a day after he was offered him the position.[MORE]
Blues spoil Reds' return to Ballymore
A power-packed Blues rained on Queensland's return to Ballymore, coming from behind for a 27-18 Super 14 win on Saturday night.[MORE]
Mardi Gras parade struts through Sydney
Thousands of people have lined the streets of Sydney to cheer on Australia's largest gay pride parade.[MORE]
Hawks through to NBL decider
The Hawks will meet the Wildcats in the NBL grand final after defeating Townsville 88-76 in the third and deciding tie of their semi-final series in Wollongong on Saturday.[MORE]
Hardwick happy with Tigers' win
New Richmond coach Damien Hardwick says there are signs his new game plan is clicking, as the Tigers thumped reigning premiers Geelong 15.12 (102) to 7.9 (51) in an AFL practise match on Saturday.[MORE]
Hurricanes whip Lions
The Hurricanes piled on four tries to two to defeat the Lions 33-18 in their round three Super 14 match in Wellington on Saturday evening.[MORE]
Vics hit back at taunting Tigers
Acting Victoria captain Andrew McDonald has returned serve against Tasmanian counterpart George Bailey, claiming it is the Tigers who will be under pressure in Sunday's one-day cricket final at the MCG.[MORE]
Tsunami fears after massive Chile quake
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake has struck near the coast of south-central Chile shaking buildings and causing blackouts in parts of the capital Santiago, 320 kilometres away.[MORE]
Big guns advance at Snapper Rocks
Current world champion Mick Fanning, Kelly Slater and defending event winner Joel Parkinson all cruised through the first day of competition in this year's ASP World Championship Tour event at Snapper Rocks.[MORE]
Bombers impress in practice match
Essendon looks to have its ruck department in decent shape if Saturday's AFL practice match against Melbourne is any guide.[MORE]
Russians find forest of snow-covered tanks
Some Russians were amazed to discover dozens of T-80 battle tanks seemingly abandoned in a forest, but army officials insisted there was nothing unusual about it.[MORE]
Haslam takes superbikes pole
Great Britain's Leon Haslam will start from pole position in Sunday' first world superbike championship race at the season-opening round on Phillip Island.[MORE]
Canada on top of medal tally
Canada dominated its home ice by battling through to an epic men's hockey final and skating on the short track to the top of the Olympic medal standings in Vancouver on Saturday (AEDT).[MORE]
Rudd dissatisfied with ID theft explanation
Kevin Rudd is unhappy with the Israeli embassy's explanation about how Australian passports were used in a murder plot.[MORE]
