First-five Dan Carter will miss New Zealand's first two Rugby Championship Tests against Australia and could be sidelined for up to four weeks with a calf strain.

Valerie Adams has become the first female track and field athlete to win four individual titles in the same event.

Chris Masoe stepped up and ran the touch line in a pre-season match.

Iam still trying to decide if Iam frustrated or bewildered over Fordas grand performance in Sydney.

Lucas Ordonez is a first in motor racing after being discovered through a competition via the Gran Turismo game in 2008.

Wladimir Klitschko will put his IBF,IBO, WBA, and WBO heavyweight title belts on the line when he faces Russian Alexander Povetkin at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Moscow, Russia on October 5th.

Reaction from England captain Alastair Cook, bowler Stuart Broad and Australian captain Michael Clarke after England beat Australia by 74 runs in the fourth Ashes Test.

Demolition work is underway at Carisbrook Stadium following it's sale to construction company alder Stewart in June.

Twelve years after Italy's last match against Argentina, the two predominantly Roman Catholic and football-crazy nations are renewing their storied rivalry in a friendly game that will be played under the auspices of Pope Francis.

After six and a half seasons in Europe, Clint Dempsey - arguably the best American player - has returned to his native country.

Motor sport doesn't get much stranger than lawn-mower racing, but to its hard-core devotees it's much more than just a hobby.

International basketball rivalries will be reignited Wednesday night at the North Shore Events Centre in the first leg of the Oceania Championships between the Tall Blacks and Australian Boomers.

Valerie Adams created history this morning with a fourth consecutive triumph at the World Athletic Championship in Moscow.

The intricacies of the video referee have halted Canterbury's bid for the NRL top four as Gold Coast moved into finals reckoning with a 26-16 upset at ANZ Stadium.

Two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won her second world championship in the 100 meters Monday with an overpowering run, finishing well ahead of the rest of the pack.

Australia suffered a stunning collapse on the fourth day in Durham to hand an Ashes series win to England, after roaring back into contention thanks to an opening stand of 109 between David Warner and Chris Rogers.

New Zealand's shot put supremo Valerie Adams has become the first woman to win four individual world athletics titles in the same event.

The intricacies of the video referee have halted Canterbury's bid for the NRL top four as Gold Coast moved into finals.

There's little mystery in sport these days, but with five days until the rugby championship opener in Sydney, there's plenty surrounding the Wallabies.

Double Olympic gold medallist Valerie Adams and the world's other best athletes have been competing in a mostly empty stadium in Moscow.

Usain Bolt took 100-metres gold at the World Championships in Moscow on Sunday.

If Tony Hill gives a batsman out on an empty field, and no one is there to see it, is it out?

Trying to erase the heartache of two years ago, Jason Dufner made the turn at the PGA Championship leading Jim Furyk by two strokes.

Tim Clark may not win the PGA Championship, but he can certainly lay claim to the best shot of the tournament after getting a hole-in-one on the 11th hole.

Cowboys captain Jonathan Thurston put on a master class in his side's 36-4 demolition of the Penrith Panthers to keep North Queensland's finals hopes alive.

Olympic champion Usain Bolt has restored order to the world of sprinting, regaining the 100-metre world championship title.

Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell were leading England's recovery by tea on day three of a well-poised fourth Ashes test, just when a brilliant spell of pace bowling by Ryan Harris had put Australia in charge.

Robin van Persie reinforced his status as Manchester United's leading striker during Wayne Rooney's absence Sunday by clinching a 2-0 victory over Wigan to open the David Moyes era with a win in the Community Shield.

The NRL finals dream is still alive for the Broncos but the season is over for star player Justin Hodges.

The New Zealand rowing team left for the world champs in Korea today, among them Robbie Manson and Michael Arms.

A decision will be made tomorrow as to whether David Tua's calf injury will force his heavyweight bout with Alexander Ustinov to be postponed.

Andrew Gourdie caught up with David Tua about his upcoming fight with Russian Alexander Ustinov in Hamilton on August 31.

Manlyas beaten the Warriors 27-12 in NRL action from Bluetongue Stadium today.

Luna Rossa will race Team New Zealand in the Louis Vuitton Cup final next week after the Italians completed a semi-final whitewash of Artemis Racing on San Francisco Bay.

Video highlights, live stream commentary, live updates as they happen and minute-by-minute, and all the action as the Warriors travel to Gosford to take on the Sea Eagles. VIDEO will be available as soon as the final whistle goes.

Jim Furyk has a one-stroke lead going to the final round of the PGA Championship.

Milos Raonic beat fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4) to reach the Rogers Cup final.

Bayer Leverkusen were at home to Freiburg in the opening weekend of the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Heading into the fourth Ashes test, Chris Rogers' short international career was marked by the quirky statistic of scoring more runs against Australia than for them.

Usain Bolt's pre-race antics were rather subdued.

Tottenham and Espanyol have played out a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane this morning.

A Dane Gagai try with less than two minutes remaining kept alive Newcastle's NRL finals hopes as the Knights edged out Cronulla 18-14 at Remondis Stadium on Saturday night.

The Sydney Roosters have edged out Canberra 28-22 to seize sole possession of the NRL competition lead for the first time since the Brad Fittler-led golden era of almost a decade ago.

Chris Rogers rode his luck before reaching a hard-earned maiden test century as Australia stayed in control of the fourth Ashes test on Saturday, despite a swing-bowling masterclass from Stuart Broad on day two.

One year on from winning Olympic gold, kayaker Lisa Carrington is preparing to compete again a this time at the world championships in Germany.

Victory for the Warriors over Manly tomorrow will keep Matt Elliot's side well in the hunt for the NRL top eight.

Jason Dufner got on quite a roll after he holed out from the fairway for an eagle at the second hole.

When Ashton Agar was surprisingly selected for the first Ashes test and then produced his memorable knock of 98 as a No. 11 batsman, there appeared to be little chance of rival spinner Nathan Lyon getting his place back in the Australia team.

Kieran Read and Keven Mealamu spoke with media today in Wellington about Benji Marshall, the upcoming Bledisloe Cup Test in Sydney and last night's hitout against Wellington and Canterbury.

Benji Marshall knows it will be hard work to fulfil a childhood dream of playing for the All Blacks.

Blues coach John Kirwan addressed media this morning after the announcement that Benji Marshall is joining the side.

The new head of the English Football Association on Friday called on FIFA to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar either to winter or to another country, adding to mounting criticism of the decision to give the tournament to the tiny desert nation.

Arsenal was drawn on Friday to play Fenerbahce in a Champions League playoff affected by legal complications as it seeks a 16th straight season in the lucrative group stage.

British Olympic official Craig Reedie is set to become the next president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, facing the "daunting" task of cleaning up worldwide drug scandals across sports.

Australia exposed the shortcomings of England's frail batting lineup to take command of the fourth Ashes test on Friday, reducing the hosts to 238-9 on the opening day after offspinner Nathan Lyon grabbed four wickets.

New Zealand rugby league star Benji Marshall has announced he has signed a two-year deal with Super Rugby team the Blues.

Defending champion Bayern Munich kicked off the new German season with a 3-1 win over visiting Borussia Moenchengladbach in Pep Guardiola's first Bundesliga game.

It wasn't pretty but no one of a Parramatta persuasion cared on Friday night as their embattled Eels ended a run of 10 straight losses with a 26-22 win to heap more pressure on Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter.

Melbourne have marked their turf as defending NRL champions by seeing off fellow competition heavyweights South Sydney 26-8 at AAMI Park.

After 40 minutes watching flanker Richie McCaw rediscovering his rugby mojo in Wellington on Friday, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has no doubt his captain is ready for the Rugby Championship opener against Australia in Sydney next week.