VIDEO: 12-hour endurance lawn-mower race takes its toll

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.

• Dan Carter ruled out of Rugby Championship Opener against Wallabies

  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.

• Val sits with track and field greats

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

• VIDEO: Chris Masoe runs touch line after assistant ref injury

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

• OPINION: Sorry Ford, but #gofurther didnat go far enough

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

• VIDEO: Gran Turismo gaming prodigy Lucas Ordonez aiding Nissan V8s

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

• VIDEO: Vladimir Klitschko and Alexander Povetkin promote Moscow showdown

  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.

• VIDEO: Cook, Broad, Clarke reaction, Ashes 2013 4th Test, Day 2, Chester-le-Street

  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.

• VIDEO: Dunedin's Carisbrook Stadium demolished

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

• VIDEO: Italy and Argentina dedicate friendly to Pope Francis

  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.

• VIDEO: Clint Dempsey unveiled by Seattle Sounders, MLS 2013

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

• VIDEO: 12-hour endurance lawn-mower race takes its toll

  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.

• VIDEO: Interview - Tom Abercrombie

  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.

• VIDEO: Interview - Valerie Adams

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

• VIDEO: All tries (16-26) Bulldogs V Titans, NRL 2013

  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.

• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins womens 100m at world champs in Moscow

  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.

• VIDEO: Day 4 All highlights and all wickets, Ashes 2013, 4th Test, Durham

  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.

• VIDEO: Valerie Adams wins shot put gold at world champs in Moscow

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

• Titans upset Bulldogs 26-16 in NRL

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

• All Blacks left guessing

  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.

• Adams cruises but few there to watch

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