A baker’s dozen of these things. And in this one I go off on rants about east coast bias, tennis and US politics! Yep, that sounds like an Australian sports report, don’t it!? Come and enjoy the view…
Finals time! When the best of the best try to out do the rest! Or something. Meh. Let’s get on with it…
Tennis
Federer won the US Open.
Surprise!!
Rugby League
First round of the league finals and there was an absolute boilover… but what has been dominating the rugby sports pages? Yep, more sports stars ‘allegedly’ involved in [...]
A weekend parked in front of the television when I wasn’t out training. More sport than I needed, with AFL finals, final rounds of the NRL and SANFL, some other sporting bits and pieces… Sometimes it’s good to be in a sport obsessed country… especially if you’re sport obsessed yourself…
Sorry this is a little late; I’ve been holidaying on glorious Kangaroo Island. If you ever manage to make your way down here to Australia, you could do far worse than this 100 mile piece of real estate off the South Australian coast. So I am in a good mood…
Ignoring the Olympics, it’s been a strange time down here in the realm of sport. Of course, it always seems like a strange time in sport in a land where our sportspeople are worshipped as demigods and every tinea itch is a major news story.
TORONTO - It’s very rare that you get to see a player achieve the No. 1 status right in front of your eyes, but that is exactly what happened for fans and players alike at the 2008 Rogers Cup.
TORONTO - In the end, Rafael Nadal made the final and that’s really all that matters.
TORONTO - In the best game of the tournament so far, Rafael Nadal survived an early scare from quarterfinal opponent Richard Gasquet last night and moves on to face Andy Murray on Saturday in the semifinals after a three-set victory 6-7 (12-14), 6-2, 6-1.
TORONTO – The hits just keep on coming at the Rogers Cup tournament in Toronto.
And on Friday night, another major upset led to the straight-set dismissal of the defending Rogers Cup champion, Novak Djokovic at the hands of Scotsman Andy Murray (6-3, 7-6).
TORONTO - Seed killers squared off in the first quarterfinal match of the Rogers Cup on Friday afternoon and at the end of a long three-set battle, only one was left standing.