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Kiwi and Australian resident surfing legend is in life support in Bali, Indonesia

A jockey was thrown from her horse and later pronounced dead during Monday's Darwin Cup meeting. The incident has led to the cancellation of the carnival after jockey voiced their concern about their safety.

Heavy rain in Manchester on Monday halted the third match of the Ashes, leading to a draw. As a result, England has retained the trophy for the third straight time with still two matches to go. Australian fans, however, have taken heart in the much-improved performance of their team in the past weekend's match.

Wayne Rooney might be on his way out of Old Trafford, but that won't stop Manchester United from showing its might against AIK Stockholm in a pre-season friendly game on Wednesday, 2:00 pm GMT.

Vince Young is the man of the hour. For the Green Bay Packers that is. He signed a one-year deal with the Packers after proving himself in workout. And to think many speculated his NFL career is on the dumps.

Twenty-six-year old female jockey, Simone Montgomerie, died after being thrown off her horse and was trampled on by the other horses at the last day of the Darwin Cup on Monday.

The UFC's return to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil is full of anticipation and high expectation, as the main card features a championship match between the featherweight division's kingpin and one of his most highly skilled challengers to date. Nonetheless, when it ended, it cannot be concealed that the conclusion of the fight has been frustrating for most fans and pundits, including the UFC president himself.

Tiger Woods is now currently on the lead, parring 16 holes in an even-par 70 Sunday to coast to a 7-shot victory at Bridgestone. This is his 8th win at the said event. He now matched the PGA Tour record.

The New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter can be put under the disabled list again after an MRI report showed the 39-year old shortstop has a strained right calf. These painful events have led the captain call his injury frustrating. His resentment expanded towards the whole game, which he termed a nightmare. Alex Rodriguez might be a replacement, despite own demons to deal with.

The Houston Rockets might be the winner of this summer's free agency bonanza after acquiring Rockets center Dwight Howard, but that doesn't mean winning a championship is already a slam-dunk.

We just might see A.Rod play again. Brent Lillibridge, Eduardo Nunez, Jayson Nix and David Adams have been rotating in A. Rod's place ever since the A-list athlete has been suspended from the game and awaiting decision on a possible 214-game suspension for his connection to the Biogenesis clinic. While they are great players in their own rights, A. Rod's coming back to his position is more than welcome.

Wrestmania might still be months away but the daughter of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is giving every gents out there a reason to jump from their seats.

Heavy rain forced umpires to call off Sunday's Ashes match in Manchester, leaving the Australian team up in arms as they were in a position to stay alive in this year's Series.

The second round of the FIBA Asia Championship has already kicked off on Monday, and the competition is expected to get even more intense from here onwards.

From rugby players to boyband members? Following their disappointing semi-final loss, five members of the Crusaders have teamed up to form their own boyband, the C-City Brothers.

Despite a courageous effort in Golden Point last week, the St. George Illawarra Dragoons still failed to shake off their losing woes as they fell to the Raiders 22-18 in last week match-up. Their latest setback handed the Dragoons their 10th straight loss and 12th overall this season.

Gary Woodland holds a seven-point lead at the Reno-Tahoe Open, a tournament which uses the Modified Stableford scoring system.

Tiger Woods carded a two-under-par 68 to establish a seven-stroke lead at the Bridgestone Invitational on Saturday.

Tiger Woods won the Bridgestone Invitational by seven strokes on Sunday after carding a final round 70.

Australian ring gladiator Michael Katsidis will be fighting his final boxing bout in his hometown of Toowoomba, Australia, Major sports media site ESPN reported on Saturday.

Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez's alleged second letter from jail has been leaked to the public by TMZ.

Rory McIlroy admitted that he needs to be less emotionally involved in his game ahead of this week's WGC Bridgestone Invitational.

Japanese pitching sensation Yu Darvish pulled off an encore performance against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday after striking out 14 batters without allowing a single walk to give the Texas Rangers a resounding 7-1 win at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.

Wimbledon Open boy's singles champion Gianluigi Quinzi has put himself in an awkward spot following his brow-raising comments on the credibility of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer as 'clean' competitors in the sport.

Carly Rae Jepsen, the singer behind the smash hit single 'Call Me Maybe,' had an embarrassing moment recently after throwing what many called the worst first pitch ever to kick start a Tampa Bay Rays baseball game at Tropicana Field.

Chicago Bulls shooting guard Jimmy Butler said his team would not allow the Miami Heat to win their third straight championships, claiming they are going to give the defending champs a tough battle when the two Eastern Conference powerhouses opened their regular-season on Oct 29.

On the opening day of the 3rd test versus England, it was Australian captain Michael Clarke who worked his team into a head start in the Ashes campaign. The match began with Australia winning the toss and pegging 303-3 at Old Trafford. This gave the Aussies an impetus to win and reinstate their victory at Ashes after trailing England 2-0.

Fans are clamoring for a NHL team in Seattle. And if a Seattle talk show host's comments are to be taken at face value, this seems to be very plausible. According to Jonathan Willis, a Seattle team can happen sooner rather than later.

Let’s be honest, the Australian team has the deck stacked against them – facing a possible loss that will go down in history as the worst losing streak since 1887/88 , the departure of the coach Mickey Arthur ,the calf injury of star player Kevin Pietersen and most importantly the friction between Michael Clarke and Shane Watson.