SPORTS

It's the fourth day of the Australian Open and everybody's getting more excited to see whose names would be in the books for this year.

Stephen Brown, acting chief executive of the RFU, insists that Stuart Lancaster is in the running to be England coach on a full-time basis.

Sale boss Steve Diamond's disciplinary hearing relating to two counts of verbally abusing match officials has been postponed.

Three changes have been made to Aussie Stingers women's water polo team for the three match test series against the USA, which begins in Sydney on Tuesday.

A train-on group of 18 has been named in the Australian born '94 women's youth squad that will take part in a week long test series against New Zealand, starting January 22.

Retief Goosen had every reason to feel good about the week ahead when he talked about himself on Tuesday ahead of the European Tour biggie, the Volvo Golf Champions.

England's Lee Westwood and Simon Dyson and Northern Ireland Open champion Darren Clarke have joined the strong field set to tee it up in the Shell Houston Open at the Redstone Golf Club on March 28.

The Australian women's water polo team, the Aussie Stingers, have begun their three match test series against the USA with a disappointing 13-12 loss at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Tuesday night.

Ian Ritchie will take over as chief executive of the Rugby Football Union on February 27.

Captain Michael Clarke insisted that there will be no relenting from Australia when they look to wrap up a series whitewash over India come the fourth and final Test match in Adelaide, starting on 24 January.

Australia all-rounder Shane Watson is likely to stay on the sidelines for the final Test against India in Adelaide, according to coach Mickey Arthur.

In an enthralling extratime contest between two of sport's most intense rivals, the Aussie Sharks have fallen agonisingly short in the men's gold medal match going down 11-10 to the USA at the Water Polo Pan Pans in Melbourne.

The extraordinary feats of the Australian gold medal winning women's water polo team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics have been further recognised during a presentation ceremony at the Water Polo Pan Pacs in Melbourne.

The Australian Barbarians have gone within inches of pulling off the great shock of the 2012 Water Polo Pan Pacs missing a last second shot to settle for a 9-9 draw against the world number six-ranked USA men's team in the last game on day six of the tournament.

The Aussie Stingers, Australia's women's water polo team, has tuned up for tomorrow's gold medal showdown with the USA at the Water Polo Pan Pacs by edging out China 8-7 at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.

23-year-old Brendan Grace won the Joburg Open by one one shot on Sunday to pick up his maiden European Tour title.

South Australia's Glenn O'Shea, 22, captured his third gold medal of the 2011/12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Series, winning the men's omnium in Beijing.

It was a simply splendid performance today by Amanda Spratt who launched an audacius solo attack to claim the elite women's road race crown at the 2012 Mars Cycling Australia Road National Cycling Championships in Buninyong, near Ballarat.

Victoria's Simon Gerrans, 31, has been crowned Australian champion after a thrilling elite men's road race at the 2012 Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships in Buninyong, near Ballarat.

A goalkeeper made a spectacular goal from his end to the opponent's net with a single kick during a windy match in England's top soccer league on Wednesday.

To all soccer fans out there, soccer superstar David Beckham turned down an offer to join the Paris Saint-Germain’s club and decided to stay to play for Los Angeles Galaxy. Is he the next Hollywood action star?

The Australian pair of James Castrission and Justin Jones planted the country's flag at South Pole on Dec 31, 2011, to mark that they reached the bottom of the world on foot.

Football fans will be treated to a match that will literally give them the highs when Euro 12 opens on June 8, 2012. Ukrainian mountaineers will perform the ceremonial opening game on Mount Everest as their country co-hosts the month-long tournament with Poland.

The third day of the Rolex Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race has turned quite fierce between maxi boats Investec Loyal and Wild Oats XI as the line honours is now more contentious up to the finish. (Update: After crossing the finish line with only a 3 minute advantage over Wild Oats XI, Investec Loyal's victory is now under protest and a hearing will be held Thursday at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania at 10 AM AEST.)

Two teams have retired from the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race as one is down by engine failure and the other a broken gooseneck while traversing the rough seas on the first day of the race.

A hooligan charged at a goalkeeper during a Dutch football match Wednesday night but was knocked down and kicked by the player. The referee then gave the goalie a red card angering his team, who then walked out canceling the game.

Proving he has definitely moved on from the worldwide phenomena of his 72-day marriage with former ex-wife Kim Kardashian, Kris is focusing on his basketball career. Proof? The NBA star has just re-signed last Tuesday with the New Jerseys Nets.

Police has detained and charged Chicago Bears player Sam Hurd after he accepted one kilo of packaged cocaine from an undercover federal agent posing as a drug supplier who sold it to him.

You're probably familiar with his story, but this is for those who don't really follow football: the Broncos were 1-4 when the coaches benched the first-string quarterback and started Tim Tebow, and fans felt that that they did so because they'd didn't really expect much for the season and that they might as well hush his irritating, unrelenting supporters by letting him try and watching him eventually fail.