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With a new Currie Cup season closing in fast in South Africa, we take a look at which of the teams will be there or thereabouts and men to watch in 2012.

At the 2012 London Olympics, the Icelandic men lost to Hungary 34-33 in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Still, their 2008 silver victory at the Beijing Olympics has been immortalized in a peculiar art work meant to celebrate their triumph forever. See Thorgerdur Sigurdardottir's sculptures inspired by the Icelandic Handball Team.

Australia fast bowler James Pattinson has been sidelined by a recurring abdominal strain and will not take part in the A tour of England.

Glenn Maxwell has expressed surprise in the national selectors' consideration of his form in county cricket after being called up to Australia's ODI and T20I squads for next month's series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

While Tiger Woods has made definite strides in his game of late, he won't be satisfied until he has another major win - preferably four or five.

McKayla Maroney's passion-fueled scowl over an Olympics event becomes a huge attention grabber for many social network users. A Tumblr user from New York registered a blog just for the purpose of spreading the scowling images. His efforts launched a wild Maroney meme frenzy. Other Tumblr users, meanwhile, opted to express empathy towards the young gymnast.

The Duchess of Cambridge was always in attendance when it comes to supporting Team GB at the 2012 Olympics. As the games reach half of its cycle, get to see Kate Middleton and her most candid snaps during the Olympics.

Ernie Els has been named the European Tour Golfer of the Month for July following his win at the Open Championship.

World number two Tiger Woods will return to Malaysia later this year to take part in the CIMB Classic.

Northampton Saints have announced that former Wallabies wing Cameron Shepherd will not be joining the club.

Although he was left out of the 30-man Springbok squad for the opening leg of the Rugby Championship Ryan Kankowski might still play later in the tournament.

With a total haul of 22 medals as of Tuesday this week, Australia may well end up as one of the top finishers in the soon-to-be concluded London 2012 Olympics.

With a total haul of 22 medals as of Tuesday this week, Australia may well end up as one of the top finishers in the soon-to-be concluded London 2012 Olympics.

Australia's Commonwealth Games sprint champion Shane Perkins has won through to the quarter finals of the event after two solid performances during the morning session of Day 8 competition at the Olympic Velodrome.

The Australian Born '93 junior men's team has recovered from a disappointing display against Croatia to go down 7-11 to Greece in their penultimate game at the Acireale Memorial Tournament in Italy.

The Australian men's water polo team, the Aussie Sharks, have again succumbed to the precision of their European rivals going down to Croatia 11-6 in their penultimate group match at the London Olympics.

Australia's women's team pursuit trio of Annette Edmondson, Melissa Hoskins and Josephine Tomic have finished fourth at the Olympic Velodrome tonight after being beaten in the first round by the USA and then by Canada for bronze.

Scotland's Solheim Cup star Catriona Matthew continued her love affair with Killeen Castle as she recorded a one stroke victory in the Ladies Irish Open on Sunday.

In an astonishing last quarter comeback, and thrilling extra-time and penalty shootout performance, the Australian women's water polo team, the Aussie Stingers, have produce one of their greatest ever wins at the Olympic Games, defeating China 20-18 after penalties to progress to the semi-finals.

With the hype that is the 2012 London Olympics, everybody want to know what's what with their favorite athlete, especially Aly Raisman.

People often ask me where I find my off-the-beaten-path ideas. One of the best ways I've found is to travel and meet with fellow investors. They can be your bird dogs to emerging opportunities.

Women are watching this year’s Olympics for two reasons: to support the athletes from their country and to ogle men wearing tight clothes and competing in various sporting events.

As Kate and William continue their support for Team GB, the couple looked very much serious and into the game while they attend the cycling event at the Olympics.

The Olympics season is here and while the games are getting more exciting, celebrities put out their reactions, observations and random blurbs through Twitter.

Torrential rain and hailstones - and an unforseen mechanical problem 10km from the finish - conspired to derail the Australian women's road race campaign today.

Scott Piercy shot his third successive 67 on Sunday to secure the RBC Canadian Open title by one shot.

The London 2012 Olympics kicked off in London last Friday night. The opening ceremony gathered all of the athletes who qualified to compete in various sporting events.

The Australian men's water polo team, the Aussie Sharks, have returned to form in brilliant fashion after defeating Kazakhstan 7-4 in their second game of the London Olympics.

Now that the dust has settled after the Super Rugby semi-finals, Planet Rugby looks at the players who stole the show over the weekend.