Rugby / Australia edges out England in thriller
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Australia showed all its famed resilience to withstand a fierce fightback by England and beat the world champion 21-19 in a thunderous World Cup final repeat yesterday.
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ONCE the tailenders of world cricket, England thumped the West Indies by 10 wickets at the Oval to complete a 4-0 whitewash yesterday and are now snapping at Australia&#39;s heels for world dominance.
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South Africa held off Australia 23-19 in a dramatic finale and won the Tri-Nations rugby title for the first time since 1998 on Saturday at King&#39;s Park.
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England put on a fantastic display of cricket to beat world champs Australia to the Champions Trophy final. Team skipper Michael Vaughan was named man of the match as England crushed Australia by six wickets.
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Australia closed in on regaining the Ashes as they smashed a commanding lead over England on day three of the third Test at an oppressively hot WACA Ground here.
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South Africa throttled England to win the Rugby World Cup final, 15-6, at the Stade de France on Saturday night.
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England beat New Zealand by six wickets in the third one-day cricket international here Friday.
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Australia romp to a comfortable 55-12 victory over a second-string Fiji in the Pool B clash in Montpellier.
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LONDON - First five-eighths Charlie Hodgson scored a dazzling first-half try to inspire world champions England to a comprehensive 32-16 win over South Africa at Twickenham.
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New Zealand retain the Tri-Nations title and the Bledisloe Cup with victory over Australia.
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Kevin Pietersen hits 70 as England are all out for 215, 39 runs behind Australia.
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Australia produced an improved bowling and fielding performance to bowl out England for 132 in their must-win World Twenty20 match at Newlands Friday.
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Australia defeat New Zealand by 17 runs after an exciting one-day contest in Sydney.
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Australia, fresh from their triumph in the Tri-Nations, rallied in the second half in Philadelphia to avert the biggest international shock in the history of the game.
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England qualified for the Champions Trophy final after beating world champions Australia by six wickets in Tuesday's semi-final here at Edgbaston to end a run of 14 successive defeats against the world champions.
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IT was not so much a Test triumph as a rite of exorcism as the Wallabies rid themselves of so many demons with their epic, second-wind win over world champions England in London yesterday (AEDT).
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England's Monty Panesar takes a five-wicket haul as Australia are dismissed for 244 in Perth, England 51-2 at the close.