Australian Barnes on top in homeland
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Rosebery, Australia (Sports Network) - Kurt Barnes fired a six-under-par 65 Thursday to grab a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the Australian Open at The Australian Golf Club.
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Marcus Barnes scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half, and Jose Juan Barea and Aaron Davis each added 17 points to lead Northeastern past Maryland-Baltimore County, 77-66, yesterday at Solomon Court.
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Australian Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic has reached a career-high second in the ATP world rankings behind Justine Henin of Belgium.
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Josip Skoko scored two goals Saturday to lead Australia to a 5-1 win over the Solomon Islands in the first leg of the Oceania Football Confederation Nations Cup home-and-away series.
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South Korean Ahn Sun-ju had another solid performance in the second round of the ANZ Australian Ladies Masters, remaining atop the leaderboard with a 4-under 68 Friday.
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Australian cricket chiefs are searching for a new academy boss after Bennett King&#39;s exit to coach the West Indies. &quot;Bennett King has made an outstanding contribution to the progress and development of Australia&#39;s emerging players,&quot; said Robertson.
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An Australian movie about life before Europeans arrived triumphs at the country's top awards.
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MELBOURNE -- Maybe no man is an island, but this underpopulated Pacific isle called Australia -- 20 million strong -- is riding on one man. Riding for dear life because glowering yet flowering Lleyton Hewitt is the last horse in the perpetually lost race for the Australian Open title.
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Sport: Briton's recent good form rewarded in seedings for upcoming Australian Open
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Champion Robert Allenby fired a six-under-par 66 to take the clubhouse lead in the Australian Masters on Thursday before thunderstorms caused an early end to the opening day&#39;s play.
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Justin Langer&#39;s coruscating unbeaten 181 shone through on an enthralling day of Test cricket when Australia demonstrated, once again, why they are by far the best side in the world.
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Sydney: Even as Australians in the length and breadth of this vast continent celebrated Christmas yesterday with characteristic gusto, Ricky Pontingâs world champion team observed it quietly at a Melbourne restaurant with partners and families
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Justin Langer has become the highest run-scorer in Test cricket in 2004 with another masterful innings in Perth to give Australia the upper hand in the first Test against Pakistan.
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THE score looked bad but Kurt Barnes is still having fun on his Australian Open odyssey. The 23-year-old coal miners son from the Hunter Valley in NSW, gave up his overnight lead at the centenary Australian
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American Scott Sterling won the South Australian Open at Kooyonga in Adelaide on Sunday by a shot from local player David Lutterus.
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West Indies&#39; Australian coach Bennett King is relishing the prospect of facing the world&#39;s best side Australia in his first tournament in charge.
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Australia skipper Ricky Ponting is delighted with his side's start to the Ashes after smashing his 32nd Test century at Brisbane.