Team NZ taste success in Spain
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Team New Zealand were the main beneficiaries of the weather in Spain today when they won the pre-America&#39;s Cup yachting regatta in Valencia.
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Spaniards used to say they lived in one of Europe's most racially tolerant countries. Soccer has shattered that myth. In Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium &#151; the Yankee Stadium of soccer &#151; Spanish fans bellowed out monkey noises last week each time a black English player touched the ball in a match between England and Spain.
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Despite an inevitable hammering by a powerful New Zealand outfit, USA skipper Richard Staple says his team are still positive and looking forward to taking on world champions Australia.
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New Zealand is glad three of its athletes have been crowned Olympic champions -- but if their Athens olive wreaths come home they risk going up in smoke.
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The Winston Ten Kate Honda team yesterday completed a three-day initial test at the Almeria circuit in southern Spain in preparation for this year World Superbike and World Supersport championships.
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The insouciance of youth in the bounding, bustling and hugely talented shape of Rafael Nadal secured Spain a seemingly impregnable 2-0 lead over the US on the opening day of the Davis Cup final.
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As expected, Spain defeated the United States Sunday to clinch the Davis Cup title after Carlos Moyaâs 6-2, 7-6(1), 7-6(5) win over American star Andy Roddick.
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Even without star center Pau Gasol, Spain dominates Greece, 70-47, to win its first world championship without a single loss.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Spain beat Olympic champions   Argentina 75-74 in a bruising Latin showdown to reach the final   of the world basketball championship on Friday.
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Aaron Mauger and Sitiveni Sivivatu score two tries each as New Zealand record a comfortable win over France.
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The accolades have been quick to pour in for Jake White&#39;s victorious South Africa side following their remarkable Tri-Nations success.
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Full details of New Zealand's Champions Trophy victory over the USA.
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Spain clinched first place in its group in Olympic men&#39;s basketball on Saturday. Serbia-Montenegro, the world champions, will have to wait a few more days to see if they also advance to the medal round.
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VALENCIA, Spain  - Team New Zealand won the closest of races on Friday to notch up the first win of the Louis Vuitton Cup final, setting the pace for a tight best-of-nine series against Luna Rossa.
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Spain could have tanked its game against New Zealand, thereby eliminating European rival Serbia-Montenegro from medal contention. Instead, the Spaniards came to play Monday and won 88-84, knocking New Zealand out and keeping the defending world champions in medal contention.
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The All Blacks coach was also correct when he said Wales were a team worthy of respect. Whether he showed enough with his team selection is debatable but what is beyond dispute is that
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Spain's stirring triumph at the   world basketball championship was a fitting climax to a   tournament in which passion eclipsed NBA style.