Brazil through after gritty Aussies give them a run for their money
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Five-time champions Brazil advanced to the second round of the World Cup but did not have the look of world champions in their 2-0 Group F win over Australia.
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Australia may be the finest cricket team in the world but they are the worst chasers since the Keystone Cops. Set 107 to beat India 3-0 in the series they were bowled out for 93 as India made the score a rather flattering 2-1.
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Australia have won the 2nd one dayer against New Zealand by 17 runs to level the three-match series at 1-1. Australia were down to 161 for 6 at one stage, but then added another 100 runs.
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Ghana, Australia and Ecuador provided the biggest shocks of the first round of the World Cup. Now they are chasing even bigger ones in the last 16.
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Australia have just resumed their chase of New Zealand&#39;s first-innings total of 353 in the first Test in Brisbane. The Australians ended day two on 197-4 with Damien Martyn and Michael Clarke at the crease.
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The Brazil womenâs World Cup team overwhelmed the Kiwis, firing 26 shots to New Zealandâs two.
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Australia picked up from where they left off in their first innings by racking up the runs in their second innings to take a 312-run lead into lunch on day three of the first Test in Perth.
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Australia beat New Zealand by five wickets in the Commonwealth Bank Series at Melbourne.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Diogo Silva gave Brazil its first gold medal of the Panamerican Games on Sunday, but the celebration was quickly eclipsed as the soccer-mad country turned its attention to victory at the Copa America.
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NEW YORK - Defending World Cup champion Brazil suffered the most shocking result of the day, but China was the biggest loser. The Brazilians lost to Ecuador for the just the second time in their history.
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MONTEVIDEO : World champions Brazil and Argentina hit out at defensive Colombia and Chile after failing to score in South American qualifying for the 2006 World Cup.
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Defending champion Brazil beat Venezuela, 5-2, to keep a one-point advantage in South America&#39;s qualifying group for the 2006 World Cup.
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Ronaldo scored less than a minute into the game, and Brazil rolled over Bolivia 3-1 in World Cup qualifying Sunday. Ronaldo volleyed in a rebound just 50 seconds in, and Ronaldinho and Adriano followed with
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Australia had Pakistan on the rack after reducing them to 111 for eight at tea on the second day of the First Test in Perth. That left the visitors still 270 runs behind and facing a crushing defeat.
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Australia beat New Zealand by 213 runs in the second cricket Test at Adelaide to clinch a 2-0 series victory and complete a winning record against all nine teams at the sport&#39;s elite level.
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Marta scored two goals in the second half to lead Brazil to a 5-0 win past a gritty New Zealand squad Wednesday in the opening match of Group D.
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Australia became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the ICC Champions&#39; Trophy yesterday when they crushed New Zealand here by seven wickets with 12.