Sports Wrap

Weekend wrap up.

AFL: Hawks belted by the Bulldogs, Swans back to winning ways with narrow win over the Kangaroos, Saints hang on for a thriller win over the Cats, Blues beat the Dockers by 15, Crows win away against hapless Tigers, Port surprise Lions, Pies pump the Bombers, and Demons win over the Eagles and dedicate to Stynes.

NRL: Panthers edge out Parra in try-filled thriller, Titans stumble against Raiders, Storm defeat bug-ridden Knights, Bowen-inspired Cowboys put Sharks back on loosing path, Souths taught a lesson by Tigers, Broncos win over Warriors but at a huge cost, Dragons prove title credentials with solid win over Roosters.

Union: Lions salvage pride with biggest ever win over Springboks in 3rd and final test. Springbok coach De Villiers proves that his one liners are absolutely ludicrous and should be highlight of Tri-Nations series (only to be outdone if his players all play cleanly?).

Cycling: Cancellara proves that even though he may be Swiss, there are no holes in his time trial strategy (couldn't help myself). Armstrong proves that age, celebrity, and a mysterious 4th child are no barrier to success. Boonen proves that you can train on the white line even when he is not cycling and still race in Le Tour.

Cricket: The Aussies have no spinner and no Watson (surprise surprise the poor bugger is injured again), but can stack the team with batsmen and hopefully retain the ashes by batting the English into submission (not hindered at all by Harmison's shock omission from England's ashes squad and Englands reliance on James Anderson). Aussies finished the tour match against the Lions with more runs than an Indian curry. Also someone called Brett Lee made an impact with the ball...

Tennis: Williams sisters prove that all of those years of backyard tennis pays off yet again by winning the Wimbledon doubles, and Serena prevailing over her sister Venus in the singles. Tonight Federer has chance of becoming the one and only tennis megastar should he win his 15th gland slam title. No pressure Roger...

Athletics: Oslo golden league - Powell wins the 100m in Bolts absence, Sanya Richards wins the womens 400m in a 2009 world leading time, whilst Swedish superstar Carolina Kluft fouls her way through the entire long jump to record nothing at all.

Curling: At the risk of ostracising the huge Curling fraternity, does anyone else really care about this sport and the recent results?

Odd Spot: Ricardo Thomassen wins the Norwegian national snow ball throwing championships throwing a snow ball a massive 67.86m!