Locals Troy Corser and Troy Bayliss dominated the first practice session Friday for Sunday’s two Australian races of the Superbikes world championship.
The Australian pair, who have 11 Superbikes wins at Phillip Island between them, finished 1-2 in the 60-minute qualifying session.
Entries from February 2008
Australians Corser, Baylis dominate first Superbikes practice
February 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Motor GP
Ochoa takes iron grip on HSBC Champions golf tournament
February 29th, 2008 · No Comments
The irrepressible Lorena Ochoa took an iron grip on the HSBC Champions tournament Friday, racing seven shots clear of the field as she hunts for her first title of the year.
The world number one from Mexico, in her opening event of the season after a longer than usual layoff, set the tone with a run […]
Tags: Golf
Japan’s Nishikori to make tennis Davis Cup debut
February 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Japan’s teenage tennis sensation Kei Nishikori will make his Davis Cup debut against India in the Asia-Oceania zone Group One second round in April, officials said Friday.
The Japan Tennis Association announced the squad would be led by Nishikori, who became the second Japanese man to win an ATP title at Delray Beach in Florida two […]
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Champion Stoner fears Pedrosa more than Rossi
February 28th, 2008 · No Comments
MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner continued playing mind games with Valentino Rossi on Thursday, saying Dani Pedrosa would be his main rival this season.
Ducati’s Stoner, who won the 28th Australian Sport Awards on Wednesday, claimed the 2007 Moto GP title ahead of second-placed Spaniard Pedrosa on a Honda and Yamaha’s Rossi.
Tags: Motor GP
Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheff Utd
February 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Paddy Kenny suffered the cruellest of fates as Sheffield United’s FA Cup dream came to an agonising end with a 1-0 defeat after extra-time at Middlesbrough.The goalkeeper had repelled everything the Barclays Premier League side could throw at him when, 23 minutes into extra time, in his desperation to claim Mido’s deflected shot, he helped […]
Tags: Football