Australia’s Fastest Ever 800m
Kenyan superstar David Rudisha stole the show in balmy conditions at Melbourne's Olympic Park, clocking the fastest time over 800m ever recorded on Australian soil.
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NSW Wins Third Straight Kings Cup
The 2010 Australian Rowing Championships regatta concluded with the traditional racing for the Kings Cup. This year it was once again NSW that delivered, for the third year in succession.
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Top 10 Images - February 2010
If a picture tells 1,000 words, then WCSN is about to review February 2010 in over 10,000 of them.
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Legendary Nalbert Announces Retirement
Brazilian Volleyball legend and FIVB World Championship, World Cup, World League and Olympic champion Nalbert Bittencourt announced he is to retire after 20 years in volleyball.
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Firebirds Crowned Netball Cup Champs
With only eleven days until the 2010 ANZ Championships are scheduled to commence, the Queensland Firebirds have been crowned winners of the Netball Cup.
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Athlete in Focus - Jared Bidwell
If 22 year old Jared Bidwell competes at the 2012 London Olympics he will have conquered an almighty mountain.
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Headline News
 Firebirds Crowned Netball Cup ChampsNetball | Wednesday, 10 March 2010 With only eleven days until the 2010 ANZ Championships are scheduled to commence, the Queensland Firebirds have been crowned winners of the Netball Cup. An impressive Firebirds outfit, lead by a dynamic Lauren Nourse (pictured), managed to tackle the entire tournament undefeated, scoring 39 more goals than their opponents during their ... |
 Australia’s Fastest Ever 800mAthletics | Wednesday, 10 March 2010 By Athletics Australia - While the big-name Australians were out in force it was Kenyan superstar David Rudisha (pictured) who stole the show in balmy conditions at Melbourne Olympic Park, clocking the fastest time over 800m ever recorded on Australian soil. The fastest man over two laps in 2009 and ... |
 NSW Wins Third Straight Kings CupRowing | Monday, 8 March 2010 The weather appeared to be appreciative of the occasion. Calm and cool conditions seemed like an impossible dream overnight as Victoria was lashed with ferocious storms. Nevertheless, at Nagambie on Sunday, the best of Australia’s rowers welcomed the mild and overcast environment with strong open arms. The 2010 Australian Rowing Championships ... |
 Kings Cup to Cap Off NagambieRowing | Saturday, 6 March 2010 By Rowing Australia - The Governor General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, will be on hand to witness what is shaping up to be a tremendous Kings Cup showdown to mark the end of the 2010 Australian Rowing Championships and Interstate Regatta at Lake Nagambie, Victoria. Back to back champions, New ... |
 US Sprinters Enjoy High Times at NationalsAthletics | Thursday, 4 March 2010 By Universal Sports - United States' sprinters took full advantage of the thin air at Albuquerque, New Mexico to post world-leading times as the two-day USA Indoor Track & Field Championships came to a close. A sellout crowd of 3150 attended the meet to see the top-2 athletes in ... |
 Top 10 Images - February 2010Top 10 Photos | Wednesday, 3 March 2010 If a picture tells 1,000 words, then WCSN is about to review February 2010 in over 10,000 of them. Each month we will present a recap of the massive moments and memorable individuals from the month just past in photo format. February gave us a wide variety of sporting headlines ... |
Queenslanders Lead Way Into FinalsRowing | Wednesday, 3 March 2010 By Rowing Australia - For the second year running the Queensland pair of Pippa Savage and Sally Kehoe stormed into the finals of the open women’s single scull as Day 3 of the Australian Rowing Championships began at Lake Nagambie, Victoria. In perfect rowing conditions, the duo looked comfortable in ... |
 Legendary Nalbert Announces RetirementVolleyball | Monday, 1 March 2010 By The International Federation of Volleyball (FIVB) - Brazilian Volleyball legend and FIVB World Championship, World Cup, World League and Olympic champion Nalbert Bittencourt announced he is to retire after 20 years in the sport to spend more time with his family and newly born baby daughter, Rafaela. The 36-year-old ... |
 Martin Scores 300th NWPL GoalWater Polo | Monday, 1 March 2010 By Australia Water Polo - Matthew Martin reached the scoring pantheon of 300 National Water Polo League goals in nearly 160 matches at the Adelaide Aquatic Centre last night. The 11-year veteran for the Fyfe Adelaide Jets reached the mark when he scored three goals in the Jets’ 9-7 success ... |
Athletics Update
Australia’s Fastest Ever 800mAthletics | Wednesday, 10 March 2010 By Athletics Australia - While the big-name Australians were out in force it was Kenyan superstar David Rudisha (pictured) who stole the show in balmy conditions at Melbourne Olympic Park, clocking the fastest time over 800m ever recorded on ... |
US Sprinters Enjoy High Times at NationalsAthletics | Thursday, 4 March 2010 By Universal Sports - United States' sprinters took full advantage of the thin air at Albuquerque, New Mexico to post world-leading times as the two-day USA Indoor Track & Field Championships came to a close. A sellout crowd of ... |
Relay World Record in RussiaAthletics | Monday, 1 March 2010  By the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) - A World record in the women’s 4x800m Relay highlighted the final day of the Russian Indoor Championships in Moscow today. A quartet representing Moscow clocked 8:12.41, well inside the previous standard ... |
Willis Headed for MelbourneAthletics | Monday, 22 February 2010  By the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) - In what is shaping up as a super trans-Tasman showdown, Olympic 1500m silver medallist and reigning Commonwealth Games champion Nick Willis of New Zealand will take on Australia’s own 1500m ... |
Prestigious Laureus Sports Awards FinalistsAthletics | Thursday, 18 February 2010  By the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) - World champions Usain Bolt, Shelly Ann Fraser, Kenenisa Bekele and Sanya Richards have been named as finalists for this year's Laureus World Sports Awards. The annual Award, which recognises sporting achievement ... |
Tallent-ed Two Take Victory in HobartAthletics | Sunday, 14 February 2010  By Athletics Australia - Husband and wife duo Jared and Claire Tallent have tonight taken out Round 1 of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge and 2010 Australian 20km race walking championships and Commonwealth Games selection trials in Hobart. The Tallents ... |
Shot Put Champion RetiresAthletics | Wednesday, 10 February 2010  By Athletics Australia - Nine-time national shot put champion and Australian Flame athlete Justin Anlezark has announced his retirement from athletics, effective immediately. Anlezark, the winner of nine national shot put titles and a national discus championship, steps away from ... |
Dawes Wins 10km World ChampionshipsAthletics | Monday, 8 February 2010  By Athletics Australia - Australian wheelchair athlete Christie Dawes has broken through for her first major international victory, winning the 10km World Road Race Championships in the United Arab Emirates. Dawes out-sprinted a surging pack in the race home to ... |
Relay Heartache for Non-Doping AthletesAthletics | Sunday, 7 February 2010  By Universal Sports - Winning the 4x400m relay at the 2004 Olympics in Athens is unquestionably one of the highlights of Dee Dee Trotter's career. But the gold medal she was awarded as a lasting symbol of that achievement might ... |
World Record for ElleryAthletics | Tuesday, 2 February 2010  By Athletics Australia - Dual Paralympian Louise Ellery has set a new world record in the F32 seated shot put event at the Australia Cup meet in Canberra, becoming the first athlete in her category to break the elusive ... |
Neville Will Take on Australia’s BestAthletics | Wednesday, 27 January 2010  By the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) - In what is fast becoming the event of the 2010 Australian domestic season, dual Olympic medallist David Neville of the USA will take on Australia’s best 400m athletes this year ... |
Ohuruogu Training in Sunny JamaicaAthletics | Monday, 25 January 2010  By the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) - Great Britain’s reigning Olympic and Commonwealth 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu left the cold London winter earlier this week to sample the sunnier climate of Kingston, Jamaica, where she will spend ... |
Bolt Will Not Race NFL’s JohnsonAthletics | Thursday, 14 January 2010  By Universal Sports - During the fall, triple Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt said he had no intentions of playing professional football in the United States. Apparently he has no intention of testing his speed against the NFL's ... |
London CallingAthletics | Thursday, 7 January 2010  By Athletics Australia - Thirty-six of Australia’s most talented young athletes have been invited to join the Target 2012 squad for 2010 with their sights firmly focused on preparing for the London Olympics. Inclusive of athletes from the majority of ... |
Thai Student Sets Asian Games RecordAthletics | Monday, 14 December 2009  By Universal Sports - A Thai university student equaled the Asian Games record in women's high jump at the Southeast Asian Games Monday, but confessed she was so nervous during the event she had trouble breathing. Noengruthai Chaipech's victory extended ... |
Swimming Update
Clark Gets Podium Double in ArgentinaSwimming | Thursday, 11 February 2010  By Swimming Australia - Australian 25km Open Water specialist Shelley Clark from the Hunter Club in Newcastle has recorded her second podium finish in as many weeks while competing in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Argentina. On ... |
FINA to Retest Drug Tests from Rome WorldsSwimming | Wednesday, 20 January 2010  By Universal Sports - Swimming’s governing body plans to retest doping samples from the world championships for evidence of blood doping.After a meeting in Bangkok, FINA said it would examine samples to check for the presence of “plasticizers”—tiny particles ... |
Huegill Firing at Victorian ChampionshipsSwimming | Sunday, 17 January 2010 By Swimming Australia - After dominating the 50m butterfly in Australia for the last decade, Geoff Huegill (pictured) looks set to continue in that vein in 2010 after a strong victory at swimming's Victorian Open Championships in Melbourne. Swimming in ... |
US Wins Duel in the PoolSwimming | Sunday, 20 December 2009  By Universal Sports - Michael Phelps struggled in a knee-length suit, but the Americans who stuck with the soon-to-be-banned bodysuits Saturday ensured the Europeans were trounced by 107 points in the Duel in Pool at Manchester in England. In the ... |
Trickett RetiresSwimming | Sunday, 13 December 2009  By Universal Sports - Australian triple Olympic swim champion Libby Trickett announced her retirement from top competition at the age of 24. Trickett, who also won eight world championships, said she had been considering her future since the July world ... |
Callus Sets New Oz RecordSwimming | Thursday, 26 November 2009  By Swimming Australia - Triple Olympian Ashley Callus has broken the Australian record for the 50m freestyle for the first time in his career at the 2009 Speedo AIS International in Canberra this morning, taking 0.04 seconds off the long cou... |
Hardy Wins WC TitleSwimming | Monday, 23 November 2009  By Universal Sports - Judging by what's taken place the last five-plus weeks, it appears that Jessica Hardy is officially back. The Hardy of the 2005-07 era, the one who captured five world championships medals (gold, four silver), has returned ... |
Guehrer Breaks World Record in MoscowSwimming | Saturday, 7 November 2009  By Swimming Australia - Telstra Dolphin Marieke Guehrer continued her outstanding 2009 form setting a new world record for the 50m backstroke at the FINA Arena Swimming World Cup in Moscow with a time of 26.17 as well as ... |
Jones Ready to Go in MoscowSwimming | Friday, 6 November 2009  By Swimming Australia - Olympic gold medallist and short course world record holder Leisel Jones will return to international racing this weekend at the two-day FINA Arena World Cup meet in Moscow. Jones will contest the 50, 100m and 20m0m ... |
Alshammar Out of this WorldSwimming | Tuesday, 20 October 2009  By Swimming Australia - Swedish superfish Therese Alshammar put the entire swimming world on notice after obliterating two of the four world marks eclipsed at the first leg of the 2009 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup, held in Durban (RSA) ... |
Schipper Named Swimmer of the YearSwimming | Friday, 9 October 2009  By Swimming Australia - World Champion and world record holder Jessicah Schipper has won the 2009 Telstra Swimmer of the Year Award at Parliament House in Canberra during an evening of high praise for the 22-year-old from Brisbane. The ... |
Jodie Henry RetiresSwimming | Wednesday, 30 September 2009  By Swimming Australia - At 25 years of age triple Olympic gold medallist from Athens, Jodie Henry, has officially announced her retirement from completive swimming. Henry, who last competed in 2008 before failing to trial for the Beijing Olympic Games ... |
Gorman’s Pay Day in San FranSwimming | Tuesday, 15 September 2009  By Swimming Australia - World Championship gold medallist Melissa Gorman has continued her outstanding form in 2009 winning one of the richest open water swims in the world, the US$10,000 Tiburon Mile in San Francisco, with fellow Rome silver ... |
New Records for Seebohm and CallusSwimming | Thursday, 3 September 2009  By Swimming Australia - World Championship bronze medallist Emily Seebohm set a new Commonwealth record for the 50m backstroke at the Queensland Short Course Championships at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre, while triple Olympian Ashley Callus was on fire in ... |
Jones and D’Arcy Dolphins AgainSwimming | Wednesday, 19 August 2009  By Swimming Australia - Short course world record holder Leisel Jones (pictured) and long course National champion Nick D’Arcy have both been selected as part of a 20-strong Australian team to compete during this year’s 2009 FINA Arena World ... |
Sailing Update
Australian Crew Win Silver at ISAF Sailing World Cup in MiamiSailing | Monday, 1 February 2010  By Craig Heydon - Yachting Australia - The Australian Sailing Team’s 470 men’s crew of Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page has won the silver medal at round two of the ISAF Sailing World Cup, the Rolex Miami OCR. The Australian ... |
Spain’s Martinez and Fernandez Win 49er GoldSailing | Tuesday, 12 January 2010  By The International Sailing Federation - The Spanish team of Iker Martinez and Xabier Fernandez completed their dominance of this year's 49er Worlds held in the Bahamas by winning the Medal Race to secure their third World Championship gold ... |
Outteridge & Jensen Lead 49er WorldsSailing | Wednesday, 6 January 2010  Defending champions Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia set the early pace on day one of the 49er World Championship in the Bahamas. Words of a ‘three-peat’ were already muttered to Nathan Outteridge after the first days racing who humbly ... |
Medal Race Day at Sail MelbourneSailing | Saturday, 19 December 2009  By Sail Melbourne Media - The Sail Melbourne medal races have been run and won with the crews greeted with great sailing conditions for the final day of racing. After the unpredictable weather of the last few days Melbourne turned it ... |
Top Crews Continue Good Form in MelbourneSailing | Wednesday, 16 December 2009  By Sail Melbourne Media - What a difference a day makes. After the strong breeze and heavy seas of day one, today was a completely different picture at Sail Melbourne with light winds and very little swell dictating play. For the ... |
Racing Underway at Sail MelbourneSailing | Tuesday, 15 December 2009  By Sail Melbourne Media - Day one of racing at the 2009 Sail Melbourne regatta is complete with a strong breeze and big waves providing perfect racing conditions for the opening round of the 2009/2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup. 2008 Beijing ... |
Concluding Stages of Sail SydneySailing | Wednesday, 9 December 2009  By Di Pearson at Sail Sydney Media - The Sail Down Under tour events continued with the picturesque Sail Sydney event from the 5th to the 8th of December. As expected the racing featured many familiar, internationally renowned sailors ... |
Minoprio Wins Monsoon CupSailing | Sunday, 6 December 2009  The Monsoon Cup, the final event of the World Match Racing Tour, with MYR 1.57 millon (approxUS$454,000) prize money was sailed on the Pulau Duyong basin in Kuala Terengganu in Malaysia this week. Yesterday Adam Minoprio and his ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing crew ... |
Monsoon Cup Set to Conclude WMRTSailing | Wednesday, 2 December 2009  The world’s top sailors from the 12 teams competing in the Monsoon Cup have arrived at the Sultan Mahmud Airport in Seberang Takir, near Pulau Duyong. They will be competing in the ninth and final stage of the World Match ... |
Kivell & Ryan 470 Trifecta at Sail BrisbaneSailing | Saturday, 28 November 2009  By Yachting Australia - The Australian Sailing Development Squad’s Sam Kivell and Will Ryan were the standout performers on day three of Sail Brisbane, winning all three 470 races to jump into the lead after missing the first day ... |
Casey Leads Finn at Sail BrisbaneSailing | Saturday, 28 November 2009  By Yachting Australia - Day two of the 2009 Sail Brisbane took place in ideal sailing conditions resulting in some great racing with a number of class leaders consolidating their leads while there was also plenty of movements throughout ... |
Slingsby Leads Lasers at Sail BrisbaneSailing | Friday, 27 November 2009  By Craig Heydon of Yachting Australia - The 2009 Sail Brisbane regatta has gotten underway with a full day of racing for the record sized fleet. The Australian Sailing Team’s Tom Slingsby leads the way in the Laser ... |
Countdown to the 2010 ISAF World CupSailing | Friday, 20 November 2009  By Vikki Moloney at Yachting Australia - It’s only 4 weeks until the first leg of the 2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup gets underway at Sandringham. With early entries closing on December 1st, some world class names are already confirmed as Melbourne ... |
Grael and Tunnicliffe World Sailors of The YearSailing | Saturday, 14 November 2009  By The International Sailing Federation - Torben Grael and Anna Tunnicliffe (pictured with Rolex's Lionel Schurch) joined the sailing world's most prestigious list of winners last night as they were named the 2009 ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the ... |
Australia's Best Sailors for 2009Sailing | Monday, 12 October 2009  By Craig Heydon at Yachting Australia - Yachting Australia is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2009 Australian Yachting Awards with the winners to be announced at a gala event at Sandringham Yacht Club on Friday, 16 October, ... |
