Jason Richards

A Kiwi V8 Supercar diver who tragically passed away from a rare form of cancer aged just 35.

Photo by Getty Images Dec 9, 2011

Sports stars who died in 2011

A number of massive sports stars passed away in 2011. Here's our tribute to those who are no longer with us...

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Rugby

Results

2013 Brit. & Irish Lions Tour matches (HK & AUS)

Brumbies 14 - 12 Lions

2013 Quadrangular Tournament (RSA)

Springboks 30 - 17 Scotland
Azzurri 10 - 39 Manu Samoa

2013 Brit. & Irish Lions Tour matches (HK & AUS)

Waratahs 17 - 47 Lions

2013 New Zealand v France

All Blacks 30 - 0 Les Tricolores

2013 Brit. & Irish Lions Tour matches (HK & AUS)

NSW-QLD CC 0 - 64 Lions

Schedule

2013 New Zealand v France

All Blacks vs Les Tricolores

7:35pm NZST Sat, 22nd June

2013 British and Irish Lions Tour of Australia

Wallabies vs Lions

10:00pm NZST Sat, 22nd June

2013 Quadrangular Tournament (RSA)

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12:15am NZST Sun, 23rd June

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3:15am NZST Sun, 23rd June

2013 Brit. & Irish Lions Tour matches (HK & AUS)

Rebels vs Lions

9:30pm NZST Tue, 25th June

2013 Super Rugby Tournament

Chiefs vs Hurricanes

7:35pm NZST Fri, 28th June

League

Results

2013 English Super League

Rhinos 38 - 28 Vikings

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Broncos 32 - 12 Tigers

2013 NRL Holden Cup

Broncos 16 - 38 Tigers

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Roosters 12 - 23 Warriors

Schedule

2013 NRL Holden Cup

Bulldogs vs Roosters

7:30pm NZST Fri, 21st June

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Bulldogs vs Roosters

9:45pm NZST Fri, 21st June

2013 English Super League

Reds vs Saints

7:00am NZST Sat, 22nd June

Tigers vs Hull FC

7:00am NZST Sat, 22nd June

Tennis

Results

2013 Topshelf Open

Sofia Arvidsson lost to Carla Suarez Navarro

3-6 4-6

Tsvetana Pironkova def. Irina-Camelia Begu

7(9)-6 6-2

Urszula Radwanska def. Magdalena Rybarikova

4-3

Rogerio Dutra da Silva lost to Marius Copil

7(7)-6 4-6 2-6

Jeremy Chardy def. Lucas Pouille

7-5 6-4

Xavier Malisse def. David Ferrer

7(7)-6 6-3

Daniela Hantuchova lost to Lesia Tsurenko

0-5

Nicolas Mahut def. Ricardas Berankis

6-1 6-4

Francesca Schiavone lost to Kirsten Flipkens

6-3 3-6 0-6

Stanislas Wawrinka def. Steve Darcis

7(7)-6 6-4

Roberta Vinci def. Kaia Kanepi

6-3 6-3

2013 AEGON International

Li Na def. Alize Cornet

6-2 6-4

Julien Benneteau def. Kevin Anderson

7(7)-6 6-2

Nadia Petrova lost to Samantha Stosur

2-6 3-6

Agnieszka Radwanska lost to Jamie Hampton

6-7(7) 2-6

Ekaterina Makarova def. Olga Puchkova

6-3 6-0

Schedule

2013 Davis Cup 1st Rnd - KAZ v AUT

E. Korolev vs. A. Haider-Maure

2:00am NZDT Sun, 3rd February

2013 Davis Cup World Group I 1st Rnd - TPE v AUS

T. Chen vs. L. Hewitt

2:00am NZDT Sun, 3rd February

2013 Fed Cup 1st Rnd - CZE v AUS

L. Safarova vs. S. Stosur

2:00am NZDT Sat, 9th February

L. Safarova vs. J. Gajdosova

2:00am NZDT Sun, 10th February

2013 Fed Cup 1st Rnd - ITA v USA

R. Vinci vs. V. Lepchenko

2:00am NZDT Sat, 9th February

2013 Open 13

G. Simon(6) vs. J. del Potro(2)

2:00am NZDT Fri, 22nd February

T. Berdych(1) vs. J. Janowicz(7)

2:00am NZDT Fri, 22nd February

2013 Topshelf Open

A. Medina Garri vs. D. Cibulkova(2)

2:00am NZST Wed, 19th June

X. Malisse vs. Y. Lu

2:00am NZST Wed, 19th June

J. Chardy(5) vs. M. Copil

2:00am NZST Wed, 19th June

G. Muguruza vs. L. Davis

2:00am NZST Wed, 19th June

R. Bautista-Agu vs. C. Berlocq

2:00am NZST Wed, 19th June

2013 AEGON International

A. Seppi(7) vs. R. Harrison

2:00am NZST Wed, 19th June

L. Robson vs. C. Wozniacki(5)

2:00am NZST Wed, 19th June

J. Benneteau vs. B. Tomic

2:00am NZST Wed, 19th June

E. Vesnina vs. H. Watson

2:00am NZST Wed, 19th June

Cricket

Results

2013 ICC Champions Trophy in England

ICC Champions Trophy in England Match 12 - AUS v SLA: Sri Lanka won by 20 runs

ICC Champions Trophy in England Match 11 - ENG v NZL: England won by 10 runs

ICC Champions Trophy in England Match 10 - IND v PAK: India won by 8 wickets ( D/L method)

Schedule

2013 ICC Champions Trophy in England

ICC Champions Trophy in England 1st Semi-Final (A1 v B2) - ENG v SAF

19 June 9:30pm

ICC Champions Trophy in England 2nd Semi Final (B1 v A2) - IND v SLA

20 June 9:30pm

2013 England v New Zealand [T20I]

England v New Zealand 1st Twenty20

26 June 5:30am

Football

Results

2014 World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Jordan 1 - 0 Oman (FT)

Uzbekistan 5 - 1 Qatar (FT)

Korea Rep. 0 - 1 Iran (FT)

Australia 1 - 0 Iraq (FT)

Schedule

2014 World Cup Qualifying - CONCACAF

USA v Honduras

19 June 1:10pm

Costa Rica v Panama

19 June 2:00pm

2013 Confederations Cup (in Brazil)

Brazil v Mexico

20 June 7:00am

Italy v Japan

20 June 10:00am

2013 International Friendlies

Congo DR vs. Congo

21 June 2:00am