• The most dangerous sports in the world

Motorcycle racing

You just need to watch the way these people ride around the track to see how dangerous it can be. Throw in some rain, slippery tracks and people one stubby short of a six pack and you have trouble.

Photo by Getty Images May 24, 2012

The most dangerous sports in the world

Most of us have had some sporting injury over the years, but not many of us will have received them playing the most dangerous sports in the world...

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Rugby

Results

2013 Super Rugby Tournament

Cheetahs 27 - 13 Reds
Bulls 35 - 18 Highlanders
Waratahs 28 - 22 Brumbies
Crusaders 23 - 3 Blues
Force 13 - 23 Sharks
Rebels 30 - 21 Stormers

Schedule

2013 Super Rugby Tournament

Chiefs vs Crusaders

7:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Rebels vs Waratahs

9:40pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Blues vs Brumbies

7:35pm NZST Sat, 25th May

Force vs Highlanders

9:40pm NZST Sat, 25th May

Kings vs Cheetahs

1:00am NZST Sun, 26th May

Stormers vs Reds

3:05am NZST Sun, 26th May

League

Results

2013 English Super League

Rhinos 22 - 30 Saints

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Storm 10 - 10 Sea Eagles

2013 NRL Holden Cup

Storm 30 - 10 Sea Eagles

2013 English Super League

Rovers 44 - 18 Wildcats

Schedule

2013 NRL Holden Cup

Tigers vs Cowboys

7:20pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Bulldogs vs Broncos

7:20pm NZST Fri, 24th May

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Bulldogs vs Broncos

9:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Tigers vs Cowboys

9:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Tennis

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2013 Brussels Ladies Open

Set 3
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Roberta Vinci 6 5
Yulia Putintseva 3 7
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Results

2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

Yen-Hsun Lu lost to Pablo Andujar

2-6 0-6

John Isner lost to Robin Haase

4-6 6-1 5-7

Sergiy Stakhovsky lost to Sam Querrey

5-7 3-6

Edouard Roger-Vasselin def. Ricardas Berankis

2-6 6-4 6-2

2013 Brussels Ladies Open

Varvara Lepchenko def. Elena Baltacha

6-2 6-0

Shuai Peng def. Olga Govortsova

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

Shuai Zhang lost to Sloane Stephens

4-6 0-6

Kaia Kanepi def. Jana Cepelova

6-3 6-3

2013 Power Horse Cup

Janko Tipsarevic lost to Guido Pella

6-7(7) 1-6

Juan Monaco def. Andre Ghem

6-4 6-4

Viktor Troicki def. Grega Zemlja

6-3 7(7)-6

Tobias Kamke def. Aljaz Bedene

6-1 6-4

2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg

Camila Giorgi lost to Eugenie Bouchard

3-6 0-6

Lucie Hradecka def. Lauren Davis

6-2 6-2

Chanelle Scheepers def. Shelby Rogers

2-6 6-3 6-4

Flavia Pennetta def. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor

6-2 6-3

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

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

2:00am NZDT Fri, 22nd February

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

2:00am NZDT Fri, 22nd February

2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

G. Monfils vs. R. Haase

2:00am NZST Thu, 23rd May

P. Andujar vs. G. Simon(2)

2:00am NZST Thu, 23rd May

A. Montanes(1) vs. P. Mathieu

2:00am NZST Thu, 23rd May

2013 Power Horse Cup

J. Nieminen(6) vs. T. Haas(2)

2:00am NZST Thu, 23rd May

J. Hajek vs. I. Sijsling

2:00am NZST Thu, 23rd May

G. Pella vs. V. Troicki(7)

2:00am NZST Thu, 23rd May

2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg

L. Hradecka vs. J. Larsson

2:00am NZST Thu, 23rd May

F. Pennetta vs. M. Doi

2:00am NZST Thu, 23rd May

2013 Brussels Ladies Open

V. Lepchenko(7) vs. K. Kanepi

2:00am NZST Thu, 23rd May

Cricket

Results

2013 Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League Eliminator (3rd v 4th) - RAJ v SUN: Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets

Indian Premier League Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd) - CSK v MUM: Chennai Super Kings won by 48 runs

Indian Premier League Match 72 - SUN v KKR: Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets

Indian Premier League Match 71 - PWS v DEL: Pune Warriors won by 38 runs

Schedule

2013 Ireland v Pakistan [ODI]

Ireland v Pakistan 1st ODI

23 May 9:45pm

2013 Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League Qualifier 2 (Winner Eliminator v Loser Qual. 1) - MUM v RAJ

25 May 2:30am

2013 England v New Zealand

England v New Zealand 2nd Test

24 May 10:00pm

Football

Results

2013 International Friendlies

Venezuela 2 - 1 El Salvador (FT)

Oman 3 - 1 Iran (FT)

2013 AFC Champions League

Esteghlal 0 - 0 Al-Shabab (FT)

Lekhwiya 2 - 2 Al-Hilal (FT)

Guangzhou 3 - 0 Central Coast (FT)

Kashiwa 3 - 2 Jeonbuk FC (FT)

Schedule

2013 International Friendlies

Namibia v Zambia

25 May 4:00am

Qatar v Latvia

25 May 4:15am

Malawi v Zimbabwe

26 May 12:30am