They're sweaty and they know it

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus wipes sweat off of her face against Maria Sharapova of Russia during the women's singles championship at the Sony Ericsson Open.

Photo by Getty Images May 29, 2012

Sweaty and they know it

Sweat is what separates the hard-working sports stars from those that take it too easy. Here's our salute to our favourite bodily fluid. Let's just hope they don't smell...

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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 7:30pm

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

20 June 7:30pm

2013 England v New Zealand [T20I]

England v New Zealand 1st Twenty20

26 June 3:30am

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 11:10am

Costa Rica v Panama

19 June 12:00pm

2013 Confederations Cup (in Brazil)

Brazil v Mexico

20 June 5:00am

Italy v Japan

20 June 8:00am

2013 International Friendlies

Tunisia vs. Morocco

21 June 12:00am