Is this the worst sport ever?

Joey Chestnut won his sixth straight Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest at Coney Island, downing 68 dogs and buns in 10 minutes, winning $10k. Sonya Thomas downed 45 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the women's competition. She took home her own pink champion's belt and $10k.

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Is this the worst sport ever?

You may argue that competitive eating isn't a sport - but that's certainly not the way it's viewed in the US. But as a sport it's up there with dressage and rhythmic gymnastics...

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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)

Azzurri vs Scotland

12:15am NZST Sun, 23rd June

Springboks vs Manu Samoa

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 AEGON International

Ivan Dodig def. Milos Raonic

6-2 7(9)-6

Li Na def. Marion Bartoli

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Fernando Verdasco def. Albert Ramos

6-4 6-0

Samantha Stosur lost to Lucie Safarova

6-7(7) 3-6

Fabio Fognini def. Martin Klizan

6-7(8) 6-2 6-2

Su-Wei Hsieh lost to Jamie Hampton

4-6 6-7(7)

Feliciano Lopez def. Juan Monaco

6-4 6-4

Elena Baltacha lost to Maria Kirilenko

6-4 4-6 3-6

Yanina Wickmayer def. Petra Kvitova

3-6 6-4 7-5

2013 Topshelf Open

Robin Haase lost to Evgeny Donskoy

4-6 5-7

Jan Hernych def. Michael Llodra

6-7(7) 6-4 7-5

Nicolas Mahut def. Andrey Kuznetsov

6-2 6-4

Stefanie Voegele lost to Lesia Tsurenko

1-6 6-7(7)

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. Daniel Brands

7(9)-6 6-2

Xavier Malisse def. Yen-Hsun Lu

3-6 6-1 6-3

Anabel Medina Garrigues lost to Dominika Cibulkova

6-2 4-6 3-6

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 Topshelf Open

E. Donskoy vs. N. Mahut

2:00am NZST Thu, 20th June

S. Halep vs. L. Tsurenko

2:00am NZST Thu, 20th June

X. Malisse vs. R. Bautista-Agu

2:00am NZST Thu, 20th June

G. Muguruza vs. D. Cibulkova(2)

2:00am NZST Thu, 20th June

J. Chardy(5) vs. S. Wawrinka(2)

2:00am NZST Thu, 20th June

2013 AEGON International

B. Tomic vs. G. Simon(2)

2:00am NZST Thu, 20th June

M. Kirilenko(6) vs. Y. Wickmayer

2:00am NZST Thu, 20th June

E. Makarova vs. C. Wozniacki(5)

2:00am NZST Thu, 20th June

A. Seppi(7) vs. R. Stepanek

2:00am NZST Thu, 20th June

Cricket

Results

2013 ICC Champions Trophy in England

ICC Champions Trophy in England 1st Semi-Final (A1 v B2) - ENG v SAF: England won by 7 wickets

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

Schedule

2013 ICC Champions Trophy in England

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

20 June 7:30pm

ICC Champions Trophy in England Final - ENG v TBD

23 June 7:30pm

2013 England v New Zealand [T20I]

England v New Zealand 1st Twenty20

26 June 3:30am

Football

Results

2013 Confederations Cup (in Brazil)

Italy 4 - 3 Japan (FT)

Brazil 2 - 0 Mexico (FT)

2014 World Cup Qualifying - CONCACAF

Costa Rica 2 - 0 Panama (FT)

USA 1 - 0 Honduras (FT)

2014 World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Jordan 1 - 0 Oman (FT)

Schedule

2013 International Friendlies

Nigeria vs. Côte d'Ivoire

21 June 12:00am

Mali vs. Guinea

21 June 12:00am

Tunisia vs. Morocco

21 June 12:00am