The dirty side of sport....

With winter truly upon us, playing fields across the world are turning into a mud-mess, not that it bothers these keen athletes!

Photo by Getty Images Jul 20, 2011

The dirty side of sport....

With winter truly upon us, playing fields across the world are turning into a mud-mess, not that it bothers these keen athletes!

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  2. David Beckham hangs up his boots

  3. The Fortunate 50

  4. London stunners see New Zealand glory

  5. Sports stars taken too soon

  6. Artemis left crippled on the water

  7. Sir Alex Ferguson from then to now

  8. The glitz and the glamour from the Kentucky Derby

  9. The best Sevens costumes from 2013

  10. Best sporting images of the week

  11. Super Rugby mid-season power rankings

  12. Start your engines! Maria Sharapova and Porsche team up

  13. London Marathon crazy costumes

  14. Kiwis fail to break Kangaroos' 14-year dominance

  15. 20 reasons why we love cheerleaders

  16. Sports world reacts to Boston Marathon bombings

  17. Unbridled joy: Cardiff finally secure promotion

  18. Breakers celebrate title with fans

  19. Breakers celebrate historic three-peat

  20. Lindsey Vonn upstages Tiger

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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 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

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Knights 44 - 8 Bulldogs

Schedule

2013 English Super League

Rhinos vs Saints

6:45am NZST Tue, 21st May

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

Tennis

Live

2013 Brussels Ladies Open

Set 1
Live
Elena Baltacha 2
Stefanie Voegele 3
Full Scorecard
Set 1
Live
Tsvetana Pironkova 0
Sloane Stephens 2
Full Scorecard

2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

Set 2
Live
Lleyton Hewitt 3
Pablo Andujar 6
Full Scorecard

Results

2013 Brussels Ladies Open

Olga Govortsova def. Arantxa Rus

6-2 7-5

Varvara Lepchenko def. Bojana Jovanovski

6-2 6-7(10) 6-4

Lesia Tsurenko lost to Jana Cepelova

7-5 3-6 5-7

2013 Power Horse Cup

Jarkko Nieminen def. Lukas Lacko

6-3 6-1

Benjamin Becker lost to Tobias Kamke

3-6 2-6

Go Soeda lost to Andre Ghem

4-6 0-6

Gilles Muller lost to Roberto Bautista-Agut

6-2 4-6 2-6

Ivan Dodig def. Blaz Kavcic

7-5 6-4

Lukas Rosol lost to Daniel Brands

4-6 3-6

2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

Andreas Seppi lost to Yen-Hsun Lu

5-7 6-1 4-6

Robin Haase def. Marinko Matosevic

6-1 6-4

Carlos Berlocq def. Leonardo Mayer

6-2 6-1

Denis Istomin lost to Ricardas Berankis

2-6 2-6

Edouard Roger-Vasselin def. Alejandro Falla

7-5

2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia

Roger Federer lost to Rafael Nadal

1-6 3-6

2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia

Serena Williams def. Victoria Azarenka

6-1 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

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 Internationaux de Strasbourg

V. Razzano vs. T. Paszek(2)

2:00am NZST Mon, 20th May

S. Soler-Espino vs. E. Bouchard

2:00am NZST Mon, 20th May

M. Erakovic vs. M. Niculescu(5)

2:00am NZST Mon, 20th May

A. Tatishvili vs. C. Garcia

2:00am NZST Mon, 20th May

M. Bartoli(1) vs. C. Giorgi

2:00am NZST Mon, 20th May

J. Larsson vs. P. Cetkovska

2:00am NZST Mon, 20th May

C. McHale(6) vs. L. Davis

2:00am NZST Mon, 20th May

2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

V. Hanescu vs. A. Ramos

2:00am NZST Mon, 20th May

2013 Power Horse Cup

G. Pella vs. L. Kubot

2:00am NZST Mon, 20th May

Cricket

Results

2013 Indian Premier League

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

2013 Scotland v Pakistan [ODI]

Scotland v Pakistan 2nd ODI: Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Schedule

2013 Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd) - TBD v TBD

22 May 12:30am

Indian Premier League Eliminator (3rd v 4th) - TBD v TBD

23 May 12:30am

2013 Ireland v Pakistan [ODI]

Ireland v Pakistan 1st ODI

23 May 7:45pm

Football

Results

2012/13 Spanish La Liga

Barcelona 2 - 1 Valladolid (FT)

2012/13 Italian Serie A

Palermo 1 - 3 Parma (FT)

Roma 2 - 1 Napoli (FT)

Cagliari 1 - 0 Lazio (FT)

Inter 2 - 5 Udinese (FT)

Schedule

2012/13 Spanish La Liga

Mallorca v Real Betis

21 May 6:00am

2013 AFC Champions League

FC Seoul v Beijing Guoan

21 May 8:30pm

Bunyodkor v Buriram

22 May 12:00am

Al-Ahli v El Jaish

22 May 3:45am

2013 International Friendlies

Oman v Iran

22 May 12:00am