fan-vs-fan: 2011 asian cup decider - oman vs kuwait

... however, our group was one of the tougher ones that included australia, kuwait and indonesia ... the worst has got to be the home loss against australia with them being one man down for more than an hour and us controlling the game and wasting a lot of chances! kuwait: i would say the best thing was beating australia on their home turf which was a great win for the kuwaiti national team and that is exactly the kind of confidence boost we really need ... considering the difficulty of this qualifying group which includes australia and indonesia would it be a failure if your team does not qualify for the asian cup 2011? oman: definitely, i think we had a great performance in the last asian cup and we are willing to show asia that our ambition exceeds the imagination of who is to be the next asian champions ... what image do you have of the other team and their fans? oman: kuwait’s last game with australia showed me that their team and fans do not give up easily; especially after going down to two early goals they staged an epic comeback to level the score line against the aussies

the worst english champions ever (sort of)?

... the captain of the australian team, peter wilson, was also born in the north east (felling, county durham in 1947) and had only emigrated to australia in 1969 ... of course, there have also been english born players who have represented australia, new zealand and canada ... i've already mentioned peter wilson, who captained australia 60 times, more than any other player

alastair cook leads from the front

... umpires: a l hill (new zealand) and r j tucker (australia)

neill: gala move perfectly timed

... neill, who turns 32 next month, said he couldn't knock back a chance to join australia team-mate harry kewell at galatasaray after his short spell at english premier league club everton ... neill said working with the dutch coaching duo of rijkaard and johan neeskens - assistant to guus hiddink for australia at the 2006 fifa world cup - was the perfect buildup before heading toâ south africa 2010 under fellow dutchman pim verbeek ... "neill has played 53 internationals for australia since his debut against saudi arabia in 1996

heart confirm worm signing

... “rutger is a traditional winger, which is a position that australia has found difficult to produce in great numbers in recent times

sachin tendulkar shows destructive appetite to set one-day record

... the 36-year-old batsman also made 175 against australia in early november, ten days before the twentieth anniversary of his india debut, but that is merely the third highest of his one-day hundreds ... south africa had made 438 batting second to beat australia four years ago, but once the in-form amla became the third wicket to fall in the first eight overs, the chase was never on ... ” tendulkar has 93 hundreds in international cricket and while ricky ponting, the australia captain, is only eight behind his 47 test centuries, the aggregate will surely never be caught

rusty andy murray sent packing in dubai by janko tipsarevic

... a year ago murray had to pull out at the quarter final stage of the dubai tournament when the virus he first suffered in australia struck again

rooney is the talk of world football as national bosses gather in south africa

... 'australia manager pim verbeek, another who could face england in round two, expects rooney to give his country the edge

singing south africa's praises

... “i’ve been here seven or eight times,†said australia coach pim verbeek, “and i’ve always enjoyed it, including as a tourist

champs pohang stumble in adelaide

... the steelers went down to adelaide united in australia after exciting youngster matthew leckie scored an individual goal in first-half injury time