AUSSIE RULES HIMSELF OUT; SPORTS UPDATE.AUSTRALIAN rules football Australian rules football Variety of football played between two teams of 18 players. The field is oval, 145–200 yd (135–185 m) long, with four goalposts at each end. A six-point goal is scored when the oval ball is kicked through the two central goalposts. player Peter Everitt The bizarre step follows an incident with Melbourne's Aboriginal defender Scott Chisholm last Sunday and Everitt has now suspended himself for four weeks. He said: "I put this discipline on myself and I've spoken to Scott. I'm going to undergo an awareness programme." TENNIS: Chilean Marcelo Rios eased his way into the Estoril Open The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal (in spite of nominally located in Estoril). The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela has been in the Top 10 of semi-finals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Brazil's Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo Kuerten (born September 10, 1976 in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001. . CURLING: Hammy ham·my adj. ham·mi·er, ham·mi·est Marked or characterized by overacting; affectedly humorous or dramatic. ham McMillan's rink beat Norway 8-3 at the World Championships in Canada to go through to the semi-finals. SPEEDWAY: Three Scots are aiming for glory in tonight's British Under-21 Championship semi-final. Ross Brady, Blair Scott and David McAllan, all Edinburgh Monarchs riders, will compete at Workington. A host of top riders will race for Berwick Bandits' Karl Friar Memorial Trophy at Shielfield Park tonight. AUTO: Scots Indycar ace Dario Franchitti lines up for today's Firehawk 500 near Toyko in 11th place after handling problems with his Honda- powered Team Kool Green racer. |
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