Posted by uspostSportsSaturday, February 26th, 2011
UFC 127 weigh-ins for the latest MMA Pay-Per-View took place in Australia on Friday. BJ Penn vs Jon Fitch continues to be the main attraction on the latest mixed martial arts card, and both fighters made weight. Both BJ Penn and Jon Fitch made weight, with Fitch at 170lbs and Penn at 167lbs. After the weigh-ins [...]
The first major gusts hit coastal Queensland as frightened residents and backpackers scrambled to find safe havens with just hours before Cyclone Yasi delivers its full wrath. Selwyn Hughes, turned away from a packed shopping centre acting as a shelter in the coastal tourist city of Cairns, stood with his family in the uncovered carpark [...]
Philip Duncan of WeatherWatch.co.nz on how Cyclone Yasi developed and what will happen when it hits Australia. Category five Cyclone Yasi has knocked out the weather bureau’s radar system on Willis Island, about 450 kilometres east of Cairns in far north Queensland. The weather bureau’s radar and wind speed measurements on the island failed just [...]
Japan will soon be playing in their fourth Asian Cup Final and attempting to win the competition for a record fourth time. Our opposition are of course Australia, who will be making their first appearance in the final in their second Asian Cup tournament. For Japan, it’s been a rocky road that has lead us [...]
Dr. Gordian Fulde, head of the emergency department at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, said Buffett “really took a very nasty tumble.” “He just didn’t see the drop in front of the stage,” Fulde, who was at the concert, told Australia’s Seven Network. “I heard the crack and I thought this guy has broken his [...]