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The Sweet Spot
2011 - The year that was in sport
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Enlarge textWorld News Australia Sports Presenter, Robert Grasso takes a look back at some of the highs, the lows and the scandals of the sporting year that was.
The Wallabies were beaten by a superior All Blacks team at the World Cup. (AAP)
topFollowing the death this week of boxing's legendary former
Heavyweight World Champion, Joe Frazier, it's time the Philadelphia authorities
honoured the 'real' Rocky Balboa.
When only the (third) best will do
As the Wallabies prepare for their Rugby World Cup Bronze medal match
against Wales this Friday, SBS Sports Presenter Robert Grasso asks the
question: Is the match for third-place the most pointless game in world
sport?
The Wallabies say they want to come home with something to show from their World Cup campaign. (AAP)
Mirror, mirror on the wall
As Australia gears up to host Switzerland in its Davis Cup World Group Play-off in Sydney this week, Robert Grasso asks what price grace in defeat?
Roger Federer is in Sydney for the Davis Cup. (Marcus Reubenstein, SBS)
IAAF World Championships: Farce and class
The 13th IAAF World Championships in Daegu will be remembered as much for the farce on the track, as for the class in the field.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt, center, reacts at his false start. (AP)
What you love, destroys you
Following boxer Danny Green's stunning loss of his IBO Cruiserweight
world title last night to 42 year-old Antonio Tarver, SBS World News Australia Sports Presenter, Robert Grasso asks the question, is it time for the
Green Machine to hang up his gloves for good?
Danny Green on his way out.
So what should have been one of the greatest local football stories of
the year, ended up the butt of one, long, ongoing joke on social media
site, Twitter.
Will Kewell ever make it to the A-League?
On the eve of arguably the biggest football match of the season, SBS Sports Presenter, Robert Grasso analyses the simmering feud between Barcelona coach, Pep Guardiola and Real Madrid manager, Jose Mourinho.
You couldn't have written a better Champions League script if you tried.
Real Madrid beat Barca 1-0 in the Spanish Cup. (Getty)
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World News Australia's Robert Grasso analyses the week in sport. Follow @RobertGrasso
Robert Grasso Robert Grasso is an award-winning Senior Sports Journalist, Producer and Presenter for SBS World News Australia.
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