Rugby Union: Former Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom was yesterday appointed skipper of the NSW Waratahs for the 2012 Super 15 rugby season, chosen ahead of the likes of Berrick Barnes and Dan Vickerman. The 71-Test veteran makes his return to the Waratahs, a team the flanker played with for five years before moving to Europe, and he has now been rewarded with the captaincy.
Basketball, NBA: Derrick Rose had 35 points and eight assists and Carlos Boozer scored 18 points as Chicago Bulls beat Washington Wizards 98-88 at the Verizon Centre arena, on Monday. France’s Joakim Noah finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for Chicago who snapped a modest two-game losing skid. The Bulls are embarking on a nine-game road trip which they started with a disappointing 97-93 loss to Miami on Sunday.
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Cricket: Shane Warne (picture) was facing legal action yesterday after a cyclist involved in a road rage incident with the Australian cricket great said he plans to sue for damages to his bike. Web designer Mathew Hollingsworth, 28, is launching a civil claim in the Melbourne Magistrates Court seeking US$1,668 for repairs to his hi-tech bicycle plus damages, interest and costs. Hollingsworth alleges Warne drove his sports car into him after a robust exchange of words.
Winter Sport: Canadian Guy Thibault has been appointed coaching consultant with the Russian national short track team. Thibaut would analyse the Russian team, the skaters’ results and serve as an advisor for the team’s current coaching staff. Russia are bidding to win at least a dozen gold medals at the 2014 Sochi Games at a time when their Soviet-era dominance of winter sports is on the wane.
Golf: New Zealand teenager Lydia Ko, who at the weekend became the youngest player to win a pro tournament, hopes to compete at a US major this year, her coach said. The South Korean-born amateur created history when she won the New South Wales Open on Sunday at the age of 14 years and nine months. Ko’s coach Guy Wilson said the prodigy, already ranked the world’s top female amateur, planned to wait “three or four” years before turning pro.