Australia men's hockey coach Ric Charlesworth has told his troops they will need to get "30 per cent" better if they are to follow up their World Cup gold with similar success at the 2012 London Olympics.

Australia's Will Power took victory in the season-opening race of the IndyCar Series on the street circuit in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Alpine skier Jessica Gallagher and guide Eric Bickerton have officially received their downhill bronze medals during a ceremony at the Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games.

Grandstand's Steve Robilliard takes a look back at day three of the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games; a day which saw alpine skier Jess Gallagher claim bronze in the vision impaired downhill.

Alberto Contador showed great composure to fend off attacks from all sides in a nail-biting final stage and clinch the Paris-Nice race for the second time overnight.

Australian skier Jessica Gallagher has started her birthday in style, posting the third fastest time in the first run of the visually impaired women's slalom skiing at the Winter Paralympic Games.

Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao has easily defeated Ghanaian Joshua Clottey by a unanimous 12-round decision to retain his World Boxing Organisation welterweight title Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas.

After winning hockey World Cups as a player and a coach, Australian mentor Ric Charlesworth has turned his attention to the Kookaburras' 2012 Olympic campaign.

Australia's Paralympians have endured another day of frustration, with heavy fog forcing the postponement of the downhill events on the first day of competition.

Australian Steve Hooker won the men's pole vault at the World Indoor Championships in Doha on Sunday morning (AEDT).