The Queensland Firebirds have booked a home Trans-Tasman netball semi-final after a pulsating 63-52 victory over perennial rivals NSW Swifts in the Australian Conference final in Brisbane on Monday night.The 11-goal victory kept the Firebirds undefeated home record against the Swifts intact and also ensured theyll host the 2016 decider should they qualify.Standing in the way of a fourth consecutive grand final appearance for the Firebirds will be the Dunedin-based Southern Steel, while the Swifts face New Zealand Conference champions Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the second semi-final.The contest began at an exhilarating pace as the Swifts gained early ascendancy until the Firebirds clicked into gear with Romelda Aiken at her dominant best finishing with 49 goals.I felt that was a really great game and both teams went at it all the way to the end, Aiken said.We stayed composed as much as we could because we knew theyd come out really hard and the Swifts are a team where you cant take your foot off the pedal.Theres still room for improvement and well definitely need to make the adjustments for the next game.There was no love lost between both sides as the raucous Brisbane Entertainment Centre crowd spurred the hosts towards a four-point lead at the first change.Queensland consolidated their lead in the second stanza with goal attack Gretel Tippett landing a series of spectacular long range baskets that saw the defending champions hold a 32-27 halftime lead.The Swifts injected fresh legs from the bench after the main break with wing defence Abbey McCulloch and wing attack Stephanie Wood joining the fray to add extra starch to the flanks.The changes failed to make an indent on the scoreboard with Tippett and centre Kim Ravaillion continuing to feed the Gilbert into the reliable hands of Aiken to open up a 10-point three-quarter time lead.Swifts coach Rob Wright made wholesale changes in the fourth quarter but they failed to make any impact as the unrelenting Firebirds stamped their authority to ice their double digit victory.Ivica Zubac Clippers Jersey . Brandon Morrow allowed five runs on six hits over three innings. He struck out two, walked one and hit a batter. Edwin Encarnacion had a two-out, bases loaded two-RBI double in the third inning. Chris Paul Jersey . Oyama had six birdies and two bogeys at Kintetsu Kashikojima in the event also sanctioned by the Japan LPGA Tour. "I have been having this neck ache thats been affecting my golf recently," Oyama said. https://www.clipperslockerroom.com/Patrick-Beverley-City-Edition-Jersey/ . -- Aaron Murray threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another score, and led No. Jerome Robinson Clippers Jersey . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Louis Williams Clippers Jersey . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began.COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Leicester missed its chance to secure an early place in the last 16 of the Champions League after being held to a 0-0 draw by FC Copenhagen on Wednesday.While a win would have put the Premier League champions and Group G leaders through to the knockout stages, the next opportunity will come in its home game on Nov. 22 against Brugge, which lost 1-0 to Porto.Leicester stayed top of the group with 10 points, followed by Porto with seven, Copenhagen on five and Brugge with zero after four straight defeats.Claudio Ranieris side nearly returned home empty-handed as the best chance of the game fell to the home team in injury time, when Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel had to dive to his right to claw away a downward header from Andreas Cornelius.Copenhagen had the majority of possession early on with goalscoring attempts from William Kvvist, Federico Santander and Cornelius.ddddddddddddBoth sides had chances in a fast-pace second period. Goalkeeper Robin Olsen denied Leicester playmaker Riyad Mahrez and Copenhagens Peter Ankersen saw his shot blocked minutes later.Its a good point against a good team away from home, so Im satisfied, Ranieri said. Copenhagen started well, which we were waiting for. We changed to 4-4-2 (in the) second half and were better.Leicester came close to scoring when Jeff Schlupps deflected shot dribbled into the hands of Olsen.Leicester has not conceded a goal in four games and only needs a point from the last two matches to advance.Copenhagen remained unbeaten in their last 31 home matches and faces second-placed Porto at home on Nov. 22. ' ' '