National News
4:00 AM AEDT | WELLINGTON: Australian paceman Doug Bollinger is eyeing off the first 10-wicket haul of his Test career today after a blistering display yesterday had the tourists approaching an emphatic triumph. ''I'd be lying if I said I wasn't,'' he said.
4:00 AM AEDT | SYDNEY'S high-profile off-season recruit Daniel Bradshaw needs only to safely negotiate training this week to make his Swans debut against St Kilda at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night.
4:00 AM AEDT | IT'S OFFICIALLY known as Whistler, but anyone who's been to the Canadian snow resort knows that it should be called ''Whistralia'', as Australian Olympic skier Jono Brauer recently dubbed it.
4:00 AM AEDT | NO ONE needed to ask the question. ''That was probably the worst game I have ever f---ing played,'' offered Waratahs centre Berrick Barnes after his side's unimpressive 14-10 defeat of the Western Force in Perth.
4:00 AM AEDT | A TOILET seat? $6. A can of spray paint? $4. Sydney Football Club winning the A-League final? ''Priceless,'' said Marty Askew.
4:00 AM AEDT | BRAITH ANASTA doesn't want to get carried away, but what the heckā¦
21 Mar 10 | These two teams were able to provide us with an entertaining spectacle, with both sides exhibiting the benefits of excellent coaching. Their skills are honed. Their structures and plays are well rehearsed. There is a spirit of cooperation among the players in everything they do.
21 Mar 10 | The NSW Waratahs surged into the Super 14 top four with a hard-fought 14-10 triumph over Western Force in Perth on Saturday night.
21 Mar 10 | KNIGHTS veteran Adam MacDougall epitomised the fighting spirit of the NRL's great underdogs before last night's match kicked off against premiers Melbourne when he volunteered to mark the man regarded as the game's best player, Greg Inglis.
20 Mar 10 | Michael Clarke and Marcus North began to tick off the milestones as their partnership reached 229 at lunch on day two of the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington.
20 Mar 10 | In-form Bulls flyhalf Morne Steyn kicked four penalties and a conversion to pass 100 points for the season and help the Bulls to a narrow 19-18 win over the Wellington Hurricanes on Friday.
20 Mar 10 | Drew Mitchell, still fresh from taming - and aiding - the Lions, believes a revitalised NSW back line just needed a few games to fire, writes Rupert Guinness.
20 Mar 10 | YOU sense that if finally everything went right for Eamon Sullivan going into an event, a good preparation, peak fitness, no injuries, he would probably get tangled in the lane ropes and fail to finish.
20 Mar 10 | MARK VIDUKA ended his 10-month silence last night to raise the prospect of an A-League stint. The reclusive former Socceroos captain, speaking publicly for the first time since Newcastle's relegation from the English Premier League last year, said he was in ''two minds'' as to whether he should again pull on the boots.
20 Mar 10 | THERE was no love lost between the Morris brothers at WIN Stadium last night - literally.
20 Mar 10 | It was the sweetest run of them all. A push on the off-side, a scampered single and then arms raised and helmet kissed and a broad grin as three figures were put on the board. It's been a long time since Michael Clarke's smile has looked as simple. A hundred is every batsman dream. Just that some hundreds are even more satisfying than others.
20 Mar 10 | WELLINGTON: In the end, the only sledging came from Michael Clarke to those who had criticised Lara Bingle.
20 Mar 10 | On the eve of the grand final, Sydney FC vice-chairman Scott Barlow - representing owners David Traktovenko and Paul Ramsay - speaks to Michael Cockerill about the club's progress, dreams and ambitions.
19 Mar 10 | Simon Katich scored a typically gritty 74 not out to guide Australia to 3-163 at tea on the first day of the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington.
19 Mar 10 | ALPINE skiing's fastest and longest event, the downhill, had the big crowd at Whistler's Creekside course gasping on Thursday.