National News
03 Feb 10 | NEWCASTLE fans have given their overwhelming approval to the club signing Willie Mason after the Knights took the extraordinary step of surveying members and supporters about whether they should try to lure him home.
03 Feb 10 | WARATAHS back Kurtley Beale has been omitted from a 30-man NSW squad for their final trial match, against the Brumbies, to allow him to prepare for the resumption of his assault hearing on Friday.
03 Feb 10 | AUSTRALIAN cricketers will be advised not to venture out of their hotels alone or wear national uniforms and other clothing identifying their nationality under stringent security measures during this year's Indian Premier League.
03 Feb 10 | THE Pakistan Cricket Board has launched an inquiry into its team's disastrous tour of Australia.
03 Feb 10 | NSW hope the return of young paceman Josh Hazlewood can lift them to victory in today's crucial one-day clash with Queensland at the SCG.
02 Feb 10 | Kobe Bryant has scored 44 points to become the Los Angeles' all-time scoring leader, but it wasn't enough to secure victory for his team. The Lakers finished their road trip with a 95-93 loss to Memphis on Monday.
02 Feb 10 | Former world champion Bernard Hopkins will battle Roy Jones in April in a rematch of their fight 17 years ago.
02 Feb 10 | Giteau battling to recover in time
02 Feb 10 | England manager Fabio Capello alone will make a decision on John Terry's future as England captain, the Football Association (FA) said on Monday.
02 Feb 10 | Australia striker Scott McDonald left Celtic for English Championship side Middlesbrough on Monday's transfer deadline day as boyhood Hoops fan Robbie Keane prepared to join the Glasgow giants.
02 Feb 10 | IT'S a long way from Dubbo to Dubai but Sniper's Bullet could complete the journey with a tilt at the group 1 $US5 million ($5.66m) Dubai Duty Free next month.
02 Feb 10 | THE small lake adjacent to the 18th green on the south course of the famed Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego is known as Devlin's Billabong. Many years ago Australian Bruce Devlin took a 10 on the par-five finishing hole in scenes Kevin Costner later impersonated in the movie Tin Cup.
02 Feb 10 | NSW all-rounder Steve Smith is set to make his international debut in Friday's match against Pakistan.
02 Feb 10 | HARRY KEWELL'S agent believes the football world was never able to see the best of the striker at Liverpool because of the ineptitude of the British medical system, which repeatedly failed to correctly diagnose and treat Kewell's injuries.
02 Feb 10 | THE Brumbies have been billed by many as the Australian team with the best chance of winning this year's Super 14 starting next week, with their plethora of Wallabies stars and leaders.
02 Feb 10 | AFTER taking five wickets against the big-name NSW batting line-up to lead Queensland to an easy victory, policeman Luke Feldman emerged from the dressing room with a XXXX beer in hand and reflected on his remarkable experience.
02 Feb 10 | LEADING Newcastle players have backed the club to sign Willie Mason as a replacement for alleged drug dealer Danny Wicks.
01 Feb 10 | AUSTRALIA secured a stunning 5-0 series sweep over Pakistan, but the result was hardly the chief topic of conversation at the WACA Ground last night. That was reserved for a series of startling developments, headlined by a disgraceful pitch invasion that saw a member of the Pakistan side tackled to the ground and an earlier incident in which Shahid Afridi, the touring captain, was filmed biting the ball.
01 Feb 10 | Egypt entered the record books on Sunday, beating Ghana 1-0 in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations with supersub Mohamed 'Gedo' Nagy lifting the Pharaohs to their third straight title.
01 Feb 10 | Manchester United closed the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea as the champions swept to an impressive 3-1 win against title rivals Arsenal on Sunday.