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Australia wins two gold as records fall
AUSTRALIA opened the Melbourne round of the World Cup track cycling series with two gold medals as records tumbled at Hisense Arena.
Third international honour for McCaw
NEW Zealand captain Richie McCaw was named the International Rugby Board player of the year, the first player to win the award three times.
Road racer Astarloa banned
SPAIN'S 2003 world road race champion Igor Astarloa has been banned from cycling for two years for dopingby the International Cycling Union.
Glamour boys top sporting rich list
AUSTRALIA'S sporting glamour boys cleaned up in this year's BRW top Aussie sport earners list.
Track crisis as stars hit road
CYCLING'S surge in popularity has been a feature of 21st century sport in Australia, but it has developed a split personality problem.
Perkins to let legs do talking
SHANE Perkins is off the sick-list and ready to let his feet do the talking at the track cycling World Cup in Melbourne tonight.
Gauci eager for local NRL influence
MELBOURNE Storm chief executive Ron Gauci is pushing for a local business identity to join the NRL Independent Commission.
Storm's got its books in order
THE scrutiny of South Sydney's contract for Greg Inglis has created the sort of attention Melbourne Storm officials want to avoid.
Doping rife says disgraced Landis
THE use of the banned muscle-building and weight-loss stimulant is widespread in cycling, according to disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis.
Katsidis stopped in ninth
MICHAEL Katsidis was all heart trying to honour his late brother Stathi by winning the lightweight championship of the world.
Niblett takes Oceania keirin final
A FIVE-MONTH stint in Japan paid dividends for Australia's Jason Niblett who won the men's keirin final in the Oceania Track Cycling Championships last night.
Enduring Cooper calls it a day
AUSTRALIAN aerial skiing champion Jacqui Cooper announced her retirement on Friday after a decorated career spanning two decades.
Hepburn triumphs in head-to-head
MICHAEL Hepburn defeated world champion teammate Jack Bobridge in the 4km individual pursuit at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships.
Swimmer's doping sentence doubled
GERMAN swimmer Sonja Schoeber has had her ban for testing positive for testosterone doubled to two years by sport's highest court.
Contador has no doubt of innocence
UNDER siege Alberto Contador has reiterated his innocence over his failed doping test at the Tour de France in an emotional television interview.
Inglis could be on street
IF GREG Inglis can't sort out his deal with South Sydney soon, he may be without an NRL home in 2011.
Great Scott! Another gold medal
COMMONWEALTH Games champion Scott Sunderland took his form to Adelaide when he won the 1km time trial to open the Oceania Cycling Championships.
Inglis' Rabbitohs deal down drain
THE NRL has blocked Greg Inglis's $1.8 million move to South Sydney.
Cadel looms as cycling standout
CADEL Evans is favoured to win his fourth Australian cyclist of the year award in five years.
Simulated scrum to held beat Wallabies
FRANCE are training against a high-tech robotic scrum in a bid to dominate opponents but it won't be the ace in thier pack against the Wallabies.
Pocketing a world title ... Aussie Neil Robertson makes a shot during his victory over Scot Graeme Dott in the final of the World Snooker Championships Sheffield, England.
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Hamilton gloves MVP award
TEXAS baseball outfielder Josh Hamilton has shrugged alcohol and drug demons to be named the American League's Most Valuable Player.
Bika hopes to swipe crown
Australian fighter Sakio Bika has adopted a "no worries" attitude for his showdown with unbeaten Andre Ward for the WBA super middleweight title.
Teen champ tackles big boys
REIGNING junior sprint UCI track and keirin world champion Matt Glaetzer says he can't wait to mix it with the board's "big boys".
O'Grady signs for another tour of duty
THE International Cycling Union, confirming its UCI ProTeams yesterday, has guaranteed Stuart O'Grady's participation in the Santos Tour Down Under
Johns to help Rebels and Storm
CROSS-code rivalries were put aside as the Melbourne Storm and Rebels came together to learn from league legend Andrew Johns.
Probes leave Storm in limbo
SEVEN months after the salary-cap scandal, Melbourne Storm officials are waiting, and hoping, for someone to be punished.
Full sails ahead to Hobart
A BIG fleet of new, old and supermaxi yachts crewed by more than 1000 sailors will hit the line for the 66th Rolex Sydney to Hobart on Boxing Day.
Bowls legend back on home turf
ASCOT Park bowls club has secured the services of one of the legends of the sport to compete in the second half of the pennant season.
Team Sky a force to be reckoned with
AUSTRALIAN elite rider Simon Gerrans and Michael Rogers have committed to ride in the 2011 Santos Tour Down Under with British-based Team Sky.
Mundine plans move to US
ANTHONY Mundine is poised to move to the United States in a secret move he hopes will help him realise his boxing dreams.
Mundine's US move an 'insult'
A ROW has erupted over boxer Anthony Mundine's mooted move to the US to advance his career.
Coutts swimmer of the year
FIVE-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Alicia Coutts has capped a great year by winning the 2010 Australian swimmer of the year award.
Crowe call sparks Inglis storm
SOUTH Sydney owner Russell Crowe's boast on US TV of snaring Greg Inglis has served to delay the star being released from the Storm.
NZ curtaincall following TDU
LANCE Armstrong will compete in a sprint-distance triathlon in New Zealand in January.
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Teen dies in street race horror
A TEENAGER has died in a street race which ended with his car hitting a bus before destroying a Stobie pole, cutting power in the western suburbs.
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Aussie bid dumped in first round
A DESPONDENT Frank Lowy was this morning digesting Australia’s failed campaign filled with broken promises.
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