Metro & Regional
11:56 AM ACDT | 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.
11:06 AM ACDT | 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.
3:30 AM ACDT | 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.
3:30 AM ACDT | 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.
3:30 AM ACDT | 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.
3:30 AM ACDT | THERE was no love lost between the Morris brothers at WIN Stadium last night - literally.
3:30 AM ACDT | 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.
3:30 AM ACDT | WELLINGTON: In the end, the only sledging came from Michael Clarke to those who had criticised Lara Bingle.
3:30 AM ACDT | 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.
19 Mar 10 | Vice-captain Michael Clarke has put aside the emotional dramas over his broken engagement to celebrity model Lara Bingle to score an unbeaten century in the first Test against New Zealand.
Australia are 4-316 at stumps on the first day's play in Wellington with Clarke at the crease with West Australian Marcus North, unbeaten on 52.
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19 Mar 10 | JODY Barber had only just arrived in Australia that day when she made the fateful decision to go for a bike ride on one of Canberra's busy roads.
19 Mar 10 | JODY Barber had only just arrived in Australia that day when she made the fateful decision to go for a bike ride on one of Canberra's busy roads.
19 Mar 10 | Australia's Commonwealth Games team is struggling to attract sponsorship, with corporate Australia baulking at supporting a Delhi Games that many dread might not occur.
19 Mar 10 | Fulham overturned a three-goal aggregate deficit to beat Juventus 4-1 and reach the quarter-finals of the Europa League, and David Villa's hat-trick helped Valencia advance after a 4-4 draw at Werder Bremen.
19 Mar 10 | Mark Rudan may be on the books of a rival club but the man who led Sydney FC to their first, and so far only, championship makes no secret where his allegiance lies in the grand final.
19 Mar 10 | Combative Northern Irishman Terry McFlynn insists the rivalry between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory is not driven by hatred or the Kevin Muscat factor, but rather the winning culture the two clubs share.
19 Mar 10 | Waratahs hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau was happy to tutor Pek Cowan in the fine art of hooking during the Wallabies tour last year. But tomorrow night Polota-Nau aims to dish out a far harsher lesson to Cowan when they face up in the middle of the front row in the Waratahs-Western Force derby in Perth.
19 Mar 10 | WELLINGTON: Ricky Ponting had been assured by the suits at Cricket Australia that Michael Clarke was mentally fit. Text messages from Clarke had eased Ponting's fears about his vice-captain being curled up in the foetal position after the human tendency to be devastated by the end of a serious relationship.