DUMPED all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been rushed straight back into the Australian team for the first Test against New Zealand.
AUSTRALIA will deploy a twin strike force of Josh Kennedy and Tim Cahill with instructions to swat Bahrain aside on the road to South Africa.
THE AFL Players' Association and the AFL are headed for a showdown over Ben Cousins - and the casualty could be the AFL Drugs Code.
DEFENDER Chris Newman has been appointed the new captain of AFL club Richmond, replacing Kane Johnson.
MICHAEL Clarke and Andrew Symonds patched up their frosty friendship at a cocktail party - with no cocktails.
TASMANIA was left with a bitter aftertaste from its 10-wicket loss in the Sheffield Shield match at the MCG yesterday.
WALLABIES five-eighth Matt Giteau was stunned today to learn that England's rugby chief had apologised to Australia over booing at Twickenham at the weekend.
AUSTRALIAN players will each get $30,000 if they win the Rugby League World Cup, the biggest bonus in the sport and three times the bounty for a premiership.
POTENTIAL risks to horse and jockey safety on synthetic racing surfaces are being investigated after they were criticised at the Asian Racing Conference.
SOME would look at a 10-day break as beneficial, but Melbourne Tigers coach Al Westover is not so sure.