News Archive

DOHA (AFP) - Caroline Wozniacki joined the WTA Championships casualty list when her hopes were shattered by a crippling stomach strain, but the bubbly blonde Dane showed she has plenty of guts for a fight.November 1, 2009, 12:59 pm

Injured Wallabies playmaker Berrick Barnes is still holding hope of a much-anticipated Super 14 homecoming in the NSW Waratahs' season opener against Qld.November 1, 2009, 12:56 pm

Australian Robert Allenby has bowed out of the World Match Play Championship after losing his semi-final to American Anthony Kim.November 1, 2009, 12:54 pm

Leading trainer David Hayes admits he can't help wishing he was in charge of equal Melbourne Cup favourite Alcopop heading into Tuesday's $5...November 1, 2009, 12:54 pm

NSW captain Simon Katich has won the toss and sent Western Australia in to bat in their one-day cup match at North Sydney Oval on Sunday.November 1, 2009, 12:54 pm

A man was arrested on suspicion of setting a small fire at the temporary home for the remains of thousands of World Trade Centre victims, police said.November 1, 2009, 12:54 pm

New Zealand centre Steve Matai has been diagnosed with bleeding in his left eye and is unlikely to play against England on Saturday.November 1, 2009, 12:52 pm

Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens believes Greg Inglis deserves being ranked alongside the finest centres Australia has produced after yet another stunning Test display.November 1, 2009, 12:50 pm

Police have arrested three people over a car jacking in Bayswater overnight during which a 27-year-old woman was dragged from her vehicle by her hair.November 1, 2009, 12:49 pm

LONDON (AFP) - Leicester coach Richard Cockerill was tight-lipped when asked about reports that former Australia wing Lote Tuqiri was on his way to the club.November 1, 2009, 12:48 pm

The federal government is aiming to strengthen its ties with several African nations, Labor frontbencher Bob McMullan says.November 1, 2009, 12:42 pm

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs who had been held at Guantanamo Bay were transferred to the Pacific island nation of Palau to be resettled there, the US Justice Department and lawyers said.November 1, 2009, 12:40 pm

Former Brisbane Roar A-League coach Frank Farina is expected to face Brisbane Magistrates Court on a drink driving charge on Monday.November 1, 2009, 12:39 pm

At least six people were killed when a Russian interior ministry transport plane crashed on Sunday in the far-eastern Yakutia region, Ria-Novosti said.November 1, 2009, 12:38 pm

Family First senator Steve Fielding has questioned whether 78 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers, who have "hijacked" an Australian customs boat, are real refugees.November 1, 2009, 12:36 pm

Leicester coach Richard Cockerill was tight-lipped when asked about reports former Wallabies winger Lote Tuqiri was on his way to the club.November 1, 2009, 12:33 pm

The authors of a new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia are calling for all couples considering pregnancy or in the early stages of pregnancy to be offered cystic fibrosis carrier testing.November 1, 2009, 12:31 pm

Perth Wildcats coach Rob Beveridge has praised wily veteran Martin Cattalini for playing an unfamiliar role to perfection in the new-look Wildcats line up.November 1, 2009, 12:30 pm

Doctors have issued a warning over treadmills following a spate of incidents in which toddlers have had their limbs wedged into the machines.November 1, 2009, 12:29 pm

Police divers have their work cut out for them searching for a fisherman in an Otago High Country lake.November 1, 2009, 12:28 pm

A small Anglican Church in southern Tasmania is celebrating 125 years since foundation.November 1, 2009, 12:27 pm