Cyclist Gianni Da Ros was banned for 20 years on Monday for doping in one of the heaviest sanctions imposed by the Italian Olympic Committee.
thewest.com.au - 1 hours 39 minutes agoMid-week captain Dean Mumm is urging the Wallabies to restore some lost pride in the gold jumper in Tuesday night's tour match against the Cardiff Blues.
thewest.com.au - 1 hours 39 minutes agoFrance centre Maxime Mermoz has been forced out of the Test against NZ with a right thigh injury and was replaced by Toulouse winger Cedric Heymans.
thewest.com.au - 1 hours 54 minutes agoJiyai Shin and Lorena Ochoa took their battle for LPGA Player of the Year honours down to the wire on Monday in the rain-disrupted LPGA Championship.
thewest.com.au - 1 hours 54 minutes agoRafael Nadal was beaten in straight sets by Robin Soderling in his opening match at the ATP World Tour Finals.
thewest.com.au - 1 hours 59 minutes agoPeople with a mental illness will have improved access to legal and health services under a project to be launched in NSW, A-G John Hatzistergos says.
thewest.com.au - 2 hours 4 minutes agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament on Monday approved an amended law needed to hold an election next year, but the new text risks being vetoed a second time -- which could delay both the vote and next year's partial U.S. troop withdrawal.
thewest.com.au - 2 hours 4 minutes agoROME, (Reuters) - The Italian edition of Rolling Stone has named Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi its "rock star of the year," paying tribute to his "lifestyle worthy of the greatest rock star."
thewest.com.au - 2 hours 29 minutes agoOSLO (AFP) - The Norwegian speedskating federation on Monday fired the coach of its national team, American Peter Mueller, after he was accused of making inappropriate comments to an athlete.
thewest.com.au - 2 hours 33 minutes agoTANJUNG BALAI, Indonesia (AFP) - The captain of an Indonesian ferry which sank killing 29 people rejected claims of overcrowding Monday and blamed a freak storm for the disaster, as officials launched an investigation.
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