Having locked in Usain Bolt to run in Melbourne this summer organisers are now chasing Australian superstar hurdler Sally Pearson to captain the Australian team.
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Adelaide United coach Amor banned for grabbing A-League referee
BRISBANE, Nov 21 AAP – Adelaide United coach Guillermo Amor will be forced to watch Saturday’s clash against Sydney FC from the grandstand after he was sanctioned by the A-League’s match review panel for touching a referee.
Australia v South Africa: Who is Zunaid Wadee?
Getting past media scrums is small fry for the South African security guard at the centre of the airport feud with a reporter.
That selection was fun. Now what?
When Trevor Hohns awoke, his head was throbbing. Groaning, he hauled himself into the sitting position. Bit by bit, the room came into focus. Paper was strewn everywhere, crumpled and torn. A whiteboard in one corner was covered in thick red crosses and lines, also something that trickled. Underneath it, sitting on top of a pile of pizza boxes, was an Under 19 tour handbook and a sheaf of cricinfo print-outs.
Fishing for Votes
An investigative feature into the struggle between commercial and recreational fishing near our major cities.
Dogs on Patrol: Residents and their pets recruited to help police prevent local crimes
Dog owners in the suburbs of Brisbane are being encouraged to keep an eye on their local communities with their four legged friend by their side.
Gateway Motorway road rage murder charge downgraded to manslaughter
A New Zealand man involved in a fatal road rage incident alongside a Brisbane motorway has his murder charge downgraded to manslaughter.
Coral spawning less in northern reef, scientists say
This year’s spawning event on the Great Barrier Reef went as well as could be expected in light of the worst bleaching in the reef’s history, a coral reef ecologist says.
Stu Larsen Ryeford recording
Delays at Gold Coast sugar mill costs growers $5m, fuel calls for farm land to be sold for development
Cane farmers on Queensland’s Gold Coast claim delays at the local sugar mill have left them $5 million out of pocket, fuelling concerns sugarcane production there is unviable.