11:56 PM AEDT | RICHMOND fans might be counting the days until round one, but if they're waiting to see new recruit Ben Cousins in full flight they might have to wait a while longer.
11:56 PM AEDT | As he scoured the black sand and bleak rock ledges of Bethells Beach looking for Sonny Fai, Warriors centre Brent Tate recalled "just staring into the blue water waiting for him to swim up, even though you knew he wasn't going to".
6:21 PM AEDT | The Brisbane International sees its first major shock with world number three Novak Djokovic defeated in first round.
6:17 PM AEDT | A decision on the ACT Brumbies captaincy will be made before the team's first trial game but incumbent skipper Stirling Mortlock is no guarantee to be in charge this year.
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6:17 PM AEDT | Warriors players returned to training today as the search continued for teammate Sonny Fai, swept out to sea on Sunday night after saving his brother from a rip at treacherous Bethells Beach.
5:13 PM AEDT | Captain Ricky Ponting has declared Australia's second innings closed at 4-257 after tea on day four of the third Test, setting South Africa 376 runs to win.
1:43 PM AEDT | Matthew Hayden gave little indication that he was trudging off the SCG for the last time after being dismissed this morning for 39, barely acknowledging the crowd as he briskly strode to the dressing room while wife Kellie stood and applauded from the stands.
12:41 PM AEDT | Matthew Hayden dismissed in Sydney in what could be his last Test innings.
12:41 PM AEDT | Matthew Hayden dismissed in Sydney in what could be his last Test innings.
7:26 AM AEDT | Peter Garrett looked uncharacteristically pleased as he announced his decision to defer a decision about the Tasmanian pulp mill.
7:10 AM AEDT | The glamour girl of world tennis channels Queensland's own Pat Rafter.
4:00 AM AEDT | WARRIORS players have trudged through the black sand of Bethells Beach on many occasions, but not like this. Yesterday, they walked the shore in search of their teammate, the promising Sonny Fai, who is missing and presumed drowned after rescuing his younger brother from a rip.
4:00 AM AEDT | LLEYTON HEWITT'S trademarks have been mothballed for five months, but the two-time grand slam winner dusted them down in the final two sets at the Hopman Cup in Perth yesterday.
4:00 AM AEDT | Incorrect umpiring decision could save the career of Matthew Hayden.
4:00 AM AEDT | Australia's selectors will go far if they stick by this fast-bowling pair.
4:00 AM AEDT | When Australia's Fed Cup team is announced for the Asia-Oceania zone competition, it is believed it will contain Jelena Dokic's name for the first time since 2000.
1:00 AM AEDT | Most Australian cities now have serious rail projects; for me, it is an exciting time. Sydney has two metro rail lines on Infrastructure Australia's interim priority list for Commonwealth funding:...
1:00 AM AEDT | THE federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, has allowed the forestry company Gunns to go ahead with construction of its controversial Tasmanian pulp mill, but is withholding final approval on whether the mill will be able to operate until water pollution studies are assessed in 2011.
1:00 AM AEDT | NSW was bracing for a heatwave today as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology published its annual report showing last year to be one of the hottest on record and predicting more scorching temperatures this summer.
1:00 AM AEDT | WOMEN with bulimia nervosa may binge eat because the brain circuits responsible for regulating their behaviour do not work properly, a new study suggests.