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03 Sep 10 | DURBAN: Peter de Villiers' public support of a man charged with murder could spell the end of his controversial three-year term as Springboks coach.
03 Sep 10 | THE three Pakistan cricketers accused of spot-fixing have been rubbed out for the remainder of the England tour. Captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif will play no further part in the series, which includes two Twenty20 and five one-day matches.
03 Sep 10 | THE controversial betting plunge on the Cowboys-Bulldogs encounter in round 24 was not confined to NSW. The Herald has learnt that apart from TAB Sportsbet and other bookmakers, most of the other bets on the North Queensland penalty goal to open the scoring were placed through UNiTAB in Queensland.
02 Sep 10 | Parramatta have confirmed the signings of North Queensland prop Carl Webb and former Canterbury and Cronulla backrower Reni Maitua for the 2011 NRL season.
02 Sep 10 | Phillip Hughes and Josh Hazlewood picked for tour of India, while Brad Haddin has been ruled out with an elbow injury.
02 Sep 10 | Libby Trickett's comeback is in danger of stalling on the blocks with world body FINA's anti-doping rules set to prevent her from qualifying for next year's world swimming championships in Shanghai.
02 Sep 10 | Sacked Western Bulldogs star Jason Akermanis has denied he said he did not want the club to succeed in the finals.
02 Sep 10 | Banned Hawthorn midfielder Travis Tuck has returned to training with the Hawks on Thursday, just two days after he was suspended for 12 matches under the AFL's illicit drugs policy.
02 Sep 10 | Shane Warne says Pakistan captain Salman Butt should face a life ban if found guilty of being involved in a cricket betting scam.
02 Sep 10 | Former England fast bowler Darren Gough has described Kevin Pietersen's dropping as "absolutely pathetic", saying England stand no chance of defending the Ashes without the star batsman.
02 Sep 10 | Socceroos star David Carney is set to bolster Australia's dwindling stocks in the English premier league after switching to battlers Blackpool.
02 Sep 10 | JOHN STEFFENSEN might not run at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next month because he is still feuding with Athletics Australia.
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02 Sep 10 | Wallabies coach Robbie Deans will soon have an abundance of World Cup riches at his disposal with first-choice prop Ben Alexander the latest to emerge on the comeback trail.
02 Sep 10 | DURBAN: The Wallabies pack has been blamed for wasting the ideal opportunity to beat the Springboks at altitude last weekend. Three forwards - Dean Mumm, Richard Brown and Saia Faingaa - have been dropped for the return Tri Nations Test against South Africa in Bloemfontein on Saturday night.
02 Sep 10 | A BROKEN pelvis might slow down Bart Cummings this spring but the 82-year-old's horses continue to dominate the feature race markets following the release of the weights for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups yesterday.
02 Sep 10 | NEW YORK: Even in defeat, Alicia Molik was happy to play her part in an inspiring tale at Flushing Meadows.
02 Sep 10 | SYDNEY co-captain and the 1999 AFL Rising Star, Adam Goodes, had been giving Dan Hannebery a hard time. ''You're no chance to match my feats,'' Goodes had told the youngster.
02 Sep 10 | DURBAN: Amid all the gloom from the Pretoria implosion, at least the Wallabies' coaching staff achieved the positive of working out exactly where James O'Connor fits into the Test mix.
02 Sep 10 | THE NSW Police Force has appointed elite detectives from the State Crime Command to investigate the NRL betting scandal in a clear indication of how seriously it regards the possibility that a fraud has occurred.
01 Sep 10 | Kevin Pietersen has launched a foul-mouthed tirade on Twitter following his dumping from the England side less than three months before the first Ashes Test.