National News
1:56 PM AEDT | WESTS Tigers winger Beau Ryan is facing a four-match ban after being charged with a crusher tackle during last night's 26-22 win over Manly.
1:21 PM AEDT | Leigh Nugent was today appointed to the role of head coach of Australia's swimming team, and will lead the Dolphins into the London Olympics in 2012 and then possibly even to the Games Rio De Janeiro in 2016.
11:23 AM AEDT | A devastated David Beckham has thanked fans for their support as the surgeon who operated on his ruptured Achilles tendon in Finland today ruled out any possibility of England's superstar midfielder recovering in time for the soccer World Cup.
11:21 AM AEDT | Cadel Evans remains third in the overall standings in the Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race in Italy after the 134km sixth stage between Montecosaro and Macerata on Monday.
11:14 AM AEDT | Fernando Torres turned on the style to inspire Liverpool to a 4-1 victory over struggling Portsmouth at Anfield on Monday which keeps alive their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League.
11:01 AM AEDT | Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek has welcomed a tune-up match against the United States eight days before Australia meet Germany in their World Cup Group D opening clash.
9:48 AM AEDT | Big-hitting India opener Virender Sehwag has blasted Delhi Daredevils to a comfortable six-wicket win over Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League in Ahmedabad.
9:41 AM AEDT | CAMPERDOWN'S Cameron Rahles-Rahbula has won bronze in the Slalom in the men's standing class at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games this morning.
7:49 AM AEDT | The surgeon who operated on David Beckham's ruptured Achilles tendon in Finland on Monday ruled out any possibility of the England star recovering in time for the World Cup.
4:00 AM AEDT | Richmond have warned their troubled midfielder Ben Cousins to curb his drinking. Revelations that the recovering drug addict has over-indulged in alcohol over the past year came as he was readmitted to hospital at midnight on Sunday with an unrelated stomach illness.
4:00 AM AEDT | Shattered Sydney FC striker John Aloisi has admitted he battled a persistent hamstring injury for almost two months before it gave way last weekend, ending his dreams of playing in Saturday night's A-League grand final.
4:00 AM AEDT | The Melbourne Rebels' plan to shortly unveil Adam Freier as their first high-profile Australian signing has hit a snag with the former Waratahs captain yesterday saying he was nowhere near deciding where he will play next year.
4:00 AM AEDT | Cronulla officials are frustrated that a biting allegation by rising centre Blake Ferguson was ignored by referees during the Sharks' narrow loss to Melbourne at the weekend.
4:00 AM AEDT | If a week is a long time in football, then what of the 20-minute period of mayhem that ended last night's contest, in which Manly went from coasting to a first-up victory to their season being in disarray just 80 minutes into it.
15 Mar 10 | She was left broken-hearted when denied the opportunity to represent Australia in shot put and long jump at the Beijing Summer Paralympics in 2008, but Jessica Gallagher spent her 24th birthday on Sunday claiming bronze in the women's vision-impaired slalom event at the Vancouver Winter Paralympics.
15 Mar 10 | A VICTORIAN man was forced to leave his trapped diving partner to drown in a sinkhole while scuba diving in a South Australian cave.
15 Mar 10 | Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke was left decidedly unimpressed this morning after learning a Channel Seven reporter and cameraman had booked themselves onto his Qantas flight to New Zealand.
15 Mar 10 | Fernando Alonso led home a Ferrari 1-2 at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.
15 Mar 10 | Blazing knocks from Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Symonds have helped the defending champion Deccan Chargers to a 31-run Indian Premier League win over the Chennai Super Kings.
15 Mar 10 | Wayne Rooney fired Manchester United back to the top of the Premier League as his double strike inspired a 3-0 win over Fulham, while Adam Johnson's first Manchester City goal rescued a 1-1 draw at Sunderland on Sunday.