National News
21 Nov 09 | IN QUEENSLAND, they are picking them young. So young that when the Herald caught up with Scott Walter this week, the budding left-arm swing bowler was about to go for a driving lesson.''No, I ...
21 Nov 09 | THE All-Stars extravaganza tomorrow night is designed to light the wick of the international summer.The razzle, the dazzle, the frivolity of a more social than serious clash coincides with ...
21 Nov 09 | Cameron White's chances of captaining his country increase with every passing month. He is a bolter but events could conspire in his favour.Already his leadership skills have been recognised. As a ...
21 Nov 09 | INTERNATIONAL news agencies will be locked out of cricket venues again this summer unless they resolve a long-running impasse with Cricket Australia.With just five days until the first Test ...
21 Nov 09 | The West Indies' replacement captain is a future leader of substance, writes Jamie Pandaram.
21 Nov 09 | ABOUT THIERRY HENRY'S HANDBALL THAT HELPED SEND FRANCE TO THE 2010 WORLD CUP FINALS. ''Yes, there was a hand, but I'm not the referee. Of course, I kept playing. The referee didn't whistle for ...
21 Nov 09 | THE Irish backpackers playing pool at the Coogee Bay Hotel called it a ''travesty'' while their compatriots at a nearby hostel dubbed it ''devastating''.Sydney's Irish community was in mourning ...
21 Nov 09 | LONDON: Irish demands for a replay of Wednesday's World Cup play-off against France in Paris have fallen on deaf ears with world governing body FIFA officially ruling out the prospect on ...
21 Nov 09 | The man behind the Hand of Gaul should not go to South Africa, writes Henry Winter.
20 Nov 09 | Shane Warne will captain an All Stars team against a Michael Clarke-led Australian XI in a Twenty20 exhibition clash at the Gabba on Sunday.The two squads were announced on Friday, with Test ...
20 Nov 09 | Test reject Phillip Hughes showed his class with an unbeaten 78 on a rain-interrupted final day's play in the Sheffield Shield match between NSW and Tasmania at the SCG.
20 Nov 09 | ESSENDON will decide in the next 48 hours if it has any interest in former St Kilda captain Luke Ball. Then it will seek to find out if he has any interest in the Bombers.Ball, who has nominated ...
20 Nov 09 | BATTLE lines are being drawn between the AFL and its greatest threat - soccer - over Australia's bid to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022.AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick held crisis talks yesterday ...
20 Nov 09 | Few Swans fans would know of Diarmuid Murphy, the 34-year-old insurance officer at AXA's Killarney branch in Ireland. Collectively, they owe him a pint or two, for had it not been for Murphy, Tadhg Kennelly would not have returned to Sydney.
20 Nov 09 | After the successful introduction of two whistleblowers this past season, NRL referees' boss Robert Finch has floated the idea of having four touch judges adjudicate games in the future.Answering ...
20 Nov 09 | Representatives of Britain's players' association are due to meet Bradford and the Rugby Football League to argue why the Super League club should honour a deal agreed with Chris Walker before ...
20 Nov 09 | NRL boss David Gallop yesterday reassured fans that News Ltd's withdrawal would have little effect on the financial plight of the code, and played down the significance of the game being run by a ...
20 Nov 09 | Wests Tigers high-performance manager Steve Folkes has been in the job for barely two weeks, but the players already feel he is challenging them to reach new levels of physical fitness.
20 Nov 09 | While rival codes are trumpeting expansion announcements, the NRL has put any plans to introduce teams in new areas on hold after being advised it was unlikely to receive an increase in television revenue.
20 Nov 09 | Former dual international will farewell rugby league in the All Stars game after being named in squad.