Cricket Briefs

Warriors stumble

Keeping up appearances

In the end class €” and some shoddy goalkeeping €” was the difference.

Mcg Game To Show Twenty20 Impact

CRICKET authorities will learn much about the extent to which Twenty20 is gobbling up one-day cricket when Australia hosts South Africa in the first 50-over game of the summer at the MCG tomorrow night.

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> TUNE IN Tennis: Kooyong Classic, Prime, 11am: Chris Dittmar hosts this round robin event which provides eight of the world's best with a final warm-up for the Australian Open.

Redhead Competitors Ride Home Break In Blues Quest

STATE selection will be a big incentive for Redhead surf-lifesavers Hannah Trypas, Jessica Collins, Isaac Morgan and Matt Fairbairn when their club hosts the final round of the NSW Premiership Series on Saturday.

Proteas Pound Hosts Into Submission

AUSTRALIA will overhaul its insipid bowling line-up before the Boxing Day Test in a desperate bid to to repel the greatest challenge to its Test cricketing sovereignty in a decade.

Organisers Shooting For Bigger And Better

ORGANISERS hope the success of the National Schools Basketball Tournament held in Newcastle, Maitland and Lake Macquarie last week will attract more Hunter schools when the region hosts the tournament again next December.

Kiwis Can Fly

A DEFIANT innings from Michael Clarke saved the hosts from total embarrassment but did little to dampen the notion that this is an Australian team on the wane.

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A DEFIANT innings from Michael Clarke saved the hosts from total embarrassment, but did little to dampen the notion that this is an Australian team on the wane.

Pup Barks On A Dog Day For Australia

A DEFIANT innings from Michael Clarke saved the hosts from embarrassment, but could not dampen the notion that the era of Australian hegemony is over.

Rspca In Spotlight At Art Show

ANIMAL welfare will be in the frame this weekend when the RSPCA hosts an art show at West Wollongong to raise funds for the organisation.

No Slam, But Steady Jankovic Out To Put The Icing On A Grand Year

REGARDLESS of what happens when this parched and patriarchal nation on the shores of the Persian Gulf hosts the final tournament of the women's tennis season, Jelena Jankovic will finish at No.1 without having won a grand slam tournament.

Mariners Achieve Moral Victory In Stunning Draw

Sydney FC 3 Central Coast 3 CENTRAL Coast Mariners coach Lawrie McKinna says his side was disappointed not to have steamrolled their hosts and claimed full points after launching a remarkable three-goal comeback to prevent Sydney FC from taking top spot in the A-League.

Event Horizon

The difference between chaos and organised mayhem during the ARIA Awards proceedings is the hosts. James Mathison deftly walks the line, writes Angela Cuming.

Jokes, Blokes End Up On Top

Expertise and plenty of humour characterise the hosts of this boys' own motoring adventure.

Open Slather At Big Judo Tournament

WOLLONGONG Judo hopes to attract a top field when it hosts the Spring Open event at the Snakepit on Sunday week.

Liukin Shares The Limelight With Hosts

THESE were Nastia Liukin's Olympics. And China's. The hosts won nine of the 14 artistic gold medals, dominating the men's events so completely that only the vault title was left unclaimed. Meanwhile, the Chinese women competed under the cloud of the underage controversy to take the team crown and He Kexin was awarded the contentious gold on the uneven bars.

Hockeyroos On Edge

HAVING the world champions and then China blocking your semi-finals path was always going to be daunting, but the challenge increased yesterday when the Hockeyroos lost to the Dutch and possibly lost captain Melanie Wells for tomorrow's clash with the hosts.

Games Trades Its Seoul For A New Kind Of Feeling: Goodwill

Unlike the 1988 hosts, the Chinese showed at the opening ceremony they are not bound by old enmities.

Games Spirit Stifled Under An Iron Fist

Olympic hosts should be a role model for rights on the global stage.