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NIS Former Blue Adrian Hickmott

NIS Last week Shinio Ono

NIS Brad Scott has swung the axe

NIS Welcome

NIS Thanks

NIS Sebastian Vettel is once again

NIS We wholeheartedly agree!

NIS 10 laps to go in the Indian Grand Prix

NIS Josep Gombau is determined

NIS Sydney's woes appear set to continue

NIS Mark Webber is out!

NIS Mark Webber still leading on the

NIS Indian Grand Prix is underway.

NIS After his suggestions that Italy could

NIS The final whistle blows at nib Stadium

NIS Miss Queensland's win

NIS Goal to the Glory!

NIS Ford driver David Reynolds

NIS It's half time at nib Stadium with

NIS A pulsating NHL game

NIS Jorge Lorenzo has won the Japanese

NIS The Perth Wildcats continued

NIS Queesland win the Ryobi Cup!

NIS Two overs left at North Sydney Oval

NIS There was controversy in Game Three

NIS Game over in Napier

NIS Here is the Perth team

NIS Just under 10 minutes before

NIS Gurinder Sandhu takes a lovely

NIS 40 overs gone with the Bulls

NIS WICKET! And what a ball it was

NIS Halftime over in New Zealand

NIS Another wicket falls!

NIS Western Sydney's 2-0 win

NIS And now he's out!

NIS Usman Khawaja brings up his

NIS Bit of controversy in the Rugby League

NIS Amazing goalkeeping from Glenn Moss!

NIS Just under 10 minutes in

NIS The Ryobi Cup final is well

NIS Barcelona claimed bragging rights

NIS After consecutive no results

NIS Australia's Indigenous All Stars

NIS The English Premier League returned

NIS We'll kick off the afternoon

NIS Welcome

NIS More woe for Frank Farina

NIS There were a few unhappy campers

NIS This time a former Sportal journalist

NIS Fair to say

NIS Chad Schofied

NIS Fiorente

NIS Sportal football expert

NIS And it's been confirmed

NIS Central Coast go to the sheds

NIS Good to see Jarmila

NIS Freo football manager Chris Bond

Brisbane National Talent Manager Robb Kerr

Gutted Lions need plenty of soul searching

Brisbane Lions talent manager Robb Kerr says the club must examine all facets of its organisation in order to retain players after five youngsters opted to leave Brisvegas at the end of the season.

NIS Our man Ronny Lerner

NIS St Kilda media manager

NIS Western Bulldogs list manager

NIS Pick 41 does the rounds

NIS Nice little whack from Pearce Hanley

NIS The Bombers blink again

NIS Adelaide are already

NIS And Paul Connors had this to say

NIS Jackson Paine's manager Paul Connors

NIS The Cats join the fray

NIS St Kilda waste no time

NIS And Billy Longer becomes a Saint

NIS Carlton list manager Andrew McKay

NIS Trainer Jason Warren

NIS As the countdown to the NBA season

NIS A trade! Not exactly riveting though...

NIS Samaready is looming as the favourite

NIS David Ferrer is edging closer

NIS Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers went

NIS The first Sydney derby of the season

NIS Following his brilliant 92 off 72 balls

NIS The group stages of the Europa League

NIS The last few hours of the trade period

NIS Welcome

GWS: Heath Shaw no rotten fruit

GWS football manager Graeme Allan has reacted angrily to suggestions the Giants are bringing a bad apple to the club in the shape of former Collingwood defender Heath Shaw.

NIS Jared Polec

NIS Cricket Australia are in damage control

NIS Kevin Muscat

NIS 12th man marvelous

NIS Thanks

NIS George Bailey falls on 98!

NIS This was insane!

NIS The Tour de France will go across the channel

NIS Glenn Maxwell brings up his fifty

NIS 50 up for George Bailey.

NIS Seems like Shane Smeltz

NIS Good news for Canberra fans

NIS The money doesn't appear to be flowing

NIS We've had a great response so far

NIS New Fremantle recruit Colin Sylvia

NIS It will be a while before we

NIS Two-time Cox Plate winning jockey Craig Williams

NIS He hasn't been in the job for more than

NIS Arsenal certainly aren't short of

NIS Anthony Mundine is not holding

NIS Shaun Marsh's 119 from 129 balls

NIS Reports coming in that

NIS NSW's rain-shortened innings

NIS The build-up for this Saturday's

AFL trade period: Too long, too boring

The AFL must be thanking their lucky stars they've finally had some trade action over the last couple of days as the ridiculously long trade period was looking increasingly like a cynical, uneventful marketing exercise designed to put dollars in the coffers.

NIS Thanks

NIS Great news for Manchester United fans

NIS After a superb showing at the Caulfield Cup

NIS Game over at Suncorp where

NIS She just can't lose

NIS Mystery solved!

NIS With the Roar up 4-0

NIS It was a great day for

NIS Sydney concede

NIS It's raining goals at Suncorp now!

NIS As is the case with most hat-trick

NIS It's not quite as exciting at Suncorp

NIS As soon as we say that

NIS An enthralling match is on the

NIS Play underway at Suncorp Stadium

NIS It's all over in Dunedin

NIS Fawkner's brilliant win in the

NIS Another penalty to the Mariners!

NIS The Central Coast Mariners are

NIS Goal to Melbourne Heart!

NIS Toomua Try

NIS It's halftime at AAMI Park

NIS Wallabies half time

NIS Cracking start to the

NIS Fawkner has won the Caulfield Cup

NIS Hit us with your bets!

NIS The Western Warriors have

NIS Can the Wallabies escape the embarrassment

Seagull swansong as Lorenzo sizzles

Jorge Lorenzo has secured pole position for Sunday's Australian MotoGP with a stunning lap in qualifying.

NIS Queensland have jumped to the top

NIS Impressive rides from Polanski and Arabian Gold

NIS Jorge Lorenzo

NIS VPL Grand Final

NIS Ryobi issues

NIS Of all the questions you could

NIS It's Caulfield Cup day down in Melbourne

NIS Former Rabbitohs forward Roy Asotasi

NIS Brendon Goddard

NIS Bayer Leverkusen Ghost Goal

NIS Ling on Black

NIS Dal Santo a Roo

NIS Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger

NIS Matt Toomua feels

NIS So who wins out of

NIS It's Friday. You know what that means.

NIS It seems Sam Stosur can't lose

NIS There's also pretty big

NIS Brisbane legend Simon Black

NIS New Zealand World Cup Qualifier

NIS Arthur confirmed

Royal draw helps Waller's mare

Chris Waller's Oaks-winning mare Royal Descent was the major winner from the barrier draw for Saturday's $2.5 million Caulfield Cup with the four-year-old firming in the market after drawing barrier three.

NIS Xavier Ellis to Eagles

NIS Arthur yarn

NIS Eels

NIS Trade period

NIS Mat Ryan

Bosnich: Holger a Socceroos scapegoat

Former Australian and Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich says he feels guilty for last Saturday's Socceroos horror show and believes former coach Holger Osieck was made a scapegoat for bigger issues in the team.

Is Heath Shaw AFL's James O'Connor?

When it comes to talking the talk and saying you've put the past behind you – only to then screw up once again – there may be some common ground between Heath Shaw and James O'Connor.

First week could be killing Melbourne derby

Football Federation Australia are in danger of killing the golden goose if they persist with scheduling a Melbourne derby in the first week of the A-League season.

Postecoglou open to Socceroos job

Melbourne Victory coach Ange Postecoglou remains open to the possibility of taking over the struggling Socceroos after Holger Osieck's shock sacking early on Saturday morning.

Whincup blitzes Bathurst Shootout

A spectacular Top 10 Shootout lap from Jamie Whincup has seen the Red Bull driver edge out Mark Winterbottom for his first pole at the Bathurst 1000.

A-League: The Biggest Games of the Year

The A-League season is almost upon us. But if the full 27-round season is looking a little daunting for the casual observer, we've taken a look for you and come up with what looks like being some of the best matches this season.

Harry too Kewell for A-League launch?

He's Australian football's most recognisable name, Melbourne Heart's marquee man and one of the faces of the A-League's marketing campaign, yet Harry Kewell was nowhere to be seen at Tuesday's launch for the new season.

Demons rule out Shuey for pick two

Melbourne football manager Josh Mahoney has conceded the Demons have no chance of securing Luke Shuey from West Coast in exchange for the number two draft selection.

Richmond not interested in Chappy

Paul Chapman's future remains in limbo after Richmond declared they are not interested in the former Cat.

Carlton optimistic on snaring Thomas

Carlton football manager Andrew McKay says the Blues remain confident they will land Dale Thomas as they prepare to swoop on the Collingwood midfielder.

Knives out at Collingwood Copeland night

Collingwood's Copeland Trophy award night has given us one serious insight into life as an AFL also-ran. And, believe me it wasn't overly pretty.

Dark days ahead for Watters?

They say where there's smoke there's fire and right now one imagines there's a whole heap of fire trucks heading down Seaford way as the clock possibly starts ticking down on Scott Watters' time in charge of the club.

Locker-room biff: Roddick v Djokovic

Retired American tennis star Andy Roddick has opened up on a nasty incident with world number one Novak Djokovic that almost led to a locker-room punch-up between the two players.

Goddard named Essendon champion

Brendon Goddard has been crowned Essendon's best and fairest after an impressive debut season at the Bombers.

Franklin's last-minute move to Sydney

Lance Franklin has declared his decision to move to Sydney was only made after he helped Hawthorn to their 11th premiership last Saturday.