National News
3:00 AM AEST | DOUBLES veteran Paul Hanley has beaten Chris Guccione to the final place in Australia's Davis Cup team for next week's world group qualifying tie against Belgium, but the second singles position behind Lleyton Hewitt is among the intra-squad decisions still to be made.
3:00 AM AEST | Tennis: IF OR when Sam Stosur wins a grand slam singles title, the Queenslander thinks she may look back on her epic fourth-round US Open performance as career-defining.
3:00 AM AEST | PAKISTAN batsman Yasir Hameed faces being interviewed by the ICC's anti-corruption unit as part of its match-fixing investigation, but his reliability as a witness has been called into question by his teammates.
3:00 AM AEST | SYDNEY FC marquee player Nicky Carle has revealed he is playing through a painful toe injury each week in a bid to help lift the Sky Blues after their nightmare start to the A-League season.
3:00 AM AEST | IF DANIEL BRADSHAW thinks he is fit to play then he will be in the goal-square for Sydney in Saturday's semi-final against the Western Bulldogs, coach Paul Roos says.
3:00 AM AEST | MANLY officials are standing by Steve Matai and do not want him to change his aggressive style, despite the Kiwis Test centre facing a ban of up to nine matches for his fifth judiciary charge in two years.
06 Sep 10 | THEY rested five players, all of who would have played had it been a finals match. They already had the minor premiership wrapped up, so they didn't need to win. You wouldn't have blamed any of their players had their main aim been to avoid getting injured, with the finals starting next weekend. And they were playing a team that was desperate to win, to make the finals.
06 Sep 10 | Samantha Stosur has advanced to the US Open quarter-finals with a tense, courageous and historic three-set victory over Elena Dementieva in the grand slam that never sleeps.
06 Sep 10 | Western Bulldogs forward Barry Hall is free to line up against his former club Sydney in Saturday's sudden-death semi-final after escaping a charge for his hit on Collingwood's Harry O'Brien.
06 Sep 10 | Manly centre Steve Matai is to pay a heavy price for his late and high tackle on Bulldogs hooker Michael Ennis, with the New Zealand international to be suspended for seven matches even with an early-guilty plea.
06 Sep 10 | A PAKISTAN player has claimed crooked teammates made £1.8 million ($3 million) by fixing the Sydney Test last January, as Salman Butt was caught with up to £15,000 of the money used in a News of the World sting to expose alleged spot-fixing during the fourth Test against England at Lord's.
06 Sep 10 | Fourth seed Andy Murray of Britain has crashed out of the US Open on Sunday, losing 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-3 to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
06 Sep 10 | Fourth seed Andy Murray of Britain has crashed out of the US Open on Sunday, losing 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-3 to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
06 Sep 10 | Fourth seed Andy Murray of Britain has crashed out of the US Open on Sunday, losing 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-3 to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
06 Sep 10 | Fourth seed Andy Murray of Britain has crashed out of the US Open on Sunday, losing 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-3 to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
06 Sep 10 | Fourth seed Andy Murray of Britain has crashed out of the US Open on Sunday, losing 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-3 to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
06 Sep 10 | Fourth seed Andy Murray of Britain has crashed out of the US Open on Sunday, losing 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-3 to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
06 Sep 10 | Fourth seed Andy Murray of Britain has crashed out of the US Open on Sunday, losing 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-3 to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland.
06 Sep 10 | BEN ALEXANDER had to think back 10 years to when he last played in a championship team - to the under 15s.
06 Sep 10 | This was the moment for which Australian rugby has been waiting for so long. The importance of the Bloemfontein triumph cannot be overestimated. A critical hurdle in the team's progress towards the World Cup next year has been successfully negotiated.