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Bathurst strap

Davison powers way to pole

WILL Davison will start from the front of the grid in tomorrow's Bathurst 1000 ahead of Holden's Jamie Whincup.

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Finch joins Storm for 2013

Brett Finch

BRETT Finch has signed to play for the Melbourne Storm for the 2013 season, the NRL premiers have announced.

Webber on front row in Japan

Mark Webber

SEBASTIAN Vettel led Red Bull's first front-row lock-out of the year as he seized pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Aloisi tastes victory first-up

Melbourne Heart

JOHN Aloisi enjoyed a dream start to his coaching career, guiding Melbourne Heart to a deserved 2-1 win in last night's enthralling derby.

Aussies crash out of World T20

Shane Watson

AUSTRALIA has been brutally cast aside by the West Indies, who will meet Sri Lanka in the final of the World Twenty20 tomorrow night.

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Kurt Tippett

In a move that will anger Adelaide, Kurt Tippett is believed to have agreed to a long-term deal with the Sydney Swans. Vote and have your say now!

Dayne Beams

Collingwood midfielder Dayne Beams capped off a breakout season by winning his first Copeland Trophy.

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Swans surface in Tippett twist

Kurt Tippett

KURT Tippett has requested a trade to the AFL premier team Sydney, shelving original plans to return to his home state of Queensland.

Brawl looms over Magpie

Sharrod Wellingham

WEST Coast has declared Mitchell Brown off-limits as its talks with Collingwood over Sharrod Wellingham intensified.

The cry of the Tiger

Neville Corwe

NEVILLE Crowe has his wit about him, and his humour, but it is sporadic.The Richmond legend struggles with Alzheimer's.

Mike's Top 50: Have your say

Mike Sheahan

VOTE NOW: Cast your vote now for who Mike should have ranked at the top of his 2012 Top 50.

Free agent SuperCoach steals

Supercoach

DOES a move to Essendon make Brendon Goddard a must-have in SuperCoach again? We rate the best picks at their new clubs.

Catch 22: Maddest Mondays

Catch 22

PREMIERSHIP celebrations follow a structured path these days. But it wasn't always the case. Here's 22 of the best from the vault.

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Foreign beauty glowing with pride

Josh Kennedy

SHE was the lady in red who wowed last week's Brownlow from up north in Sin City.

Leigh and his cup full of memories

Leigh Matthews

HE'S got four premiership medals as a player and four as a coach, and Leigh Matthews also has his very own premiership cup.

Clarkson shows caring side

Alastair Clarkson

HAWTHORN coach Alastair Clarkson's behind-the-scenes community work often goes unreported because he prefers it that way.

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I'm no monster, says Graham

James Graham

THE easy option for James Graham was to plead guilty and throw himself at the mercy of the NRL judiciary.Now he's paying the price.

Sutton is toast of Redfern

John Sutton

OF all the revolutions that have happened at Redfern this season, the most telling came when John Sutton was named the George Piggins Medallist.

League's Dog of a week

NRL trophy - Boo art

WHILE the AFL basked in the glory of another triumphant grand final week, the NRL was left to look like the poor relation of professional football.

Cole's 'twats' Tweet risks FA backlash

Ashley Cole

CHELSEA defender Ashley Cole has risked official sanction after a controversial comment on Twitter.

Time will tell for Italian superstar

Alessandro del Pierro

ALESSANDRO del Piero is aiming for quality rather than quantity when it comes to match time in Sydney FC's A-League opener against Wellington today.

Victory's loss my fault: Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou

A SCATHING Ange Postecoglou said he could not draw any positives from last night's derby loss to Melbourne Heart.

Seam attack needs to scorch

Paul Collingwood

SCORCHERS recruit Paul Collingwood says Perth's seam bowlers hold the key to winning the T20 Champions League tournament in South Africa.

Gayle goes Gangnam on Aussies

Chris Gayle

CHRIS Gayle has danced on Australia's grave with his own energetic version of global hit "Gangnam Style".

Aussies crash out of World T20

Shane Watson

AUSTRALIA has been brutally cast aside by the West Indies, who will meet Sri Lanka in the final of the World Twenty20 tomorrow night.

Group 1s in rewind: It's gold for Gai

Glencadam  Gold

GAI Waterhouse and Tommy Berry team up to win the Epsom with Fat Al before regrouping to capture the Metropolitan Handicap as Glencadam Gold waltzes in.

The Late Mail: Gai's fans go for Gold

Gai Waterhouse

Shayne O'Cass looks at today's five Group 1s, providing selections, scratchings and late mail for the Randwick and Flemington meetings.

Team Williams pulls out three aces

Fawkner

THE Williams team completed a memorable day when Fawkner made it a winning treble in Melbourne when he won the final race, the Headquarters Tavern Stakes (1410m).

Davison powers way to pole

Will Davison

WILL Davison will start from the front of the grid in tomorrow's Bathurst 1000 ahead of Holden's Jamie Whincup.

Webber on front row in Japan

Mark Webber

SEBASTIAN Vettel led Red Bull's first front-row lock-out of the year as he seized pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Drivers happy to walk in Brock's shadow

Peter Brock - King of the Mountain

THIS weekend, on the 50th anniversary of the first Bathurst, there is no escaping the shadow of  Peter Brock, King of the Mountain, legend.

Beware the Fremantle Doctor: Parry

Craig Parry

CRAIG Parry has warned fellow competitors at this month's ISPS Handa Perth International to be wary of the Fremantle Doctor.

Phelps sinks 46-metre putt at Links

Michael Phelps head

VIDEO: Swim great Michael Phelps upstaged some of golf's finest when he holed a 51-yard putt during the second round of the Dunhill Links Championship.

Golf's miracle at Medinah

Ryder Cup

BEFORE Monday morning, golf in the Olympics was a ridiculous idea.

Cummins hungry to make charges count

Nick Cummins

THE "Night of the Honey Badger" has arrived with debutant Wallaby winger Nick Cummins intent on flinging aggression at unsuspecting Argentina.

Brazill injury hurts Diamonds

Ashleigh Brazill

THE Australian Diamonds will attack the quad series with 14 players after West Coast Fever midcourter Ashleigh Brazill was forced to withdraw with injury.

Djokovic wins quarter in 53 mins

Novak Djokovic

NOVAK Djokovic needed only 53 minutes to win his quarterfinal over Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-1, 6-2 at the China Open.

NZ, Wildcats on collision course

Matthew Knight

CEDRIC Jackson and Tom Abercrombie are the key men in New Zealand's bid to join Sydney Kings as a second NBL club to complete the coveted "threepeat".

Bigfoot tramples Browne with KO

UFC on FX 5

UFC heavyweight Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva snapped Travis Browne's three-fight win streak like a twig today at UFC on FX 5 in Minneapolis.

Densham to chase two world crowns

Erin Densham

THREE years ago all Erin Densham was the girl with a broken heart who just wanted to live an ordinary life.