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Hewitt wins first round Wimbledon clash in straight sets

Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt has begun his 2013 campaign at the tournament with a decisive opening round victory over world No.10 Stanislas Wawrinka at the All-England Club today. Hewitt,...

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Tomic into second round after epic five-set win at Wimbledon

RISING Australian star Bernard Tomic has won a hard-fought first round battle with American Sam Querrey as he opened his campaign for the Wimbledon title at the All-England Club with a five-set...

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Hewitt out of Wimbledon after second round loss to Dustin Brown

LLEYTON Hewitt’s Wimbledon campaign ended with a shock loss to flamboyant German qualifier Dustin Brown in the second round on Wednesday. The 32-year-old Australian failed to build on his first...

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Mark Webber to quit Formula One to join Porsche sportscar program

RED Bull driver Mark Webber has announced he is leaving Formula One at the end of the 2013 season. After 12 years in F1 racing Webber said he felt like it was time for a new challenge. The 36-year-old...

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Wimbledon form gets Tomic ranking on track

AFTER watching his world ranking slide alarmingly since the Australian summer, Bernard Tomic is moving back in the right direction with his return to form at Wimbledon. Tomic stands to make serious...

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London win for Hockeyroos in World League final over England 3-0

THE AUSTRALIAN women’s hockey team have capped off a successful World League campaign in London with a 3-0 victory over England in the third-round final on Sunday. The win – their third in a row – has...

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Richie Porte Tour de France hopes dashed in “worst day”

THERE was a reversal of fortunes for the top Australian riders at the Tour on Sunday with Cadel Evans recovering from his worst-ever day but Richie Porte plummeting from second to 33rd overall. Porte’s...

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Aussie Simon Whitlock loses European darts final

AUSTRALIA’S Simon Whitlock has failed to defend his European darts title after losing to Englishman Adrian Lewis in Sunday’s championship final. The 44-year-old couldn’t keep up with two-time world...

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Get In2Touch with O2 Touch summer leagues

WITH the sun shining across the great capital of London, who could think of a better way to kick off our hot summer season of Touch. This past week has seen many of the local parks and pitches across...

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Aussie AC/DC decibels ringing on Tour de France

IF the Tour de France was handing out coloured jerseys for comedy musical tributes, Australian owned cycling team Orica-GreenEDGE would be taking out this stage with their video of the team singing...

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Outsiders join Australian big contenders for British Open golf

WHILE the likes of Adam Scott and Jason Day expect to be pushing hard for the Claret Jug, just competing at this week’s British Open golf is a victory of sorts for a handful of Aussie battlers. The...

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A touch of summer madness

“This is gonna be the best week EVER!” were words issued from the mouths of every touch player, as they checked their phones for the weather ahead. Monday to Sunday, all venues across London were...

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Praise for Richie Porte in Tour De France

RICHIE Porte led the Tour de France peloton onto the Champs Elysees in fitting tribute to his key role in teammate Chris Froome’s victory in the 100th edition of cycling’s greatest race. As the riders...

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Adam Scott rues another British Open golf meltdown

ADAM Scott frankly admitted wasting a great chance at a second major title after a case of British Open déjà vu. For a second straight year, Scott was left to rue a disastrous back-nine collapse of...

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Feeling the Flow – Adam Wildman, Flowrider

ADAM Wildman, an 18-year-old Queenslander, has made the big move to the UK to compete in the Flowboarding European Championships in August. He dropped us a line from Adlington, Lancashire, to tell us...

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Cate Campbell’s stunning swim breaks new ground

CATE CAMPBELL has broken new ground with a jaw-dropping 100m freestyle swim at the world championships but believes an “insane” supersuit world record is out of reach for now. Campbell rocketed into...

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Team boss Scott says swim team a work in progress

AUSTRALIAN swimming is back on the up after an encouraging world championships but team boss Michael Scott stresses the road to recovery in Rio has only just begun. A year on from the disastrous and...

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Nigel Brennan: from Somalian hostage to round-the-world sailor

SPEAKING of his ordeal as a hostage in Somalia for 15 months, Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan says he “wouldn’t change it for the world.” Five years since his release and in London to compete...

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US Open champion Pat Rafter returns to Royal Albert Hall for Statoil Masters

COME and watch Australian tennis legend Pat Rafter alongside a host of former world no.1s and Grand Slam Champions at the Royal Albert Hall this December. An all-star line-up of champions are coming...

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Hewitt at home in US Open old boys’ club

IT’S deja vu for Lleyton Hewitt, with the veteran Australian through to the last 16 of Flushing Meadows for the first time in seven years and set to play a generational rival for a place in the...

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Brazil loss can’t hamper Socceroos WC prep: Neill

SKIPPER Lucas Neill says the Socceroos must ensure psychological scars from their annihilation in Brazil don’t hamper preparation for next year’s World Cup. Australia suffered one of the heaviest...

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Tomic must take Cup attitude on tour, says Rafter

PAT Rafter has challenged Bernard Tomic to approach every ATP match like he does Davis Cup amid fresh criticism of his attitude and work ethic. Tomic played a starring role as Australia returned to...

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Lewis Hamilton fastest in Australian F1 practice

Mercedes have carried their testing form into the Australian Grand Prix practice sessions, with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg topping the practice charts in Melbourne on Friday. The first practice...

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Ricciardo disqualified and stripped of second place at Aussie GP

Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo has been disqualified and stripped of his second-placing at the Melbourne grand prix for breaking a Formula One law. Ricciardo was disqualified some four hours after...

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Dodgers make Major League Baseball sweep of Australia

Sydney loves a winner. Painted as the spoiled bad guys at the start of the week, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the city’s hearts with an emphatic two-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the...

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F1 legend Jack Brabham an inspiration, says Alan Jones

Generations of Australian motorsport drivers will forever be indebted to Sir Jack Brabham for opening the door to international success. That will be the three-time Formula One world champion’s...

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Aussie greats laud Kyrgios at Wimbledon

Australian tennis greats have hailed teenager Nick Kyrgios as the real deal and a future grand slam star after his remarkable second-round victory at Wimbledon. But they’ve also urged the 19-year-to...

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Greats tip Nick Kyrgios to go all the way at Wimbledon

Former Wimbledon winners John McEnroe and Pat Cash believe Nick Kyrgios is capable of emulating Boris Becker by winning Wimbledon as a teenager. The 19-year-old produced one of the greatest upsets in...

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Tomic finds Wimbledon support from Hewitt

At the scene where their once-icy relationship hit its lowest point, Bernard Tomic has turned to Lleyton Hewitt as an important source of support at Wimbledon this week. The pair famously fell out in...

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Australia’s head coach suspended for downing team morale

While the Australian Commonwealth Games Association was not consulted Athletics Australia has suspended coach Eric Hollingsworth and wants him sent home from Glasgow. Hollingsworth said, in an...

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