Rough ride for Sydney-Hobart
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Race leaders Konica Minolta from New Zealand and Australia&#39;s Skandia are this morning sailing towards Bass Strait in their extraordinary repeat boat-for-boat duel for line honours in the 60th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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Campaigning was never going to be easy for opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham: an Australian economy into its 13th year of expansion, interest rates at their lowest in 30 years, inflation in check an close race likely to be decided in just a
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MORE than 120 people were this morning hurt when a high-speed Tilt Train derailed in Australia. Rescue workers said it was a miracle that nobody was killed in the incident - 250 miles north of Brisbane.
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SHORT but very sweet was how Grant Wharington last night described his record-pace run down the NSW coast as the skipper of the 98-footer Skandia prepared for a southerly change which will turn the Sydney to Hobart from a fun run to a slogathon.
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SYDNEY-Hobart race organisers yesterday declared they would not delay today&#39;s race despite the worst weather warning for the classic since the 1998 disaster.
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Konica Minolta could be heading for a famous double victory in the 60th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Not only has Stewart THWAITES&#39; 98-foot Maxi yacht stretched to a five-mile lead over arch
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BLUSTERY conditions proved tough for former Neangar Park golfer Andrew Martin in the second round of the Australian Open yesterday.
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America's Cup challenger New Zealand lost two tests at sea yesterday. First it could not control its own sails. Then it was defeated by defending champion Alinghi.
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RIVAL super maxis Konica Minolta and Skandia jousted across Bass Strait yesterday as thunderstorms and 35-knot headwinds slowed their pace and swelled the number of yachts to retire from the Sydney to Hobart to 30.
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The winning skipper in this year&#39;s Sydney to Hobart yacht race says modern super-maxis could be placing too much emphasis on speed at the expense of safety.
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Australian maxi Nicorette won the  Sydney-Hobart yacht race Wednesday after rough weather forced  out almost half the fleet, including heavily fancied super  maxis Konica Minolta and Skandia.
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Spirit of Australia was on the skids last night after another example of double standards by the home side marred the opening day of the second cricket test against New Zealand in Adelaide.
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At half-time it looked like a rag-tag tartan army were going to suffer the ultimate humiliation - a record loss. They didn&#39;t. They actually won the second half 14-3 against Australian opponents who had clearly done enough.
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Spansion turns in another rough quarter, but is there light at the end of the tunnel?
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New Zealand kept an eye on the weather to save them as they frustrated Australia&#39;s efforts to wrap up another fast-tracked victory in the second cricket Test at the Adelaide Oval on Monday.
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Australia&#39;s clash with New Zealand at The Oval today can belatedly bring the Champions Trophy to life. It needs to, because a damaging combination of English impotence and international presumptuousness has so far heaped embarrassment upon the game.
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SUPER maxis Konica Minolta and Skandia jousted across Bass Strait yesterday as thunderstorms and 35-knot headwinds slowed their pace and reduced the Sydney-to-Hobart fleet to fewer than 100 yachts.