Harlequins&#39; Oz star to miss big tie
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Recent scrum-half signing, Australian Matt Henjak, returned home today after being called up by the Wallabies for their European tour next month.
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SYDNEYSIDERS got a half portion of Harry Kewell last night when the rarely-sighted Socceroo star made a cameo appearance for his country, as they completed the formalities of qualifying for next year&#39;s Confederations Cup.
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Australian Loretta Harrop has fallen just short of winning Olympic gold in the women&#39;s triathlon on Day 12 in Athens. Harrop had a fantastic race, leading most of the way before Austrian Kate Allen came from
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MARK COLVIN: Melbourne - Australia&#39;s home of Rugby Union. Doesn&#39;t sound quite right, does it? And indeed this afternoon the Australian Rugby Union decided that the AFL-mad Victorian capital was not ready to
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MELBOURNE -- Maybe no man is an island, but this underpopulated Pacific isle called Australia -- 20 million strong -- is riding on one man. Riding for dear life because glowering yet flowering Lleyton Hewitt is the last horse in the perpetually lost race for the Australian Open title.
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EARLY race leader Skandia has fallen well off the pace in the final stretch of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. The Victorian yacht has dropped to third place, 17 miles behind leader Konica Minolta as the super maxis move down the Tasmanian north coast.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne, the 2004 Australian Open and Olympics champion, will miss the rest of the season because of a blood disorder.
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CRICKET Australia cannot rule out withdrawing the invitation for the West Indies to play in this summer&#39;s one-day tournament if the players&#39; contract dispute is not settled.
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World number one Lindsay Davenport  pulled out of the Sydney International Thursday after being  struck down by bronchitis just four days before the start of  the Australian Open.
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SEATTLE -- Seattle Storm forward Lauren Jackson, last season&#39;s WNBA most valuable player, will miss the next three games while she visits her seriously ill grandmother in Australia.
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Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting will miss next month&#39;s first Test against India after breaking his thumb, making him a doubt for the four-match series.
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CHAMPION Makybe Diva, the dual Melbourne Cup hero, may have run her last race in Australia. Trainer Lee Freedman said yesterday he was pushing hard to campaign Makybe Diva in the northern hemisphere
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Sydney - Much-missed New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming arrived on Saturday to be greeted with news of a batting collapse that has his team staring at defeat to New South Wales just days from the first Test against Australia.
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Australian fly-half Stephen Larkham will miss Saturday's Test against Wales in Sydney.
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England captain Michael Vaughan will miss Friday's clash with Australia while fast bowler James Anderson has been ruled out of the rest of the tri-series, team officials said.
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AUSTRALIAN Sarah Davies has missed out on being crowned Miss World 2004 at the finals of the beauty pageant in China.
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Australia&#39;s national coach has expressed concern that striker Mark Viduka will miss next month&#39;s Asian Cup finals as he considers a number of big-money offers from English Premiership clubs.