Lenton leads Australia fightback at world short course meet
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INDIANAPOLIS: Australia, led by Lisbeth Lenton, mounted a fightback against arch rivals the United States by claiming three gold medals and a relay world record at the world short course championships on Saturday.
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Australia has set a new world record of 3 minutes, 56.342 seconds in winning its quarter-final of the men's team pursuit at the Athens Olympics.
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Having gone 0-7-2 in three previous World Cups, the Australian team came up with a strong performance in Hangzhou on Wednesday.
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A grueling off-season training regime in Australia paid off for Ana Ivanovic when she fought back from the brink of defeat to beat France's Virginie Razzano 6-1 2-6 7-5 at the Sydney International on Tuesday.
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There were a couple of near misses for Australia on the second night of track cycling competition, with a silver medal to Brad McGee in the 4000m individual pursuit and fourth place to the team sprint trio.
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The Melbourne Cup favourites have shortened ahead of the big race, while Cups King Bart Cummings has drawn first blood at Flemington.
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PERTH, Australia -- Finland&#39;s Marcus Gronholm holds the early lead after the first stage of the Rally of Australia. Double world champion Gronholm&#39;s Peugeot was fastest around the 2.34km city circuit in the
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(CP) - After the pressure of the Olympic Games, training for the world short course swim championships was a challenge for Victoria&#39;s Rick Say.
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Peter Lonard was almost an afterthought last week at The Australian - until the last nine when his pressure-proof action flushed enough irons close enough to steal the championship from those who had borne the brunt of the leaders&#39; tension for three and a
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Australia's Brooke Hanson charged  to two gold medals while Ian Crocker needed a world record to  give the United States their only individual victory at the  world short course championships on Sunday.
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New Zealand&#39;s Konica Minolta helda narrow lead over Skandia of Australia in the 60th Sydney-Hobart race on Monday as rough weather forced 17 boats to retire.
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Frank Farina&#39;s new look Australian attack fired the Socceroos to a 4-0 half-time lead over Solomon Islands in their their Confederations Cup qualifier in Honiara this afternoon.
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Englandâs Lee Westwood trails Australiaâs Stuart Appleby by just one shot a the halfway stage of the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City South Africa - with South African Retief Goosen and Zimbabwe&#39;s Nick Price just two off the pace at the Gary
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Australia kicked off their European tour with a 31-14 defeat of Scotland at Murrayfield but the gloss was taken off the result by a stirring second half fightback from the Scots.
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With the four minnows out of contention, the eight title contenders chase semifinal places in One-Day cricketâs âmini World Cupâ with Australia first to get there by beating New Zealand by seven wickets yesterday in the first group showdown at the
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Australia is in a commanding position at stumps on day three of the first cricket Test against India in Bangalore, despite a late fightback from the home side.
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Gold medal-winning Marlon Devonish says the men&#39;s 4x100m Olympic relay triumph puts British sprinting back on the map. Devonish, Darren Campbell, Jason Gardener and Mark Lewis-Francis edged out the American