CA struggles to handle Oz players when their lives are spinning out of controlMELBOURNE - Cricket Australia officials are facing the chastening fact that they are not able to handle cricket’s wild children well, after troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds was relieved of his contract for breaking alcohol related rules during the T20 World Cup. Steve Waugh pained to hear about attacks on Indian studentsMELBOURNE - Former Australia cricket captain Steve Waugh Friday said he was pained to hear reports of alleged racial attacks on Indian students in Australia. Symonds loses Cricket Australia contractMELBOURNE - Cricket Australia have withdrawn their contract offer to troubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds and added injury-prone speedster Shaun Tait to their 25-man list. Hewitts’ luxury Bahamas house revealedMELBOURNE - Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt’s secret luxury waterfront hideaway in The Bahamas has been bought for 3.8 million dollars, and he is living there wth his wife Bec and two children since February. Australian cricketers set to get pay riseMELBOURNE - Senior Australian cricketers could earn over 1.5 million dollars a year following a new pay deal agreed between Cricket Australia and the players’ union. Swine flu scare outbreak results in 2-day swim meet being postponedMELBOURNE, Australia — A two-day swim meet which would have attracted top swimmers from Australia and New Zealand has been postponed indefinitely due to the increased outbreak of swine flu in Australia. Troubled Symonds has numerous foreign offers to playMELBOURNE - Troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds, who was send back to Australia from Twenty 20 World Cup in England for breaking alcohol related rules, has “numerous” foreign offers before him as he mulls over whether to continue playing in Australia. Qantas pulls out of Australian OpenMELBOURNE - Sponsorship for next year’s Australian Open is in crisis, with airline Qantas set to quit the January event after a 21-year association. Buchanan vows to mentor Symonds out of his troublesMELBOURNE - Former Australian coach John Buchanan has vowed to mentor and support out of favour all-rounder Andrew Symonds through his life and cricket crisis. Cameron White excited to play, but unhappy over Symonds abnormal exitMELBOURNE - Australian leg spinner Cameron White, who has been called into the national squad as a replacement to all-rounder Andrew Symonds ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup, has said that he is happy, but distressed at the way Symonds has had to make his exit. Warne calls for peace between India and AustraliaMELBOURNE - Former Australian leg spinner and now captain of the IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals Shane Warne has called for peace Australia and India, even as publicity continues to dog the racially-motivated attacks on Indian students in his country. Axing Symonds for being ‘too Australian” wrong, says former cricketer JonesMELBOURNE - Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones has criticized Cricket Australia and the team management for axing Andrew Symonds, and suggested that he has paid a price for being “too Australian.” Symonds career in jeopardy after being dumped from Oz squadMELBOURNE - Troubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds is being sent home from the World Twenty20 cricket tournament in England for breaking a number of team rules related to alcohol and other issues. `Cricketers could mend Australia’s reputation over attacks’MELBOURNE - Australia’s cricket captain Ricky Ponting and his team may be able to repair the country’s reputation as a safe place for Indian students, a senate hearing has been told. Navratilova terms grunting players cheatsMELBOURNE - Tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who won 18 grand slam titles, has called grunting female players cheats, and asked that something to be done to end the noise on court. Symonds axed from Australia A teamMELBOURNE - All rounder Andrew Symonds’ fall from grace appears to be complete with his omission from an Australia A side to take on Pakistan A in several matches in Queensland this winter. ‘I am not an Ashes traitor,’ says BuchananMELBOURNE - Former coach John Buchanan has denied suggestions that he had sold out Australian cricket by meeting with English officials last week. Players being harassed by drug testers: NadalMELBOURNE - World No.1 Rafael Nadal launched a broadside at world sport’s new doping rules, claiming players were being harassed by testers. Philippoussis fighting to save his Melbourne homeMELBOURNE - Former Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis is facing financial collapse, with creditors saying that he has stopped paying the mortgage on his Williamstown home in bayside Melbourne. Johnson eyes batting in top sixMELBOURNE - Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson believes he can bat in the top six, raising the possibility he could become the game’s top all-rounder. Australia to use Ashes series to prove their best: PontingMELBOURNE - Skipper Ricky Ponting insists that Australia will use the Ashes series to show it is still the most intimidating force in world cricket. Michael Clarke says Lara Bingle’s a crazy driverMELBOURNE - Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke has admitted that he is scared of her fiancie Lara Bingle’s driving. Ponting declared fit to play after an injury scareMELBOURNE - Australian captain Ricky Ponting has been cleared to compete in the World Twenty20 after suffering an injury scare in practice at Trent Bridge in Nottingham ahead of the tournament. Lara Bingle, Lee Furlong no-shows at WAG counselling sessionMELBOURNE - Cricket WAGS Lara Bingle and Lee Furlong were no-shows at yesterday’s special counselling seminar held at the team’s pre-Ashes camp on the Sunshine Coast. Australia wants 12-man pre-Test tour gamesMELBOURNE - Cricket Australia has requested the England and Wales Cricket Board for permission to play an extra man in its two tour matches to allow all five quicks an opportunity to build cases for a first Test inclusion. Australia to play six Tests against Windies, Pak at home in 2009-2010MELBOURNE - Australia will play six Tests, 10 one-day internationals and three Twenty20s against the West Indies and Pakistan in 2009-2010. Champions League dilemma for IPL’s overseas playersMELBOURNE - Indian Premier League’s (IPL) overseas players are finding it tough to choose between their home teams and lucrative Indian franchises for the Twenty20 Champions League to be played later this year in India. |
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