Metro & Regional

Australia takes 5-0 clean sweep over China

2:19 PM | Australia has completed a 5-0 Davis Cup sweep of its Asia/Oceania group one tie against China, with debutant Matt Ebden and the recycled Chris Guccione today claiming the reverse singles rubbers in straight sets at the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club.

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Teen keeps cool head in bid for Open win

12:33 PM | American Jessica Korda is making a good fist of her attempt to win the Women's Australian Open at just 18 years old.

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For long haul: in Kearney the Eels trust

2:00 AM | PARRAMATTA officials are so confident in coach Steve Kearney's ability to return the club to the glory days that they are already in talks to extend his contract, possibly until the end of 2016.

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Walters hits Ponting for six

2:00 AM | DOUG WALTERS, regarded as one of cricket's great swashbucklers, has earmarked Ricky Ponting as a batsman with all the attributes needed to bolster the Australian Test team's middle order at No.6.

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Starc rises above to be Clarke's go-to man

2:00 AM | MITCHELL STARC might be the least experienced member of Australia's one-day international attack but the young gun has assumed the roles played previously by its most experienced bowler.

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New halfback's debut delights refreshed Barnes

2:00 AM | STAND-IN Waratahs captain Berrick Barnes has given his tick of approval to new halfback Sarel Pretorius, warning the team's first-round opponents, the Queensland Reds, to expect the unexpected when they meet in two weeks.

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Locals bet the farm on Crusaders' trial clash

2:00 AM | MANGATAINOKA: It was sport, the way it was meant to be played. Maybe not on a sheep paddock 2½ hours from Wellington, but on a field where atmosphere isn't a sound effect played over the speakers and hype does not constantly battle the concrete surroundings to make its presence felt.

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Jaques still hungry but not for seconds

2:00 AM | ENGLAND-bound opener Phil Jaques is determined not to end his state career in the NSW second XI. Jaques, 32, signalled the end of his Australian first-class career by signing a two-year deal with English county team Yorkshire. However, along with rising star Nic Maddinson, he was left out of the Sheffield Shield side that lost to Tasmania in Hobart.

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Giants' strides being made in midfield as season looms, says Sheedy

2:00 AM | GREATER Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy singled out a tough and nimble midfield as the most encouraging sign from the side's intra-club match, which was moved from Blacktown to the Swans' training ground outside the SCG due to flooding.

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Building brand Cummins

2:00 AM | The game's next big thing is itching to return to action, writes Daniel Lane.

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AFL, Tassie rue their loss as Wade shows his mettle

2:00 AM | Matthew Wade is one of those force-of-nature cricketers who refuses to be kept out of the contest. It makes you wonder what football's recruiting scouts might have let slip through their collective fingers six years ago. For like Alex Keath, who has lately been cricket's poster boy in the matter of the teenager's football-versus-cricket dilemma, Wade also contemplated an AFL career. The little guy in its battle with footy, cricket has lately scored a couple of good wins.

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The Wright stuff: new season, new challenges

2:00 AM | CULBURRA-born Tyler Wright is keen to get her season off to a good start at the inaugural Australian Open of Surfing at Manly beach tomorrow.

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Price catches eye of NSW selectors

2:00 AM | WARATAH-born Nathan Price is in such demand that he has been named in three representative sides after outstanding displays in the 2012 Imparja Cup and in Sydney grade cricket for Randwick-Petersham. It's a busy schedule for the former Wallsend all-rounder.

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Drenched in success after downpour

2:00 AM | FOR breeders Peter and Lorraine Perrin, the deluge at Dapto on Thursday night delivered the perfect storm. While not having a runner on the 10-race card, the Bargo-based breeders were represented by three youngsters out of the former high-class Wentworth Park sprinter Bananarama in the Country Winnebago Puppy Classic final over 297 metres.

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