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October 9th, 2008
HAWTHORN has told the Sydney Swans it would consider any one of more than a dozen premiership players as a swap for Ryan O'Keefe. Sources said last night the Hawks had said only seven of the premiership 22 were off limits. When Sydney nominated a ...
October 10th, 2008
It's pouring rain, the remnants of a typhoon that has just passed through, and I am standing in a Macau cemetery, thinking of the late Princess of Wales. Not that the ill-fated royal ever made it to the Asian port city but a relative of hers, a naval ...
October 10th, 2008
Unlike last year when Weekend Hussler was all the rage, this year's Caulfield Guineas is shaping as a raffle. It can be argued all but four runners - like pacemaker Rockdale and the bottom three emergencies - have winning chances in the Guineas. The ...
October 13th, 2008
Water, water, everywhere ... turquoise ocean ebbs and flows beneath thatched-roof villas at The Beach House at Manafaru, providing guests with a mesmerising soundtrack THE 21st-century template for absolute tropical resort luxury must include a ...
October 7th, 2008
SYDNEY, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Compiled for Reuters by Media Monitors. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) BHP Billiton says Chinese group Chinalco's 12 percent stake ...
October 7th, 2008
British athletics looks to have escaped a major cut in funding for the 2012 Olympics despite falling short of its medal target in Beijing. The leading Olympic sports were yesterday given figures from UK Sport indicating how much they are likely to ...
October 13th, 2008
SYDNEY, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Australian shares ended up 5.6 percent on Monday, the biggest one-day percentage gain since October 1997, buoyed by a government blanket guarantee to all bank deposits that sparked a turnaround in financial stocks. The ...
October 8th, 2008
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- London's 2012 Olympics organizers may scrap plans to build temporary arenas for sports such as basketball and shooting to save money as the global financial crisis squeezes the 9.3 billion-pound ($16.3 billion) project. ``The ...
October 8th, 2008
London's 2012 Olympics organizers may scrap plans to build temporary arenas for sports such as basketball and shooting to save money as the global financial crisis squeezes the 9.3 billion-pound ($16.3 billion) project. "The credit crunch is hitting ...
October 9th, 2008
LAS VEGAS , Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The complete convergence of games, systems and server-based gaming, encompassing "The Right Choice," will be the centerpiece of IGT's IGT booth No. 913 at the Global Gaming Expo 2008, scheduled for Nov. 18 ...
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