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- 21/02/12 > Maasai warrior Rudisha ready to slay another lion at Olympics : SYDNEY (Reuters) - David Rudisha is proud to be a 800 metres world champion, proud to be a world record holder but as much as anything is proud of being a Maasai and desperate to secure a first Olympic gold medal for his tribe later this year.
- 21/02/12 > Bankrupt swimmer D'Arcy gets green light for London bid : SYDNEY (Reuters) - Swimmer Nick D'Arcy, who was expelled from the Australian team for the Beijing Olympics for assaulting a team mate, was given the all clear to compete for selection for this year's London Games on Tuesday. The 24-year-old D'Arcy attacked Commonwealth Games champion Simon Cowley in a Sydney bar in March 2008 causing injuries including a broken jaw, broken nose and broken eye ...
- 21/02/12 > Ponting announces ODI retirement : Ricky Ponting has retired from one-day international cricket but will continue to play Test matches for Australia.
- 21/02/12 > Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday, Feb 21 : Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday (times GMT):
- 20/02/12 > Toni Collette - Toni Collette And Anthony Lapaglia Set For Directorial Debuts : Australian actors Toni Collette and Anthony Lapaglia are set to make their directorial debuts as part of a new collaborative film project celebrating the city of Sydney The pair will each take charge of a short story for Sydney Unplugged a series of 12 m...
- 20/02/12 > Ponting omission signals likely end to ODI career : SYDNEY (Reuters) - Ricky Ponting was dropped from the Australia team because of poor form Monday with selectors strongly indicating that his career in one-day internationals was all but over.
- 14/02/12 > Rachel Hunter's daughter Renee joins dad Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster in Sydney : Renee, who is beginning to make a name for herself in the modelling industry, is rarely seen with her father, but appeared to be enjoying the chance to spend time with the ageing rocker Down Under.
- 14/02/12 > PONTING BACK IN CHARGE : Ricky Ponting is to captain Australia again after national selector John Inverarity installed him as skipper for this Friday's one-day meeting with Sri Lanka in Sydney.
- 14/02/12 > Was it suicide? Decomposing body found 30ft up TREE in Australia identified as young missing U.S. nanny, 22, working ... : The decomposing body of a young woman found 30ft up an oak tree in Australia has been identified as a missing U.S. tourist who was working abroad as a live-in nanny and allegedly committed suicide.
- 13/02/12 > Melissa Joy Dietzel: Decomposing body of woman found 30ft up tree in Sydney is missing US tourist : The remains of Melissa Joy Dietzel, 22, of Redlands, California, were found by a tree surgeon on January 12 in the Randwick area of Sydney, after reports of a foul smell coming from the tree.