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Olympic team gets a Cure

4:00 AM | TRACK cyclist Amy Cure will take Tasmania's Olympic quota into double figures this week.

Sport - Cycling

Riverside wins in a canter

4:00 AM | RIVERSIDE produced its traditional performance at the Northern High School Sports Association inter-high cross-country yesterday.

Sport - Athletics

Cook, Bell steer England to victory

4:00 AM | LONDON _ England captain Andrew Strauss saluted the ``sensible batting'' of Alastair Cook and Ian Bell after the duo steered the hosts to a five-wicket win over the West Indies in the first Test at Lord's.

Sport - Cricket

Drogba tells Chelsea teammates that he's leaving

4:00 AM | PARIS _ Ivory Coast great Didier Drogba has told his Chelsea team-mates he is leaving the newly-crowned Champions League winner because he doesn't fancy spending time on the substitutes bench, France Football said.

Sport - Football - Soccer

Darley's dream comes true

4:00 AM | SAM Darley grew up with red and black blood running through his veins.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Trampolinists bounce into nationals

4:00 AM | THE Tasmanian trampolining team had its final intensive training session at Launceston's PCYC at the weekend for the upcoming Australian championships.

Sport - Athletics

Tribunal upholds Jetta's one-game suspension

4:00 AM | MELBOURNE _ The AFL tribunal has upheld Leroy Jetta's one-game suspension after finding him guilty of striking.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Phillips tastes victory and defeat in first two games

4:00 AM | ANDREW Phillips has only played two games at the highest level, but has already felt the ecstasy and agony that AFL can bring.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Hobart Cup to stay a Sunday meeting

4:00 AM | THE Hobart Cup will be run on a Sunday for at least one more year but its future remains under review.

Sport - Horse Racing

AFL clubs pitch in for Baldock memorial

4:00 AM | THE Tasmanian football community and AFL clubs St Kilda, Hawthorn, Richmond and North Melbourne will throw their weight behind the Darrel Baldock Memorial Trust early next month.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Carney the key for NSW

4:00 AM | MELBOURNE _ He's the ace that has NSW believing it can finally end Queensland's State of Origin dominance but the Blues are adamant they won't expect debutant five-eighth Todd Carney to carry them to glory tonight.

Sport - Rugby League

Riverside on course for division 1 pennant

4:00 AM | RIVERSIDE has taken the lead in Northern division 1 pennant with two rounds remaining and is on track to win its first flag in this division since 1995.

Sport - Golf

DECISION PENDING

12:00 AM | THE final countdown is on for world champion cyclist Amy Cure.

Sport - Cycling

Doc the man to bring Tasmania together

12:00 AM | THE late, great Darrel `Doc' Baldock is set to be honoured next month in a Tasmanian football first.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Doc would not have understood the fuss

12:00 AM | GRAEME "Gypsy" Lee admits his late mate Darrel "Doc" Baldock probably wouldn't have had a bar of the fuss being made over his memorial.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Girl power ready for challenge

12:00 AM | MOVES are afoot to start up the Coast's first all-women futsal (indoor soccer) competition.

Sport - Futsal

Wildcats hang on by skin of their teeth

12:00 AM | NWBU women's ladder leader Wynyard was given a scare at Smithton in last night's round 15 match, hanging on to win by just four points against a determined Saints outfit.

Sport - Basketball

Under 16 Coastal teams dominate

12:00 AM | COASTAL teams have dominated this year's Tasmanian under 16 basketball titles held in Burnie over the weekend.

Sport - Basketball

Tournament medal haul

12:00 AM | COASTAL competitors secured a swag of medals at last month's GKR Karate International Regional Tournament in Launceston.

Sport - Martial Arts

Pair delighted with national efforts

12:00 AM | COASTAL bowlers Peter Alexander and Leroi Court have returned home from the Australian Blind Bowlers Association National Championships with some medal-winning performances under their belts.

Sport - Lawn Bowls