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Knights put to the sword

Newcastle's hopes of making the NRL finals remain on hold after the Knights slipped to a 30-14 defeat to Canberra on Monday.

Intoxicated Sa slapped his girlfriend

SETAIMATA SA slapped his girlfriend twice across the face, witnesses claim, outside the Coogee Bay Hotel on the night he put his NRL career on the line.

UNION

Deans makes five changes to Wallabies

Will Genia in starting line-up, while Stephen Moore is benched and Al Baxter dumped

Lay off Barnes, urges Horwill

Berrick Barnes is on the verge of finding out whether Queensland fans resent his move to the NSW Waratahs.

Clubs show the big boys how it's done

GIVE me the choice between watching the Wallabies play the Springboks at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday or the last round of the Shute Shield club competition in Sydney.

Ndungane earns call-up for Boks
Spiro Zavos Some hope for Wobblies in Brisbane
Mortlock returns to rev up his troops
Barbarians go Bok to face All Blacks
Audio Deans must wield axe
Full rugby coverage

Cricket

Adam Voges added to Australia ODI squad

National cricket selectors have added West Australian middle order batsman Adam Voges to the Australia one-day squad on the tour of England.

Cricket Out with the old at English Test venue

TENNIS

Hewitt joins Stosur in US Open second round, Dokic out

Samantha Stosur has battled to her first win at Flushing Meadows in five years to move unconvincingly into the second round of the US Open.

Federer, Serena win to begin US Open title defences

Roger Federer and Serena Williams began their US Open title defences with easy wins in matches that will probably stick only in the memories of the players they beat.

Tennis The Queens borough rules
US Open results

FOOTBALL

Debut goal for Ibrahimovic as Barca cruise to opening win

Club record signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a late debut goal as Barcelona began their title defence with a convincing 3-0 home win over Sporting Gijon on Monday.

AFL

Cleanskin Swans aim to stay out of trouble

EVEN before they had heard the news of rugby league's latest off-field scandal yesterday, Swans players had been spoken with about their behaviour during their traditional Mad Monday celebrations.

Richard Hinds Lloyd saga dredges up days of savagery
Ablett already has one eye on next year
Full AFL coverage

BASKETBALL

Boomers win four-nation event in China

Australia's men's basketball team won the four-nation Boris Stankovic Continental Cup in Kunshan City on Monday night, beating Turkey 69-52 in the final.

Basketball High and mighty: Cambage leads way

MORE SPORTS

Kiwi Henderson wins Tour of Spain third stage

New Zealander Greg Henderson of Team Columbia claimed his first victory from a major three-week race when he dominated a bunch sprint to win stage three of the Tour of Spain here on Monday.

Winter Olympics Ice queen gets green and gold light

HORSERACING

End of an era: Inglis plans to make hay at the Farm

The days of the famous William Inglis horse sales at Randwick might be coming to a conclusion, writes John Schell.

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A frantic day of transfer activity is anticipated as clubs have until 1700 BST to sign players before the window slams shut.

KEY INFO: Transfers | World Cup tables | Teams at 2010 World Cup

Highlights and stories

Benitez pleased with Liverpool's response

Ancelotti - Our best match so far

Comment and analysis

Tim Vickery's blog

Argentina need help from their fans and star player to reach the World Cup

European football photos

Pictures from this weekend's big games on the continent

Robbo Robson blog

How are Robbo's Premier League predictions shaping up?

Lee Dixon's tactical view

"Balance will be the key to Manchester City's success"

Life in the old dogs

Phil McNulty sees Sir Alex Ferguson win the latest battle with Arsene Wenger

More Football News

Internationals

Capello recalls Crouch and Lennon

Premier League

Interview - Darren Fletcher

Championship

Newcastle beat Leicester to go top

League One

Bignall makes Stockport loan move

League Two

Morecambe sign Stanley's Mullin

Non-league

Oxford 0-0 Forest Green

Welsh football

Cardiff prepare for Ledley D-Day

Irish football

Black hit by NI Under-21 mix-up

Europe

Everton agree £5m Heitinga deal

African football

Romaric to miss Ivory Coast game

Scottish Premier

Celtic duo eyed by English clubs

Scottish League

Klimpl added to Dundee recruits

Scottish Cups

Arbroath 0-6 St Johnstone

FA Cup

FA faces Setanta cash shortfall

Carling Cup

Liverpool face Leeds in cup clash

Women's football

Millwall move four points clear

6-3 in yellow cards; Wenger has every right to harp on about the lack of decisions going for Arsenal in that game

Luckynad

Discuss football on 606

Tips & tactics

Your Game freestyle tricks - Head Stall

Brazilian soccer skills: The Ronaldo chop

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