SYDNEY Roosters half-back Mitchell Pearce has escaped suspension after pleading guilty to a grade one contrary conduct charge from his side`s NRL loss to Gold Coast
PETER Wallace believes he is in the perfect surroundings to launch his upcoming battles with exciting young Roosters half-back Mitchell Pearce or any other player eyeing off the NSW No.7 Origin jumper in the future
MARK Gasnier says rugby league won`t miss him but St George Illawarra chief executive Peter Doust warned the superstar`s move to French rugby could kick the NRL`s player drain into overdrive
PAKISTAN paceman Mohammad Asif will seek a B sample test after testing positive for a banned substance during play in the Indian Premier League (IPL), his lawyer has confirmed
ADELAIDE forward Brett Burton`s career hangs by a thread as tenuous as the partially torn anterior cruciate ligament that snapped completely at the MCG on Saturday
AUSTRALIA`S lock stocks may be stretched for Saturday night`s rugby clash against South Africa in Perth with doubts over the availability of James Horwill and Dan Vickerman
MIDDLE East envoy Tony Blair has cancelled a trip to the Gaza Strip that would have marked the highest-level diplomatic visit to the territory since Hamas Islamists took control a year ago
ISRAEL`S cabinet gave the final go-ahead today for a prisoner swap with Hezbollah, despite Prime Minister Ehud Olmert saying the Lebanese Shi`ite group did not fully keep its side of the bargain
RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev has said a US plan to build missile defence facilities in Eastern Europe "only worsens" regional security and said Russia would take countermeasures
INTERNATIONAL Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair cancelled what would have been his first trip to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip today because of a security threat, his spokeswoman said
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