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Tassie athletes on track for Olympics

4:00 AM | HALF a dozen Tasmanians are on the brink of finding out whether they will be adding to the state's already-impressive tally heading to the London Olympics in two months.

Sport - General

Meninga fearing a NSW revival

4:00 AM | MELBOURNE _ He was the man behind the Queensland side that salvaged State of Origin in 2006, and now Maroons coach Mal Meninga fears New South Wales is ready to replicate the deed on the same Etihad Stadium surface.

Sport - Rugby League

Worsfold brings out the best in the Eagles

4:00 AM | PERTH _ West Coast coach John Worsfold can't help but be intimidating.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Jetta charge is an AFL first

4:00 AM | MELBOURNE _ Essendon small forward Leroy Jetta is the first AFL player to be charged with staging.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Thomas embarks on Games quest

4:00 AM | TASMANIAN athlete Tristan Thomas is on a 24-hour flight and three-month quest in search of an elusive goal that lasts less than 50 seconds.

Sport - Athletics

Fractured Murphy out for four weeks

4:00 AM | MELBOURNE _ Carlton AFL skipper Chris Judd is calling on his teammates to lift to cover the absence of club champion Marc Murphy who'll miss at least four matches with a fractured shoulder.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Win in wet puts Lorenzo ahead of Stoner

4:00 AM | LE MANS, France - Spain's 2010 world champion, Jorge Lorenzo, won a wet French MotoGP yesterday and took the overall lead in the championship from Australia's Casey Stoner.

Sport - Motorbike Racing

Shelley heads to Launceston

4:00 AM | COMMONWEALTH Games silver medallist Michael Shelley has become the fourth Olympic-bound marathoner to sign up for the Launceston Ten.

Sport - Athletics

Stephens on target for clash

4:00 AM | LAUNCESTON skipper Scott Stephens has declared himself a 90 per cent chance of fronting up for Tasmania against the VFL on Saturday.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Darley shines on debut

4:00 AM | AMONG the carnage felt by Greater Western Sydney at the Gabba on Sunday, one shining light was a young Tasmanian taking the first steps in his AFL life.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Warren to test taekwondo skills

4:00 AM | LAUNCESTON'S Joshua Warren leaves today to compete with the Australian taekwondo team at the World University Games in Korea.

Sport - General

Leaders put game in its place

4:00 AM | THE Syrian crisis is a serious issue and one in need of meticulous global monitoring, but it needed to learn its place in the great scheme of things.

Sport - Football - Soccer

Star McEwen retires to coaching role

4:00 AM | LOS ANGELES, California - Australian cycling star Robbie McEwen has retired after finishing the Tour of California, ending a decorated 17-year professional career that yielded 12 Tour de France stage victories.

Sport - Cycling

Chelsea hails its league victors

4:00 AM | LONDON _ Tens of thousands of Chelsea fans gave their team a hero's welcome yesterday as they made an open-top bus parade through their west London home after their Champions League win over Bayern Munich.

Sport - Football - Soccer

Clarke takes opening stage of Tour of Japan

4:00 AM | CAMPBELL Town cyclist Will Clarke struck first blood for his Hong Kong-based Champion System team winning the opening stage of the Tour of Japan.

Sport - Cycling

Interest in statewide soccer comp

4:00 AM | THE formation of a statewide soccer competition in 2013 has moved a step closer with a number of applications to join the new league.

Sport - Football - Soccer

Breakaway pays off for Rabottini

4:00 AM | LECCO, Italy _ Italian Matteo Rabottini's bold 150 kilometres breakaway ride was rewarded with victory in the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia, the 172-kilometre run from Busto Arsizio to Lecco yesterday.

Sport - Cycling

No love for the Shack

12:00 AM | BURNIE onballer Luke Shackleton has been overlooked for a place in the Tasmanian state team to take on the VFL on Saturday, despite declaring his availability.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

PNG recruits help Burnie storm home

12:00 AM | BURNIE made the most of some visiting PNG players on Saturday, claiming a comprehensive 54-6 Tasmanian Rugby Union win over University.

Sport - Rugby Union

Ea-girls continue winning onslaught

12:00 AM | THE Spreyton Ea-girls juggernaut continued on Sunday as the girls from the Coast slaughtered North Hobart to the tune of 123 points at Maidstone Park.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules