SEASON 2010 will mark 40 years since the South Sydney-Manly grand final in which Rabbitohs great John Sattler famously played with a broken jaw courtesy of a Manly punch. That mighty Souths victory will be celebrated in February when the Rabbitohs play their first pre-season match at Redfern against the..read more

THE fraught debate over whipping race horses was beginning to read like farce: a vet had himself whipped to prove it hurt; winning jockeys were suspended and fined for flogging their mounts too often, and yet owners of the allegedly abused animals kept the prizemoney.

PARRAMATTA'S seemingly unstoppable momentum has been slowed slightly through the loss of Nathan Hindmarsh for tonight's clash with St George Illawarra, and skipper Nathan Cayless revealed the second-rower has been virtually unable to run with his injured toe for weeks.

It was a catastrophe with a happy ending. Edgar, a four-year-old Boston cat, had his face torn off by a fan belt as he hid under a car bonnet. His owner fainted but recovered, called the vet and Edgar underwent face-saving surgery, suffering no major blood loss and no nerve..read more

EVEN if their message is not quite your cup of tea, it's hard not to admire the commitment of the four mothers of the John Howard Ladies Auxiliary Fan Club.