CRAIG Lowndes refused to compare himself to Peter Brock - but the Ford superstar will go down as one of the greats after taking out his fourth Bathurst title.

SHANE Watson says he hopes a surprisingly good pitch turns devilish today and swallows up India in the first Test after he and Brad Haddin kept Australia's hopes alive.

WESTS Tigers will this week officially walk away from Homebush and shift to the Sydney Football Stadium in a move that has shocked the Sydney Roosters.

FOR all the millions of dollars being spent on the Socceroos' World Cup campaign, one of Pim Verbeek's biggest weapons is something money just can't buy.

A DEVASTATED Nick Davis will nominate for the pre-season draft in a last-ditch attempt to resurrect his AFL career after the Sydney Swans told their supremely talented but sometimes erratic forward he's no longer wanted.

BY his own admission, Justin Poore gets uncomfortably nervous before games. Waiting for the big moment invites butterflies into his guts.

LAUREN Jackson leaves Australia today on a wing and a promise to sacrifice at least $150,000 by standing down from the American WNBA in the next Olympic year in a bid to win gold at the London Games in 2012.

WHEN Australian sailor Chris Nicholson embarked on the opening leg of the gruelling nine-month, 37,000 nautical mile Volvo ocean race yesterday he had a secret tucked in his kit bag.

FOR the final 10km of one of the most brutal Hawaii Ironman races in memory Craig Alexander felt numb with pain - until his three-year-old daughter Lucy threw her soft arms round the neck of Australia's newest world champion, unleashing his tears.

STOCKY Socceroo Scott McDonald has vowed to silence the "fat" chat by adding goals to his international diet.