MELBOURNE Heart has suffered a blow with assistant coach Ante Milicic joining the new west Sydney club.

JAMES O'Connor's hopes of making a surprise Super Rugby return for Melbourne against the ACT Brumbies have been dashed.

AUSTRALIA will send one of its most inexperienced track cycling teams to face the might of Britain at July's London Olympics.

QUEENSLAND coach Mal Meninga has put his players on alert. He knows how desperate NSW will be in the State of Origin opener.

LANCE Armstrong has proved you can teach an old dog new tricks. Lanstrong won Ironman 70.3 Florida by more than 10 minutes.