MELBOURNE Victory has re-signed premiership midfielder Tom Pondeljak for another season.

VICTORIA will regain star batsman Brad Hodge for the top-of-the-table Sheffield Shield clash with Queensland, starting on Friday.

PROMISING South Australian paceman Peter George  destroyed Tasmania's top-order on the first day of the Sheffield Shield match in Hobart today.

REIGNING Inter Dominion winner Mr Feelgood will be a surprise starter in Saturday night’s $60,000 Cranbourne Cup.

PAKISTAN teenager Mohammad Aamer struck with the first ball of the match in the first Test against New Zealand in Dunedin today.

STAR Victorian pacer Melpark Major is primed to go one better than last year and win the Miracle Mile.

DEFENDING champion Novak Djokovic handed Nikolay Davydenko another painful defeat at the ATP World Tour Finals in London today.

The Western Bulldogs unsuccessfully sought to sell two home games to New Zealand next year for $1 million.

WIGAN Athletic defender Mario Melchiot says the players are so embarrassed by the 9-1 loss to Spurs they will refund the cost of their fans' tickets.

ITALIAN cyclist Gianni Da Ros has been banned for 20 years for doping in one of the heaviest sanctions ever imposed in the country.