May 26, 2013 More than 1300 participants converged on the city to compete in the popular Maitland River Run.

May 26, 2013 Hawthorn vice-president Geoff Harris has hit out at media coverage of Hawk forward Lance Franklin's altercation with a woman in a bar last weekend.

May 26, 2013 Mark Hunt's charge towards a shot at the heavyweight title came crashing to a halt at UFC 160 in Las Vegas today, the Sydney-based Kiwi suffering a devastating third-round loss at the hands of former UFC champion Junior dos Santos.

May 26, 2013 A SOLDIER from the Australian Army Base Kapooka yesterday came to the aid of a woman in her 20s after she fell unconscious following a car accident.   

May 26, 2013 More than 1300 participants converged on the city to compete in the popular Maitland River Run.

May 26, 2013 Michael Phillips has clinched the Maitland Mile in a grandstand finish from Melissa Vandewater today.  

May 26, 2013 Four Australian travellers a day are arrested for crimes around the world and statistics show a jump of almost 50 per cent from previous years.

May 26, 2013 Senator Nick Xenophon has marked the federal government's proposed ban on advertising live odds as a "three out of 10" anti-gambling measure.  

May 26, 2013 Prime Minister Julia Gillard has intervened in the sports betting debate, demanding TV and radio networks ban the promotion of live odds and restrict gambling advertisements during sporting matches.

May 26, 2013 TRE CIME DI LAVAREDO: Vincenzo Nibali of Italy won the second last of 21 stages of the Giro d'Italia in a blinding snow storm, proving in emphatic fashion on Saturday afternoon that he will be a more than deserving overall winner when the race finishes in Brescia on Sunday.