HANOI, May 11 (Itar-Tass) -- A Russian Pacific Fleet task force on
Wednesday rounded off its visit to the Vietnamese port of Da Nang and

A decade after falling out with Wayne Bennett and walking out on Brisbane, Justin Hodges is set to be a major player in helping the club usher in a host of future stars.

SYDNEY (AAP) - The Queensland Reds are firming as slight favourites to snare James O'Connor from the Western Force in what would be the province's biggest signing since Wendell Sailor crossed codes

SYDNEY (AAP) - The NRL report into the Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal recommends the club's former chief executive, Brian Waldron, never be allowed to work in rugby league again.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Dead man walking Matt Elliott may be forced to see out the remainder of his contract at Penrith answering to the NRL club's new coaching overseer, Phil Gould.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Boxing great Lionel Rose will be farewelled at a state funeral in Melbourne next Monday.

SYDNEY (AAP) - The Australian Greens want the federal government to go back to the drawing board on welfare changes and skilled migrants, only a day after the budget was delivered.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) expects to pass on up to two more official interest rate rises to borrowers in 2011.

The Victorian government has promised better ambulance response times but the union has no confidence the situation will improve.

SYDNEY (AAP) - The federal government has been savaged from both the left and right over a massive increase in asylum seeker costs.