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Aussie rowers shape up ahead of Olympics

4:00 AM | THE best eight rowers in the world remain on course for London after fine-tuning their Olympic preparation in the wilds of Tasmania.

Sport - Rowing

Four hurt after two motorbike crashes

4:00 AM | ONE man is in a serious condition with head injuries while three others are lucky to have escaped with minor injuries after two separate motorcycle accidents in the North and North-West yesterday.

News - General

Suburb on alert as police follow fire trail

4:00 AM | POLICE are investigating a string of fires at Ravenswood over the weekend.

News - Crime and Law

Penguin on top after big victory

4:00 AM | PENGUIN moved to the top of the ladder in the premier league when they scored a convincing 57-shot win over Turners Beach.

Sport - Lawn Bowls

Westbury has Ripper of a day

4:00 AM | WESTBURY remains at the top of the NTCA A grade ladder after an outright win against Riverside yesterday. The Shamrocks returned to Riverside with a six-run lead and three wickets in hand for the final day of the two-day contest.

Sport - Cricket

Supercharged Ford revs up fund-raiser

4:00 AM | ROD Hadfield, of Castlemaine, Victoria, is coy about the value of his twin-supercharged V8 Ford rod.

News - General

Things are still quite tight at the top in the challenger

4:00 AM | JUST the four points seperate Longford and Kings Meadows after round 15 of the Mitsubishi Challenger Northern Pennant.

Sport - Lawn Bowls

Hadley claims boxing gold for Tassie

4:00 AM | PROSPECT boxer Jak Hadley is the first on the Tasmanian team to win a gold medal at the Australian amateur boxing championships, being held in Hobart.

Sport - Boxing

Gartner continues his rich run of form

4:00 AM | JUST 15 days after winning round six of the National Super Sedan Series at Carrick, South Australian V8 speedway driver Dave Gartner was on provisional pole position last night for Australias richest speedway sedan event, the $45,000 Latrobe Grand Prix.

Sport - Motor Racing

Faulkner snapped up for $190,000

4:00 AM | FORMER Launceston all-rounder James Faulkner was last night snapped up Indian Premier League franchise Kings XI Punjab for $190,000 in the Twenty20 competition's player auction.

Sport - Cricket

Rotary fun is set to fly

4:00 AM | IT'S nearly time to brighten the Devonport sky with kites and teddy bears for this year's Teddy Bear Fly In and Kite Festival.

News - General

Don joint top after narrow 11-run win

4:00 AM | Don and Port Sorell are top of the ladder after the 15th round of A Grade played yesterday.

Sport - Cricket

Birmingham blows away 5000m rivals

4:00 AM | VICTORIA'S Collis Birmingham is one step away from booking his plane ticket to London after running another Olympic qualifying time in winning the 5000 metres at the Briggs Athletics Classic in Hobart last night.

Sport - Athletics

Leaders in control after Martin and Mullet stand

4:00 AM | PERFECT conditions for cricket greeted players for the first day of round 16 matches, with ladder leaders Devonport in control of its match against Wynyard, Latrobe and Burnie Yeoman evenly poised, while Ulverstone claimed first day honours against Sheffield in a low scoring affair.

Sport - Cricket

Winning Tigers have a shot at home final

4:00 AM | IT was all about the sixes, but not from the batsmen as Tasmania defeated New South Wales by three wickets at Bellerive in their one-day cup clash yesterday.

Sport - Cricket

Legana run fest stumps Longford

4:00 AM | TWIN tons yesterday kept Legana's unbeaten home ground advantage intact in its TCL A-grade clash against Longford.

Sport - Cricket

Super Bowl to put on `air show'

4:00 AM | INDIANAPOLIS _ Superstar quarterbacks Tom Brady of New England and Eli Manning of the New York Giants produced the greatest passing totals this season for any opposing quarterbacks in Super Bowl history.

Sport - General

Health being put on hold

4:00 AM | STATISTICS from a new report that show the state's waiting times for emergency treatment and elective surgery are already some of the worst in the nation is just the tip of the iceberg, according to Tasmanian nurses.

News - Health

Levin runs hot on frosty day

4:00 AM | SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Little known American Spencer Levin fired an eight-under-par 63 for the clubhouse lead as the $US6.1 million ($5.7 million) PGA Tour's Phoenix Open was suspended because of darkness for the second consecutive day yesterday.

Sport - Golf

Smiling Ryu still on top at Ladies Masters

4:00 AM | The birdies dried up for So-Yeon Ryu yesterday, but the South Korean still holds a three-shot lead heading into the final round at the Australian Ladies Masters after shooting a three-under 69.

Sport - Golf