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Goal tally boosts Brockie's bid for contract

1:25 PM | In-form Jeremy Brockie hopes weight of goals will convince the Newcastle Jets to retain him as he hones in on Joel Griffiths’s single-season scoring record. |

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Sport - Football - Soccer

Tyrone Walsh dreams of following Luke into the big time

4:00 AM | PENRITH halfback Luke Walsh left the Knights in search of regular NRL football, but his younger brother Tyrone Walsh hopes to one day establish himself in the red and blue of his home town. |

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Sport - Rugby League

Eland breaks silence over sacking

4:00 AM | Reinstated Northern NSW Football chief executive David Eland has taken aim at former chairman Peter Moore and rejected claims he was sacked because he acted outside of the board’s wishes. |

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Sport - Football - Soccer

Northern legal battle headed for extra time

4:00 AM | THE return of David Eland as chief executive officer yesterday is unfortunately not the end of a messy and costly saga for Northern NSW Football. |

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Sport - Football - Soccer

Evans strides world on her silent stage

4:00 AM | FEW people ever win an Australian title, much less claim national championships in two different sports. Sugar Valley member Maree Evans joined an exclusive club when she won the women’s Australian Deaf Golf Championship at Barwon Heads, in Victoria, on January 20.

Sport - Golf

Jets fly in record victory

06 Feb 12 | JETS coach Gary van Egmond declared his side are timing their run into the play-offs after returning to the A-League top six with a record-breaking 5-2 demolition of Sydney FC at Sydney Football Stadium yesterday. |

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Sport - Football - Soccer

Old Sky Blues come back to haunt Sydney

06 Feb 12 | JETS leading scorer Jeremy Brockie and three other former Sydney FC players plotted the downfall of their old club over dinner on Saturday night. |

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Sport - Football - Soccer

Jake Sylvester stoked with podium

06 Feb 12 | JAKE Sylvester underlined why Surfing Australia has offered him an elite scholarship after the Merewether board rider finished equal third at the North Stradbroke Island pro junior yesterday.

Sport - Surfing

Cessnock track given green light

06 Feb 12 | TODAY’S Cessnock meeting will go ahead despite the big wet which has claimed so many recent meetings.

Sport - Horse Racing

Wayne Bennett wants test of the best

06 Feb 12 | Knights coach Wayne Bennett is expected to name an almost full-strength team for their pre-season trial against Penrith at Port Macquarie on Saturday night. |

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Sport - Rugby League

Midnight Capers thrashes Futurity rivals

04 Feb 12 | MIDNIGHT Capers flew out of box one and put her rivals away in scoring a scintillating win in the group1 National Futurity final (515metres) at The Gardens last night.

Sport - Greyhound Racing

Knights trialist gets Votu of confidence

04 Feb 12 | FIJI World Sevens rugby union captain Watisoni Votu made the most of his chances by scoring a try for the Knights in their 32-0 victory over the Newcastle Rugby League representative side in a pre-season trial at Tomaree last night. | GALLERY: Newcastle Knights V Newcastle ...

Sport - Rugby League

Jets end Payne: Young striker leaves after 12 minutes of action

04 Feb 12 | CHRIS Payne’s career with the Newcastle Jets is over after just 12 minutes of game time in the A-League. The Jets announced yesterday that they had ‘‘mutually agreed’’ to terminate the 21-year-old striker’s contract, less than halfway through his two-year tenure. |

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Sport - Football - Soccer

Gary van Egmond desperate for Jets to maintain momentum

04 Feb 12 | Coach Gary van Egmond admitted he was glad to have the ‘‘gorilla’’ off his back but warned the Jets faced more testing times, starting with the difficult road trip to Sydney FC. |

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Sport - Football - Soccer

Howell happy back in Blacks

04 Feb 12 | MAITLAND back-rower Michael Howell is looking forward to putting the enjoyment factor back into his rugby union. |

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Sport - Rugby Union

Leading pack beckons Jets

03 Feb 12 | The top six is tantalisingly within reach but Jets stalwart Tarek Elrich denies Sunday’s showdown with Sydney FC is a make-or-break juncture in his team’s season. |

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Sport - Football - Soccer

Roos jump at chance to make impression for Knights

03 Feb 12 | WYONG Roos NSW Country duo Mitch Williams and Josh Mantellato know tonight’s trial for the Newcastle Knights NSW Cup team could be the biggest opportunity of their careers.

Sport - Rugby League

Zane Tetevano out to put best foot forward

03 Feb 12 | ZANE Tetevano’s quest to become an established cog in the Knights engine room kicks off tonight when he packs down against the Newcastle Rugby League representative squad in a trial match at Tomaree Oval. Tetevano made a formidable impact in his five NRL games last year, but the 21-year-old realises he is still an L-plater who can take nothing for granted under new coach Wayne Bennett. |

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Sport - Rugby League

NZ win icing on the wedding cake

03 Feb 12 | S OME may say celebrating your wedding is a fair enough reason to miss a horse race. That is the excuse Newcastle bloodstock agent Jamie Lovett had for missing his galloper Ockham’s Razor win in New Zealand on Sunday. |

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Sport - Horse Racing

Zara set to carry Hume’s hopes

03 Feb 12 | ROZ Hume will be seeking her first group1 success as a trainer with Zara Zulu in the final of the National Futurity Final (515metres) at The Gardens tonight.

Sport - Greyhound Racing