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SPORT llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ntnews.com.au Lions lift Fev’s suspension Tudor joins Swans coach Bart’s champ scares rivals BRISBANE has lifted its suspension of gun forward SYDNEY has confirmed Leigh Tudor and Henry BART Cummings might be right — So You Think has Brendan Fevola but is awaiting an AFL investigation Playfair will join the AFL club under new coach John the opposition running scared. Racing’s new into allegations into an off-field incident before Longmire. Tudor resigned from his assistant coaching superstar has only five opponents, including arch- clearing him completely. Queensland Police on role at St Kilda last month and will take a similar rival Whobegotyou, for the Group One $400,000 Wednesday ruled out charging Fevola over an position at the Swans. Playfair retired midway Yalumba Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield tomorrow. allegation he exposed himself to a woman at a non- through this season and will stay at the Swans as Despite the disappointing small field, the weight-for- club sanctioned function. But the AFL will speak with development coach. Tudor will join John Blakey, Mark age race still promises to be compelling viewing as So police over the allegations to determine if Fevola Stone and Stuart Dew as Longmire’s assistant You Think attempts to improve his 2-0 record over should still face disciplinary action. coaches. Whobegotyou. Nitschke wins top award CRICKET Twenty20 Internationals people’s following of our has By TOM BIDDINGTON amassing 265 runs and been our playing double- 10 wickets. header matches with the TERRITORY all-rounder The accolade rounds off a men’s sides and to be playing Shelley Nitschke has been successful year for the for- Twenty20 cricket on a global named Women’s Cricketer of mer Katherine resident, who stage has also helped us the Year at the LG ICC was part of the Southern immensely.’’ Awards ceremony in Stars side that was victori- The Women’s Cricketer of Bangalore, India on Wednes- ous at the ICC Women’s the Year Award was one of day night. World Twenty20 in the nine individual prizes given The 33-year-old took the West Indies. at this year’s LG ICC award ahead of teammate Nitschke, who represents Awards. Ellyse Perry, West Indies’ South Australia in the Cricket icon Sachin Stafanie Taylor and Eng- WNCL, accepted the award Tendulkar claimed the covet- PUB: land’s Katherine Brunt. from Australia all-rounder ed Sir Garfield Sobers Tro- During the voting period Michael Hussey. phy for Cricketer of the Year, Nitschke played eight ODIs ‘‘This year has been fantas- Indian opener Virender Seh- NT NEWS for Australia scoring 342 tic and to cap the year off wag won the Test Player of runs at the top of the order at with winning the ICC Wom- the Year, while the one day an average of 57, while the en’s Cricketer of the Year is international player of the spinner also claimed 12 wick- brilliant,’’ Nitschke said. year gong was taken out by ets. She also played in 10 ‘‘A huge part of increasing South African AB de Villiers. DATE: Injured Bollinger in contention for Bangalore INJURED Australian fast sustained on the final day of able to play at Bangalore was man Doug Bollinger remains the epic first Test at Mohali. a relief to an Australian team 8-OCT-2010 in contention to take part in Bollinger’s exit from the still downcast after losing one the second Test against India field on Tuesday was a major of the great modern Tests after scans revealed only a factor in the tourists’ defeat, matches in recent memory. Women’s Cricketer of the Year Shelley Nitschke with her award Picture: GETTY IMAGES very minor abdominal strain so news that he may still be India won by one wicket. PAGE: Mega Monday Crossword Solution M U R D E R O U S E F U M E D B A C C E S S O U T D I S T A N C E Betting probe moves north O E E I N F E R I O A R E D O I U E P G M C T A B L O I D F E S S A Y O A N A U G H T Y T E R R O R B NSW police interviewed a num- terviewed by detectives from opening 90 seconds but did 54 C H A R A L O O S E T E W I P E S N D E U G A L A ber of high profile North Queens- Strike Force Suburb who are in- not take. A G O P I N E R S A I N T S T I D E A O S T R I C H R R land Cowboys players yesterday vestigating an unusual betting Among the players questioned S A G E S O T H I C K E M E N D T R O T I E P E C K COLOR: I E D E P O R T O R E W A R D E D E S A U R E C O R D S S E as they continued their wide- plunge on a Round 24 clash be- were fullback Matt Bowen, N U D G E D R U M B A B L A R C R A R A C T E D spread probe into a suspicious tween North Queensland and the winger Ty Williams and for- G B I L L A E T H R O T T L E D O B E Y M E A D O W D betting plunge on an NRL game Bulldogs played in Townsville. wards Aaron Payne, Steve South- F L A I R E I D E R C D O O A T S E T Y A R D S in Townsville in August. Bookmakers reported a sub- ern, Scott Bolton and Luke I I S I S E S C H E M E S W A B S B A R B E C U E I Players began filing into Cow- stantial plunge on the first scor- O’Donnell. It is not known wheth- R E S I S T S P Y S U N R E S U L T M Y T R O W E L boys’ headquarters at Thurin- ing play being a penalty goal, an er Cowboys captain Johnathan R M U M A M M A L E R I L E E I N U R E D E D S gowa yesterday morning to be in- option the Cowboys had in the Thurston was interviewed. K S S P O N G E A X O F F E N D A S T R A L C I N S I D E B T O T F R I N S E U G E C B E A K E R S R A V E E R A F T E R E S C A L L O P A D A G E S M A A R R E S T A E L A N E Y E L P A A A N G E L E M P E R O R E T E S T D A W D L E D V T A M P E R I I C E M A N L L M A C H I N E S Brennan relishes move to Suns T R N I I E V I R A L O T R E S S E S E M E T O A E L E C T O R A B E F I T A A D I U I From Back Page to be around the ‘‘The important thing in all B E S I E G E D I R E U L O G Y I H A L V E D E O P U L E N T A R I D E I N G R O W N V A S E S E E D E N S T U R G E and I’m pretty stoked to be part $2.4 million mark, this is Rischi is there as well, it C E S P R I T H L O B S E S S T E R M I N A L M I S U S E X of it. though Brennan was a big part of my decision to K E G I O U T F L O W R B B A B E L I E S C U T ‘‘It was sad to leave Brisbane would not reveal move 50km south instead of all S E I T H E R L U N L E S S R A B B I T E E L A M E N T S (after 117 games and eight details. the way to Melbourne. R N E S A B O T S E O M I T L S T R A I T A E A seasons) but the opportunity to He held lengthy ‘‘And it’s great having Maysy D I N N E R S O T A U R U S E E L E O P T H E I R S play with Rischi and blokes like discussions with (Steven May) from the NT at the T T E A C H E R S I N O F F O L D E S T F E P E E A B U N C H R S P G E T A A V H A R E M L A M B S Ablett was too good to pass up.’’ Jared Brennan football manager Gold Coast, along with Liam Pa- A N E W E S T F A I R I N T E R F E R E R O B E A M L Brennan wanted a long term and former Brisbane teammate trick, because it means there are A L I B I S O R I L L H E R U I N G A E L V E R deal, security for his family and Marcus Ashcroft yesterday.