Sydney News

Sydney extremists behind raid: embassy
The Syrian embassy believes ''extremists from Sydney'' who are not Syrian were behind the attacks at the weekend.

Sydney shooting linked to Syrian politics
A Sydney man said to have been shot because of his support for the Syrian regime may be charged if he is found to have lied to police.

'Sydney extremists' behind Canberra embassy attack
The Syrian embassy believes "extremists from Sydney" who are not Syrian were behind the attacks at the weekend and has called on the Australian government to take the investigation into the incident seriously.

Sydney CEO fires up
Sydney FC boss Dirk Melton has challenged the players to back-up their verbal affection for departing coach Vitezslav Lavicka with on-field actions after a disastrous 5-2 loss to Newcastle on Sunday jeopardised the club's finals berth.

Sydney shooting linked to Syria
Counter-terrorism police are investigating the shooting of a supporter of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was gunned down outside his home.

Cricket chiefs draw line on ads
CRICKET Australia will surrender hundreds of thousands of dollars in boundary line ads after it may have illegally promoted tobacco.

Cricket chiefs duped by smoky ads
CRICKET Australia bans ad campaign from the recent Test series after discovering they may have been promoting a tobacco brand.

Cricket Australia in tobacco ad row
Cricket Australia is forfeiting hundreds of thousands of dollars by dropping an advertisement in Hindi that appears to promote tobacco.

Olyroos could fail to qualify for Olympics
Australia is facing the ignominy of failing to qualify a soccer team for the Olympics for the first time in 28 years.

NRL, cricket clash catches out Channel 9
Cricket Australia and the NRL are set to go to war over Friday night prime time on March 2.