Sunshine Coast Tennis League to swing into action and other top stories.

• Sunshine Coast Tennis League to swing into action

  

  TENNIS: Teams from the Sunshine Coast are gearing up for the launch of the Sunshine Coast Tennis League, which will start in August.The competition is set to be the pinnacle of team tennis for local players, who will battle it out against rival sides in one of three divisions, Premier League, Division 1 and Junior Division.Team tennis has a rich history on the Sunshine Coast, especially in recent times with grand slam champion Pat Rafter calling the Coast home during his time as Davis Cup capta..

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• IOC set to rule on blanket Russian ban

  

  OLYMPICS: Pressure has continued to build on the International Olympic Committee to issue Russia with a blanket ban from the Rio Games.Russia lost its Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal against an Olympic ban on its track and field athletes – a decision that only adds to the case for the IOC to exclude the country entirely. But with the IOC, which is expected to reveal its decision on Sunday, still possibly ready to leave the decision to individual sports, swimming’s world governing body, FI..

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• Brandis delivers terror smackdown after Christensen claims

  

  FEDERAL Attorney-General George Brandis has called for calm, warning people to stop assuming every act of public violence in Australia is terror-related. Mr Brandis made the comments after controversial MP George Christensen claimed on social media that a man who lit his car alight at a NSW police station was an extremist.   "From what police can determine there is no reason to believe that the event at the Merrylands Police Station last night was a terrorist event and it's important to b..

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• Coach says a little prayer ahead of Strikers clash

  

  As the Fire prepares to host Brisbane Strikers at Sunshine Coast Stadium for the first time since April on Sunday, its finals hopes balance on a knife's edge. Placed eighth on a cluttered National Premier Leagues Queensland ladder mid-section, the Fire is only four points away from the top four and is looking to build on a three-game winning streak. For a side that battled away for 10th in 2015, it's fair to say its run of late has been pretty good. "Pretty good? I don't think Jesus C..

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• Eagle Boys collapse: Locals stores 'going strong'

  

  EAGLE Boys franchisees on the Sunshine Coast have a message for local pizza lovers: they're open for business. The company's Australian head franchisor went into voluntary administration last week, but that hasn't changed anything for store franchisees at a local level. The pizza stores across the group had record sales in deliveries and pick-up orders during the past week, a statement from Eagle Boys released on Wednesday read. Eagle Boys Pacific Paradise franchisee Tracy Simpson sa..

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• Heazlewood targets Australian titles

  

  SURFING: The Australian Surf Festival is set to start with a bang in Coffs Harbour next weekend. When the Open Surf Masters hit the water on July 30, it will signal three days of action-packed performance surfing.Attracting names like former WSL World Tour competitor Danny Wills and young gun, Sunshine Coast Junior Sports’ Star of the Year Reef Heazlewood amongst a host of other well-known Aussie competitors, the Surf Masters will be a hotly contested division to kick start the festival. “Getti..

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• Sunshine Coast hero honoured for creek rescue

  

  WHEN a Sunshine Coast police officer pulled a man out of a creek, he knew the body had been in the water for a long time. But he kept going with CPR for about half an hour, just because there was a chance the man could survive. It was the second time Shane Ashton had had to perform CPR in his life, after he pulled a man out of a creek one night in March 2011. "You think if there is a chance, you take it," he said. Senior Constable Ashton received a bravery award - a Certificate of ..

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• Hurricanes drop All Blacks star Savea for quarter-final clash

  

  RUGBY: The Hurricanes are going to start the biggest game of their season without the biggest name in their team. Julian Savea, the man hailed as the world’s best wing and, in 2014, a better player than Jonah Lomu, has been dropped to the bench for the Super Rugby quarter-final clash with the Sharks at Westpac Stadium tonight.The remarkable aspect of that decision is that it comes with only moderate shock value. Savea has battled for form all year and delivered little in the way of devastating ..

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• Wolves at the door for Lions' Leppitsch

  

  BRISBANE chief executive Greg Swann was back on the front foot yesterday, forced to defend his embattled coach and his perceived “bad temper”.That fiery redhead Justin Leppitsch is, of course, copping heat of his own for not putting up a fake facade during a press conference last week.Instead of smiling through gritted teeth, he let loose with words like “crap”, “lies” and “bulls**t” to describe talk of a player revolt.“Every coach in the world has had a minor blow-up at a press conference but ..

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• Men apologise for bloody brawl that grounded flight

  

  SIX men have apologised for a bloody brawl that ended with a pilot having to land their Thailand-bound Jetstar flight in Bali on Wednesday. The men, who are expected to fly into Melbourne airport today, released an error-strewn statement yesterday. "We apologise and are deeply sorry for the passengers and staff of Jetset flight Sydney to Phuket and the Bali immagration for making us feel at home," they wrote. A video emerged yesterday showing Indonesian authorities removing the men f..

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