Sports Review

  • Oh my God, you've got to be kidding me!

    It was a brash Sally McLellan who stepped onto the starting blocks for the Olympic 100m hurdles final.

  • Brand power opens the gates

    Sponsors who lobbied organisers to allow more people into Beijing's massive Olympic Green are reaping the rewards, with tens of thousands more people a day visiting the 16 elaborate corporate pavilions within the high-security zone.

  • ON YOUR MARKS . . .

    Nine channels non-stop

  • Bandits no more, BMXers soar

    Australian world No

  • Bandits no more, BMXers soar

    Australian world No

  • TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS

    11am athletics

  • MEDAL TALLY

    Medal tally

  • MEDAL TALLY

    Medal tally

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The US appears to be putting its houses - Fannie and Freddie - in order, writes Glenn Mumford.