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Greg Norman’s ex-wife buys luxury estate in New York out of divorce millions

Melbourne, Nov 12: Golfing legend Greg Norman’s wife, Laura Andrassy, is buying a luxury estate in New York’s exclusive Hamptons.

Andrassy received over 150-million- Australian dollar divorce settlement from Norman.

She waged a bitter two-year public divorce battle with the Great White Shark, is in contract to pay 11.3 million dollar for a 0.92-acre property on a leafy lane in Southhampton, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The former flight attendant will be pumping millions more into the property as she plans to tear down the 325sqm house to build her dream home on the block, which is close to the ocean.

Unbeaten Hawks soar past Bulls for sixth straight win

Los Angeles - Al Horford was unstoppable and the high-flying Atlanta Hawks remained unbeaten in the NBA.

Horford had a career-high 27 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks as the Hawks rolled to their sixth straight victory, 113-108 over the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night.

"Everybody knows we're shorthanded with Josh Smith (ankle injury) being out," teammate Mo Evans said. "And for us to be undefeated after six, Al was huge."

The Hawks are off to best start since opening the 1997-98 season with 11 straight wins, but it's no surprise to Hawks guard Mike Bibby.

Greg Chappell calls for a mid-80s-like major review of Oz cricket

Sydney, Nov 12: Former Aussie Test captain Greg Chappell has said that it was high time that Oz selectors, coaches and high-performance managers sat together to look at the demands on the modern player, as was done in mid-80s when his country faced a tough recession in cricket and West Indies ruled the cricketing world.

The review in the mid-1980s, under chairman of selectors Lawrie Sawle, identified Steve Waugh, Ian Healy, Dean Jones and Geoff Marsh who led the team''s revival. It followed the retirement of Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee and Chappell. Like mid-80s, Australia is once again struggling after the retirements of Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath.

Ponting says no regrets over Nagpur tactics, will do it again to overcome slow overrate

Ponting says no regrets over Nagpur tactics, will do it again to overcome slow overrateSydney, Nov 12 : Facing sharp criticism over wrong choice of bowlers during the fourth day of the last Test against India in Nagpur which his side miserably lost by 172 runs, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said that he had no regrets over his decisions and he won’t shy away from repeating the decision in future.

Though he said he and the team learnt a lesson from the incident.

Andrew Symonds’ lucky return to cricket due to Hopes’ injury

Andrew SymondsSydney, Nov 12: Andrew Symonds was not originally on the selectors’ minds for Friday’s exhibition Twenty20 match against an All Stars team at the Gabba. However, he proved extremely lucky to be playing as James Hopes, who was preferred over Symonds, was struggling with a chest injury and would not have been fit.

Symonds has been out of the Aussie team for a few months now, after he went for fishing instead of attending an important meting during the last West Indies tour.

Shane Warne urges CA not to “hang Ponting but encourage him”

Shane Warne urges CA not to “hang Ponting but encourage him”Sydney, Nov 12: The second highest wicket taker in the world and former Australian cricketer, Shane Warne has said that it wasn’t the right time to hang skipper Ricky Ponting, instead he should be encouraged and supported by the team management.

He said that Ricky had stood up everytime he was challenged, like in 2005 after the Ashes series when England won the series after a long gap.

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