Symond’s romance with girlfriend over again

October 7th, 2009 BRISBANE - Semi-retired Australian cricketer and occasional Broncos kit manager Andrew (Roy) Symonds and former Olympic champion Jodie Henry will launch their TV presenting careers together on an upcoming travel sports show to air on Ten's 24-hour sports channel One. Symonds and Henry, who have both dabbled in TV in the past, will be among five presenters on Ultimate Sporting Holidays, which will be shown on One early next year and also feature Candice Falzon and ex-West Coast Eagle Chad Fletcher in presenting roles.

September 30th, 2009 BRISBANE - Andrew Symonds is loving life outside the cricketing establishment, and believes that he stands on the cusp of cricket's new freelance frontier. Since being sacked from the Australian team on disciplinary grounds, Symonds has immersed himself in training and strapping duties with the Queensland Broncos, running training drills so many times he could have replaced Peter Wallace.

September 21st, 2009 PARIS - The FIA's World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) on Monday handed over a two-year suspended ban to Renault Formula One team for ordering former driver Nelson Piquet Jr. to deliberately crash his car during the 2008 season's Singapore Grand Prix to help teammate Fernando Alonso win.

August 14th, 2009 LONDON - Brit Formula One racing driver Jenson Button was recently spotted hosing down his sexy girlfriend, before getting a hosing down himself, during a break from racing. Button, 29, was enjoying the hols with his model girlfriend Jessica Michibata, 24, aboard a luxury yacht in St Tropez, and the two just could not seem to keep their hands off each other.

August 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly blanked his former flame while leaving a Majorcan nightclub in the early hours. Spanish model Nereida Gallardo was said to have been brushed aside by security as the Real Madrid star stepped out of the hotspot.

June 29th, 2009 BRISBANE - Sacked Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds has denied that he is an alcoholic, but admitted to being a binge drinker. In an interview on Nine Network's Sixty Minutes last night, Symonds said: "I am not an alcoholic, I have been diagnosed as a binge drinker.

June 24th, 2009 BRISBANE - Three weeks after being sent home from the Twenty20 World Cup following indiscipline charges, Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds successfully held on to a self-imposed booze ban before playing for Wynnum-Manly in an All-Stars rugby match in Brisbane. Symonds showed more discipline preparing for his league outing, and revealed that not one drop of alcohol passed his lips for four days before playing in the rugby league match "The night before the game I was very excited and sort of struggled to get to sleep.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Australian captain Steve Waugh Friday gave a peek into the mind of his troubled compatriot Andrew Symonds, saying the Queenslander thrived on the support of his state-mates. The all-rounder had been involved in a series of off-field breaches of discipline which resulted in him being sent for a rehab for drinking and psychological related problems.

June 9th, 2009 BRISBANE - Out-of-favour Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds toasted the Queensland Titans' win with a few drinks last night. In the troubled star's first public appearance on the Gold Coast since he was sent home from England in disgrace last week from the World Twenty20 tournament after an alcohol-related indiscretion, Symonds seemed subdued as he cheered on the home team.

June 7th, 2009 BRISBANE - Cricket powerbrokers in Queensland, Australia, have said that they will not be turning their backs on out-of-favour Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds. According to Australian dailies, Symonds was tipped to announce his retirement upon his return to Brisbane on Saturday, but there was no talk of quitting as he was driven away by former Queensland teammate Joe Dawes.

June 6th, 2009 BRISBANE - Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden says Andrew Symonds, one of his closest friends, has an alcohol problem and that he would like to help him finally address it. Hayden told The Weekend Australian: "Andrew is my best friend, (my wife) Kellie and I care very deeply about him." "First and foremost it's about getting Andrew in a position where in his heart of hearts and in his very core he admits that he has a problem, and it is not masked by the carrot of playing for Australia or doing anything else in his life other than just trying to understand the depth of the issue," the Courier Mail quoted him, as saying.

June 6th, 2009 BRISBANE - Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds is expected to announce his retirement from international cricket after he returns to Brisbane today. According to sources close to the player, a contract downgrade in which he stands to lose more than 200,000 dollars is the most recent source of his discontent.

June 6th, 2009 BRISBANE - Cricketer Andrew Symonds returned to Brisbane on Saturday and admitted he needed time to consider what he was going to do about his playing future. Symonds arrived at Brisbane Airport just before 7 a.m.

June 6th, 2009 BRISBANE - Symonds stands to lose millions in endorsements from high profile companies who have backed him. Companies such as Ford, Solo, Asics, Skins, and Gray-Nicholls haven"t yet decided whether they will keep their contracts live or lengthen them when they come up for renegotiation.

June 6th, 2009 BRISBANE - Party boy Andrew Symonds claims he rebelled for the final time because he could not adjust to the changing culture and restrictive rules of the Australian cricket team. According to the Daily Telegraph, the troubled cricketer is set to admit that he could simply no longer abide by new expectations.