Making Indiana No Time For A Bad Hair Day

IT WAS not the sword-fighting. It was not the skin-tight fencing costume. And for Cate Blanchett, who plays a Soviet villain in the much-hyped Indiana Jones sequel, the hardest part of the role was not even the Russian accent. It was the pudding-bowl haircut.

Jackson Rebounds For Spartak

LAUREN Jackson, ineffective in Spartak Moscow's 90-71 loss to CSKA Moscow in the first of the best-of-five grand final of the Russian Superleague, rebounded in game two on Thursday to lead her team to a 93-78 win. The Australian had 34 points and 13 rebounds. Game three will be in Moscow this weekend. Spartak won the Euroleague last month, with Jackson most valuable player at the final four weekend. -- STEPHEN HOWELL

High-speed 'stupidity'

POLICE have branded two alarming cases of speeding in the Illawarra as "random acts of stupidity" that they likened to playing Russian roulette.