www.ntnews.com.au Monday, March 12, 2012. NT NEWS. 33 PUB: NT NE- WS- DA TE: 12- GE: 33 C LO- R: C M Y K COUNCIL ELECTIONS Are you running in the council elections? Catch the eye of voters in your community and advertise in the NT News and Sun Newspapers. NT News and Sun Newspapers have the perfect vehicle to showcase your commitment to 70,000* voters in your area. Both publications will carry a comprehensive lift out to communicate your message to over 70,000* readers. Our specifically designed packages also have you covered in print and online. Publication dates: Sun Newspapers Wednesday, March 21. NT News Friday, March 23. Booking deadline: Wednesday, March 14 Holly Clark 8944 9805 [email protected] David Wightman 8944 9945 [email protected] * 37,000 NT News readers (Monday-Friday) *33,000 Sun Newspaper readers. Roy Morgan October 2010 to April 2011. ntnews.com.aul l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l SPORT Drogba 100th lifts Blues Didier Drogba DIDIER Drogba scored his 100th Prem- ier League goal as Chelsea maintained the pressure on Arsenal in the race for fourth place with a 1-0 win over 10-man Stoke City. Drogba bagged his eighth goal of the season after 68 minutes of a tense en- counter at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea notched its second win since last week’s sacking of manager Andre Villas-Boas. The win saw interim manager Ro- berto Di Matteo’s side go level on points with fourth-placed Arsenal, which can restore its three-point lead with victory today over Newcastle United. Stoke, which was reduced to 10 men after the dismissal of Ricardo Fuller for a stomp on Branislav Ivanovic, sli- pped to 10th. Di Matteo said the was a step in the right direction. ‘‘Sometimes you have to win like this to get three points. And sometimes you have to win scrappy.’’ At Goodison Park, Tot- tenham Hotspur crashed to its third league loss in a row as Nikica Jelavic’s first goal for Everton clinched a 1-0 win. Liverpool’s faint hopes of qualification for next season’s Champions League suffered another blow as the Merseysiders crashed to a 0-1 loss at Sunderland. Bolton snatched a late 2-1 win over QPR as the debate over goal-line tech- nology was reignited by a blunder from match officials. The main talking point was a disal- lowed goal from QPR centre-back Clint Hill after 20 minutes. Replays showed Hill’s powerful header had crossed the goal-line. Wolves were sent spinning nearer to relegation after a 0-2 loss at home to Blackburn Rovers. Two goals from Canadian youngster David Hoilett set- tled the issue. Roar hits bump in road Zenon Caravella, of Adelaide United, is challenged by three Brisbane Roar opponents yesterday at Suncorp Stadium Picture: BRADLEY KANARIS, Getty Images SOCCER By MARCO MONTEVERDE SCORES BRISBANE ROAR 1 (Besart Berisha 70m) drew ADELAIDE UNITED 1 (Iain Ramsay 14m) at Suncorp Stadium. Crowd: 10,739. Referee: Strebre Delovski. BRISBANE Roar’s drive to the A-League Premier’s Plate hit an unexpected bump yes- terday on a patchy Suncorp Stadium surface. Expected to account easily for a tired and struggling Adelaide United in its ongo- ing chase of competition leader Central Coast Mari- ners, the Roar could only manage a 1-1 draw. While the playing surface not surprisingly was far from perfect as it was the sixth game played at the venue in 10 days, the Roar still had enough chances to win. German star Thomas Broich was particularly wasteful in front of goal. Brisbane and Broich’s day perhaps was best summed up in the 80th minute, when he inexplicably passed the ball to substitute Kofi Danning instead of shooting when in a one-on-one with Adelaide goalkeeper Mark Birighitti. The youngster had started ahead of the injured Eugene Galekovic. Danning’s shot rebounded back into the path of Broich, who then had two goal-bound shots cleared by Reds de- fender Anthony Golec. Broich also shanked two other second-half chances on a bad day for the Roar, which lost Luke Brattan (knee) and Rocky Visconte (ankle) to po- tentially serious injuries. Visconte’s injury came from a heavy challenge from Golec in the penalty area. Cries for a spot kick were waved away by referee Strebre Delovski. Besart Berisha scored his 18th goal of the season to get the Roar back on level terms after Adelaide had taken a 14th minute lead through Iain Ramsay. Dario Vidosic charged through the centre, evading the challenge from Brattan before finding Bruce Djite wide on the right. Djite laid the ball across the penalty area into the path of unmarked Ramsay, who scored from close range. Last night Perth Glory de- feated Central Coast Mari- ners 1-0 at nib Stadium in Perth thanks to a Travis Dodd goal in the 25th minute. Pearson’s hurdling high Sally Pearson ATHLETICS SALLY Pearson enters the countdown to her quest for London Olympic glory with confidence sky high after demol- ishing the field to win the 60m hurdles at the world indoor championships. The 25-year-old Australian pro- duced the most dominant hurdling display in the history of the champion- ships, in Istanbul on Saturday, leaving American-turned-Brit Tiffany Porter trailing 0.21sec in her wake. Uncharacteristically sluggish out of the blocks in her semi-final, Pearson rebounded with a 0.136 start reaction time as she powered away to win the final in 7.73sec — the equal fourth fa- stest of all-time — to win from Porter and Belarussian Alina Talay (7.97). ‘‘I am so excited,’’ Pearson said. ‘‘I was so nervous for that race. I didn’t want to jump the start. My semi-final was yuk. I hated it. I’m glad that I won in a good time.’’ Pearson’s brilliance helped inspire country- man Henry Frayne to a silver medal in the long jump with an Australian indoor record 8.23m leap, just missing the gold in a countback to Brazil’s Mauro Da Silva. Australia’s best triple jumper Frayne opened with an 8.17m leap fol- lowed by three fouls then a 7.89. ‘‘I was feeling a bit flat and started to think I had spent all my bikkies with the 8.17m in the first round,’’ said Frayne. ‘‘Then I saw Sally run. She timed it well. She did a run-by just be- fore I was about to go. ‘‘Then I had the crowd all to myself. It was the perfect combination to pull a jump out of a tired body.’’ Named in the Olympic team in both long and triple jumps, Frayne said: ‘‘I’m still a triple jumper who long jumps and that’s the way my training is going to stay.’’