Vote: great Scott or classy Cadel?

Champions ... Scott (L) and Evans have crossed some of Australia's final sporting frontiers. Source:AFP

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Australia's long wait for a US Masters champion is finally over, but where exactly does Adam Scott's amazing win rate on the list of great Australian individual triumphs this century?

Scott became the first Australian to claim the coveted green jacket when he drained a lengthy putt on the second hole of his playoff with Argentine Angel Cabrera.

Two years earlier, Cadel Evans also crossed one of the few remaining sporting frontiers for Australia when he triumphed in 2011 Tour de France.

And while last year’s London Olympics didn’t exactly go to plan for the green and gold, the performance of cyclist Anna Meares and hurdler Sally Pearson – on the same evening – were among the top moments of the Games.

So now it’s over to you. We want you to help us work out the finest individual Aussie sporting performance from this century, going back to Cathy Freeman’s emotional victory at the Sydney Olympics.

Cast your vote in the knock-out poll below!

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Scott Weiland fired from The Stone Temple Pilots

The Stone Temple Pilots have fired singer Scott Weiland.

In a one-sentence news release Wednesday, publicist Kymm Britton said: "Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland." No other information was provided.

In a statement sent to FOX 411, Weiland said he heard about the firing from news reports. 

"Not sure how I can be 'terminated' from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that's something for the lawyers to figure out," he said. "In the meantime, I'm looking forward to seeing all of my fans on my solo tour which starts this Friday."

The band's 1992 debut, "Core," has sold more than 8 million units in the United States. Their hits include "Vasoline," ''Interstate Love Song" and "Plush," which won a Grammy in 1993 for best hard rock performance with vocal.

Weiland was also in the supergroup Velvet Revolver with Slash and other musicians. The 45-year-old has dealt with drug addiction, run-ins with the law and two failed marriages. He released his memoir, "Not Dead & Not for Sale," in 2011.

The Stone Temple Pilots' latest album is their self-titled 2010 release.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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