The door isn’t entirely shut on Quade Cooper, but Brad Thorn says it will take an unprecedented injury crisis for him to play Super Rugby this season for Queensland. Speaking …
New AFL match review boss Michael Christian plans to deliver a knockout blow to gut punching, promising any incident will be penalised. Christian said if a punch could not be …
Rookie teenager Alex de Minaur has capped a stellar rise after being named as Australia’s second singles player for their Davis Cup first round tie against Germany in Brisbane. Team …
Maria Sharapova will end an absence of 12 years from the Dubai Tennis Championships after the Russian accepted a wild card entry to the event, which begins on February 19. …
Greater Western Sydney co-captain Callan Ward has nominated a veteran and two youngsters as potential candidates to plug holes in the Giants half-back line. With Nathan Wilson traded to Fremantle …
The agent of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has dismissed reports of his client’s imminent transition from rugby league to rugby. The Warriors and Kiwis fullback was reported on Thursday to be close …
Coach Brad Thorn has appointed Scott Higginbotham captain of the Queensland Reds. It is Higginbotham’s second time as captain of a Super Rugby team, having previously led the Melbourne Rebels …
Australia’s men’s rugby sevens team will have to get through England and Samoa to have any chance of a medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. The draw for the …
Carlton have declared their super-charged AFLW list primed for premiership glory ahead of a hotly anticipated season-opening rematch against Collingwood. A capacity crowd is again expected to pack out Princes …
Spanish world No.1 Rafael Nadal says he will return to action at a hard-court event in Acapulco, Mexico, in late February. That means an encouragingly speedy recovery for the 16-time …
Lightly raced colt Messerschmitt is expected to have taken improvement from a recent maiden win in preparation for a lucrative sales-restricted race at Caulfield. The Anthony Freedman-trained Messerschmitt is the …
Kerrin McEvoy can’t ride Winx but he can help another of suspended jockey Hugh Bowman’s blue chip autumn mounts make a winning return at Rosehill. McEvoy, ready to resume riding …
Adelaide trainer Phillip Stokes will weigh up the options but is leaning to sending two-year-old colt Chicago Typewriter to Melbourne for a crack at the Group Three Chairman’s Stakes at …
Trainers have sought an urgent meeting with Racing Queensland officials to address problems associated with preparing raceday tracks. RQ is expected to meet with a trainers delegation in Brisbane on …
Canberra trainer Nick Olive believes his stable star Single Gaze has improved again as she builds up for autumn targets in Melbourne and Sydney. Single Gaze was runner-up in the …
Ashleigh Barty and Daria Gavrilova will lead Australia’s charge in their Fed Cup clash with Ukraine as Sam Stosur continues her absence from the team. World No.16 Barty and No.25 …
The olive branches may have run out from team captain Lleyton Hewitt but Australia’s Davis Cup players are still hopeful of a reconciliation with Bernard Tomic. Doubles specialist John Peers …
Brisbane captain Darius Boyd has been cleared to play the NRL season opener after overcoming another hamstring drama. The Broncos fullback is eyeing off a pre-season trial after bouncing back …
