Sydney coach John Longmire has lavished former charge Tom Mitchell with praise, saying no AFL midfielder is better at winning contested ball. Mitchell’s 50-possession effort against Collingwood was one of …
Billy Slater’s State of Origin career may be over with the veteran fullback overlooked by Queensland for next week’s series opener. Maroons selectors have snubbed Slater, again handing incumbent Darius …
Port Adelaide stalwart Jackson Trengove doesn’t subscribe to the theory that his side needs a big scalp to be taken seriously as AFL contenders. The Power travel to play Geelong …
Nathan Peats appears set to make his NSW Origin debut at hooker if Peter Wallace’s injured groin prevents him from joining the Blues’ camp. Peats was not at Titans’ training …
AFLW teams’ penchant for players from rival sports has continued with Collingwood’s recruitment of volleyballer Eliza Hynes. The 183cm-Hynes has never played Australian rules football but the Magpies expect her …
Queensland coach Kevin Walters says Johnathan Thurston is “very unlikely” to prove his fitness for next week’s State of Origin series opener in Brisbane. But Walters will name the injured …
NSW will turn back the clock and reunite a previous halves pairing at the start of a series for the first time since 2001, should Mitchell Pearce return for next …
Wallabies great George Smith says he will never turn his back on a Test recall if coach Michael Cheika comes knocking. But the 36-year-old, who last year said he no …
Australia’s Will Power is confident of revving it up at the Indianapolis 500 next week despite him starting from the third row of the grid after finishing ninth in qualifying. …
Sydney will be without injured young gun Harry Cunningham for the next six weeks of the AFL season, while Kieren Jack and Sam Naismith are no certainties to return from …
Australia have placed sixth at the end of a disappointing men’s rugby sevens world series after failing to bounce back from their quarter-final exit at last year’s Rio Olympics. Australia …
Newcastle fullback Dane Gagai is the latest player whose form is being impacted by his ongoing contract dramas, according to coach Nathan Brown. But the good news is that it’s …
Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso will start fifth in his Indianapolis 500 debut after qualifying, with Australian Will Power beginning on the ninth row of the grid. Alonso finished …
Wellington has lost the New Zealand leg of the rugby sevens world series, with Hamilton confirmed as host for the next two years. Once one of the most popular events …
Trainers will receive an update on the progress of the Eagle Farm racing surface ahead of its next meeting. The Brisbane Race Club has called in several experts to help …
The in-form Lindsay Park stable will attempt to add a feature jumps race to its record when Honey Steel’s Gold runs in the Australian Hurdle at Sandown. Lindsay Park is …
Trainer Chris Munce’s outstanding season with two-year-olds will peak when he has three genuine hopes in the Group Two BRC Sires Produce Stakes at Eagle Farm. Munce knows all about …
Caulfield trainer Robert Smerdon is hoping he doesn’t experience any transport difficulties as Under The Louvre prepares for a Group One assignment in Brisbane. Flying horses from Melbourne to Brisbane …
