Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan won’t have a runner in the Group One Doomben 10,000 but he still expects to be a major player in three stakes races on the …
Murray Johnson travels full circle when Pure Pride goes around in the Listed Scone Cup. Although Melbourne-born and domiciled abroad for decades before resettling in Victoria, Scone has always been …
Remember the tarpaulins. They go a long way to explaining why Keith Thomas is sitting in a squat concrete grandstand at Shanghai’s Jiangwan Stadium, talking about China. In front of …
Eugenie Bouchard’s Madrid Open campaign ended on Thursday with a whimper as she was thrashed 6-4 6-0 by eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova to exit at the quarter-final stage. The Canadian …
Romania’s Simona Halep has booked her spot in the Madrid Open semi-finals, taking less than an hour to defeat Coco Vandeweghe of the United States. Halep, the world No.8, needed …
Nine-time French Open champion has handed Australia’s Nick Kyrgios a clay court lesson at the Madrid Open. Fourth seed Nadal won 6-3 6-1 in 72 minutes in a match which …
Shutting down Beauden Barrett, or at least reducing his influence, is the task confronting the Crusaders as they look to maintain their unbeaten start to the Super Rugby season. The …
A midweek chat between Paul Green and Michael Morgan could help catapult the North Queensland star into contention for injured teammate Johnathan Thurston’s State of Origin jersey. A proud Queenslander, …
Support for Corey Norman is growing but Queensland great Justin Hodges says it won’t matter who replaces Johnathan Thurston with Maroons’ old guard Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk at the …
The last fortnight has given Ollie Wines a sweet taste of his AFL future, quickly followed by a bitter dose of reality. While the Port Adelaide star admits to dreaming …
From rough-around-the-edges country lad to seasoned AFL professional, Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin can’t help but admire Bernie Vince’s journey. Goodwin was a dual-premiership veteran with the Crows when Vince made …
Canterbury will welcome superstar five-eighth Kieran Foran next year, but coach Des Hasler wants his attack to be better managed in the meantime. Just a day after announcing the Kiwi …
Veteran prop Ben Alexander wants to remain in Super Rugby with the Brumbies next year despite being affected by the ARU’s moratorium on new contracts. The 32-year-old former Wallaby is …
It would be an exaggeration to say Geelong’s Irish recruit Mark O’Connor is jumping straight off a plane and into his AFL debut on Saturday night. But not much of …
Fernando Alonso says he has given struggling McLaren until October to persuade him they can provide a winning car next year or else he will talk to teams that can. …
World No.1 Andy Murray has crashed out of the Madrid Open in the third round to 20-year-old Borna Coric 6-3 6-3. The Briton, who was thrashed 6-3 6-1 by the …
Former Kiwis boss Stephen Kearney has backed successor David Kidwell’s decision to rule Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor out of this year’s Rugby League World Cup, saying standards must be …
The Cheetahs are already well out of the running for a Super Rugby finals berth but Blues boss Tana Umaga says his troops are braced for a genuine battle at …
