England have been told to revel in the fact they are staging a Rugby World Cup, with forwards coach Graham Rowntree insisting Thursday the squad were set for the “time …
Georgia halfback Vasil Lobzhanidze admits the prospect of becoming the youngest player in Rugby World Cup history on Saturday makes him “a little bit nervous.” The 18-year-old Lobzhanidze was selected …
South Africa’s white-dominated Rugby World Cup team has not been rattled by complaints about its racial makeup, a key coach said two days before their opening match. “It does not …
France and Italy will be without their star centres when they meet for their opening Rugby World Cup match at Twickenham on Saturday. France’s Wesley Fofana failed to recover from …
Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton is poised to match the total number of race wins by his childhood idol Ayrton Senna, and says notching a 41st victory in Singapore …
Australian captain Wally Masur has confirmed Bernard Tomic and Thanasi Kokkinakis as his first-day singles players for this weekend’s Davis Cup semi-final against Great Britain. Kokkinakis has been tasked with …
Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Murray traded psychological volleys as tensions rose on the eve of Australia’s Ashes-like Davis Cup semi-final with Great Britain. The battleground – as Britain chase a …
Australian Jarmila Gajdosova has lost her second-round match in three sets at the Japan women’s open tennis in Tokyo. Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine downed world No.81 Gajdosova on Thursday 6-1 …
Sandor Earl has pleaded to be allowed to revive his career next season during a five-hour hearing of the NRL’s anti-doping tribunal. Earl, stood down from playing more than two …
AFL club Port Adelaide have axed ruckman Jarrad Redden. The 16-gamer battled knee injuries in recent seasons and was among eight players to be dropped on Thursday from Port’s list. …
Australian Joel Monaghan is leaving Super League club Warrington, which he captains, at the end of the season. The former Canberra winger, who has scored 141 tries in 143 appearances …
Matthew Scharenberg will continue his AFL education at Collingwood after the Magpies fought off rival advances to sign the 19-year-old to a three-year deal. The running defender, drafted by the …
Kieran Jack will miss Sydney’s crunch semi-final with North Melbourne after coach John Longmire decided on a low-risk approach with the Swans co-captain. Jack, 28, looked done and dusted for …
Consecutive defeats of fellow top four sides North Queensland, Brisbane and the Sydney Roosters means a week’s break may have come at the worst possible time for Melbourne. But coach …
Sydney have opted against bringing back captain Kieren Jack for the club’s do-or-die AFL semi-final with North Melbourne. Defender Nick Smith is the club’s sole inclusion, for Sam Reid (hamstring), …
Injured Melbourne winger Marika Koroibete has missed the Storm’s main training session but remains an outside chance of playing in their NRL preliminary final against North Queensland or Cronulla. The …
Four years after being left shattered by a brutal Rugby World Cup campaign in New Zealand, Wallabies playmaker Quade Cooper insists he’s primed to eradicate those mental demons. The Auckland-born …
Many have marvelled at Canterbury winger Curtis Rona’s rise to be one of the NRL’s most prolific try scorer this year. But the impetus to his stunning ascension is still …
