HOW AUSTRALIA’S 15-MAN SQUAD SHAPE UP FOR THE WORLD CUP AARON FINCH Age: 28 ODIs: 41 Playing role: Right-handed batsman ODI batting average: 37.10 The hard-hitting Victorian is taking part …
All Blacks centre Conrad Smith signed up for French second division leaders Pau on Thursday, becoming the third New Zealand player to switch to France after this year’s World Cup. …
Fed Cup captain Alicia Molik is confident experience can give Australia the edge needed to end a four-decade wait to win the prestigious women’s team title. Australia commence their 2015 …
Brett Lee is the latest former Australia cricketer to be handed a World Cup role, coaching Ireland’s bowlers in the lead-up to the tournament. Cricket Ireland’s announcement on Thursday that …
NSW Waratahs captain Dave Dennis has one final mental hurdle to clear on Friday, his comeback from a third knee reconstruction. Wallabies blindside flanker Dennis missed the latter stages of …
New Zealand-born Kelly Haimona and Edoardo Gori will form Italy’s half-back partnership when the Azzurri kick off their 2015 Six Nations rugby campaign on Saturday against defending champions Ireland. Fly-half …
Sean O’Brien has been included in the Ireland starting side announced by coach Joe Schmidt on Thursday for the Six Nations opener away to Italy this weekend, just days after …
Australians Jake Higginbottom and Andrew Dodt are three shots off the pace, set by England’s Lee Westwood and Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell after the first round of the Malaysian Open. …
Fremantle midfielder Colin Sylvia is back in the bad books, with the former Demon banished to the WAFL after failing to meet pre-season physical markers. Sylvia will train with Peel …
Melbourne Rebels threw up more questions than answers in their final Super Rugby trial with a last-gasp 25-24 win over the Highlanders. Melbourne trailed until late in the second half …
Richard Green continues to steal the show at the Vic Open, the experienced left-hander claiming a share of the opening-round lead at Thirteenth Beach. A day after recording a remarkable …
Michael Clarke might be downplaying the progress he has made on his mission to be fit for the Cricket World Cup, but the evidence was there for all to see …
Penrith have re-signed young Kiwi wing wizard Dallin Watene-Zelezniak for another 12 months in a move that will keep the 19-year-old with the NRL club until the end of 2016. …
Richmond spearhead Jack Riewoldt expects plenty of goals from Tyrone Vickery in 2015. Ben Griffiths was the preferred tall to partner Riewoldt up forward for Richmond’s final two games last …
Michael Clarke has cleared another hurdle in race to be fit for the cricket World Cup, getting through a practice one-dayer against Bangladesh unscathed. Continuing his comeback from hamstring surgery, …
All Black Ma’a Nonu will miss the Hurricanes’ first game of the Super Rugby season as he awaits the birth of his third child. Capped 94 times by his country, …
Australian captain Michael Clarke has taken another big stride towards proving his fitness for the World Cup, surprisingly throwing himself into the bowling attack against Bangladesh. In the surest sign …
Dayne Beams is enjoying his new life with the Brisbane Lions, but the former Magpie admits there has been a bit of a culture shock associated with the move. Beams, …
