Essendon have identified how they used the ball as a crucial factor in their devastating AFL elimination final loss to North Melbourne. The Bombers’ season ended on Saturday night when …
Geelong will be forced to take a makeshift ruck division into Friday night’s AFL semi-final against North Melbourne after Hamish McIntosh was ruled out with a sore knee. With McIntosh …
Japan’s Kei Nishikori won’t leave New York as the first Asian man with a grand slam title, but his US Open near-miss has shown him what he’s capable of. Nishikori …
Marin Cilic admits his stunning US Open triumph is nothing less than a sporting miracle. In one of the most unlikely finals in grand slam history, Cilic capped his stirring …
South Sydney star Greg Inglis will play through the NRL finals series with a hip injury that is restricting his training and his effectiveness in games. Inglis was run down …
Geelong coach Chris Scott has ruled ruckman Hamish McIntosh out of Friday night’s AFL semi-final against his former club North Melbourne, but has yet to make a call on Steve …
Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has reserved special praise for Tatafu Polota-Nau after rushing the courageous hooker back into his forward pack for Saturday night’s clash with Argentina. Polota-Nau will bring …
Australia’s new-found domination of tennis junior grand slams is reward for a decade of planning and old-fashioned tough love. In the past 10 years, Australia’s young aces have won eight …
Hawthorn sharpshooter Luke Breust has backed team-mate Cyril Rioli to make the right decision about whether he plays again this AFL season. Rioli is the only significant injury concern for …
Eleven players yet to represent the Kiwis have been named in the first New Zealand train-on squad for the Four Nations rugby league tournament. They include Cronulla outside back Valentine …
Jean de Villiers dearly wants to sidestep an apparent Springboks’ century curse when he plays Test No.100 against the All Blacks. The South African captain will become the fifth player …
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France, Sept 8 AFP – French rugby club Clermont will be without Zac Guildford for up to four weeks after the former All Black and teammate Jonathan Davies were …
Marin Cilic has capped his stirring comeback from a controversial four-month exile from tennis with an emphatic US Open final triumph over Kei Nishikori. Cilic landed his maiden grand slam …
Mushfiqur Rahim rode his luck and battled through the pain of a badly bruised finger in compiling an unbeaten 70 to keep Bangladesh alive at 5-256 in their second innings …
Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah have ridden their luck to defy the West Indies in the afternoon session and take Bangladesh to 4-184 at tea on the fourth day of the …
Mitch Marsh and Steve O’Keefe are both strong chances to make their Test debuts against Pakistan in October, former Aussie quick Damien Fleming says. Pace-bowling allrounder Marsh, 22, and left-arm …
Fremantle coach Ross Lyon says it will take “exceptional circumstances” for Hayden Ballantyne to play this week, but he’s optimistic star midfielder Michael Barlow will be fit. Ballantyne is in …
Alastair Cook faces a wait to discover if he will captain England at the World Cup, according to coach Peter Moores. Cook’s position as both captain and an opening batsman …
