Not many cricketers score 137 not out in their Test debut and find themselves relegated to support cast status. After the final day of the drawn second Test against India, …
Brendon McCullum hopes his second-Test heroics against India doesn’t distract too much from the giant team strides made by New Zealand in their all-conquering home summer. A host of fine …
Sam Burgess would be best suited to a role in the centres in rugby union, England backs coach Andy Farrell says. The former dual-code international also says England won’t interfere …
South Sydney look like sticking with their plan of switching captain John Sutton to lock this season, despite injury to first-choice NRL five-eighth Luke Keary. Boom rookie Dylan Walker will …
South Africa allrounder Ryan McLaren will miss the second Test due to concussion brought about by a brutal Mitchell Johnson bouncer. Wayne Parnell is expected to take McLaren’s spot in …
New West Coast coach Adam Simpson predicted a messy start to his time in the hot seat. But the only thing messy was the final margin as the Eagles recorded …
Essendon on Tuesday expressed their disappointment at comments from Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson regarding the AFL club’s supplements scandal. The saga reached a climax in August 2013 when Essendon accepted …
Cricket Australia’s national talent manager Greg Chappell says he can understand why people on the other side of the world might be getting a bit carried away. But the Test …
Brendon McCullum no longer listens to the little devil on his shoulder. Instead it’s a desire to lead his country’s cricket team by example that takes precedence, something borne out …
Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson has thrown his support behind making the Auckland Nines an international rugby league competition featuring Super League teams. The Roosters will host Wigan at Allianz …
Peter Siddle expects Australia’s pacemen will need to bend their backs a lot more in the second Test on a dry Port Elizabeth pitch. With Mitchell Johnson at his scary …
Peter Siddle prides himself on bowling to the best batsmen in the world. But the 29-year-old is quite content that Australia are finally able to tear up their oft-unsuccessful plans …
It’s nearly three years since India last won a Test away from home but captain M S Dhoni prefers to focus on positives after blowing a gilt-edged chance to end …
Fleet-footed playmakers Shaun Johnson and Sam Tomkins, and their Warriors captain Simon Mannering will have their only NRL trial game of 2014 when they face the Brisbane Broncos in Dunedin …
Josh Dugan has gone from Canberra ratbag to St George Illawarra leader in the space of 12 months, but doesn’t yet see himself as a State of Origin certainty. The …
Injury concerns have forced Gold Coast Titans coach John Cartwright to delay naming his team for their final NRL pre-season trial against North Queensland in Toowoomba on Saturday night. Cartwright …
Wigan coach Shaun Wane says his side are using memories of the famous World Club Challenge victory over Brisbane in 1994 as motivation for Saturday’s clash with the Sydney Roosters. …
Josh Dugan has gone from Canberra ratbag to St George Illawarra leader in the space of 12 months, but doesn’t yet see himself as a State of Origin certainty. The …
