South Africa have retained the team that crushed Argentina by 60 points last weekend for the return Rugby Championship match in Mendoza on Saturday. Coach Heyneke Meyer had no choice …
AFL Commission chairman Mike Fitzpatrick has called a special meeting of club presidents for Thursday to brief them on the Essendon supplements crisis. Bombers’ coach James Hird says he has …
The All Blacks have sprung a major surprise by thrusting Tom Taylor into a debut start at five-eighth for the second Bledisloe Cup Test in Wellington. Crusaders utility Taylor will …
Former Springbok skipper Joost van der Westhuizen is approaching the end of his life, two years after being diagnosed with deadly motor neurone disease. “I realise every day could be …
Former top-10 player Mardy Fish pulled out of the US Open on Wednesday, according to the US Tennis Association, the latest setback in his bid to make a comeback on …
Shane Watson went on a rampage on day one of the fifth Test at The Oval, in the most dominant display by an Australian No.3 this Ashes series. At lunch, …
Essendon coach James Hird is planning to sue the AFL over its handling of the supplements scandal. Hird told a media conference on Wednesday he’d been denied natural justice by …
The AFL and Essendon are now at war over the club’s supplements scandal. Six months of official investigations, back-room negotiations, media leaks and public posturing exploded into open conflict on …
Australian captain Michael Clarke has won the toss and elected to bat first in the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval. Debutant James Faulkner was presented with his baggy green …
Rugby league gladiators Norm Provan and Arthur Summons have been immortalised by having the NRL premiership trophy renamed in their honour. Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the famous 1963 …
Fined $10,000 for what the NRL deemed excessive criticism of the referees, Manly coach Geoff Toovey has made the startling revelation that he held back during his infamous press conference. …
Australia’s anti-doping agency say they never told anyone the drug at the centre of the Essendon scandal is allowed for use in sport. But the status of the anti-obesity drug …
Should Gareth Bale leave Tottenham, they already have a willing and able replacement in Gylfi Sigurdsson. Talks between Spurs and Real Madrid appear to have reached an impasse in recent …
Paul Lambert has revealed Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner’s unstinting support never wavered even after their 8-0 battering by Chelsea last season. American owner Lerner always stuck with his manager …
Greater Western Sydney mentor Kevin Sheedy says he’d consider extending his fabled coaching career, especially if it involved a role with Australia’s International Rules team. Sheedy has two games remaining …
AFL Players’ Association chief Matt Finnis says the league’s statement of grounds outlining charges against Essendon over the club’s use of supplements is shocking and distressing. Finnis has slammed the …
Besieged Brisbane Lions chairman Angus Johnson believes a boardroom coup led by AFL great Leigh Matthews will only make the task of appointing Michael Voss’ replacement harder. Johnson admitted he …
Parramatta halfback Chris Sandow checked into a rehabilitation facility on Tuesday as he aims to get his life and NRL career back on track. Believed to be the same facility …
