Hull’s Australian forward Ben Galea has announced his retirement from rugby league with immediate effect. The 34-year-old secondrower had planned to hang up his boots at the end of the …
Essendon have overcome a shaky start to shore up their top-four AFL spot with a 39-point win over Greater Western Sydney at Skoda Stadium on Saturday. The Bombers trailed by …
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has returned serve against mind games master Jake White, saying the pressure is all on the Brumbies for Sunday’s Super Rugby qualifying final at Canberra Stadium. …
Hawthorn skipper Luke Hodge kicked a 65-metre goal and Jarryd Roughead reached his half-century of majors for the season as the Hawks beat the Western Bulldogs by 19 points on …
Fremantle ruckman Aaron Sandilands will miss Sunday’s AFL match against Richmond at the MCG, with soreness and a bout of flu grounding the 211cm veteran in Perth. Sandilands, who missed …
Hawthorn have listed star onballer Sam Mitchell as a late withdrawal because of illness for Saturday’s AFL round-17 match against the Western Bulldogs in Launceston. Mitchell’s fellow onballer Brad Sewell …
Hawthorn president Andrew Newbold is urging star forward Lance Franklin to consider the benefits of being a one-club player while he weighs up an offer from AFL rivals Greater Western …
Adelaide vice-captain Scott Thompson has no doubt: Geelong remain the benchmark of the AFL. But Thompson believes Geelong’s audacious playing style gives the struggling Crows a winning chance in Sunday’s …
Jose Mourinho believes Fernando Torres can again become the player who persuaded Chelsea to part with STG50 million ($A83.48 million) but the striker’s effectiveness is dependent on the opposition’s approach. …
His future finally secure, in-form Penrith captain Kevin Kingston says he’s relishing the chance to power the Panthers into the NRL finals and beyond. Written off pre-season, Penrith host seventh-placed …
Departing Wests Tigers star Blake Ayshford has slammed Benji Marshall’s critics and shed a tear of his own about leaving Leichhardt. All the attention leading up to the Tigers’ 24-14 …
Manly can feel their mojo coming back, heading into a period of the regular season they have used to propel them to NRL premiership success in recent years. Sunday’s meeting …
Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia suffered a shock quarter-final loss on Friday at the Claro Open tennis tournament in the Colombian capital Bogota. Local player Alejandro Falla beat Tipsarevic 3-6 …
Spain’s Beatriz Recari fired a six-under-par 65 Friday to match Paula Creamer and Alison Walshe for the lead at the LPGA Marathon Classic, with world No.1 Park In-Bee lurking two …
A British Open win by Miguel Angel Jimenez could set golf back by 20 years. Not because the Spaniard would be the oldest player to win a major championship – …
Rory McIlroy was put out of his Muirfield misery on Friday with the struggling Northern Irishman saying he would play as much as he can over the next few weeks …
Had he been given the task of choosing Manchester United’s new manager, Rio Ferdinand says he would have followed the club’s decision to pick David Moyes. Moyes was handed a …
Belgium striker Christian Benteke withdrew his transfer request and agreed a four-year contract with Aston Villa, the club confirmed on Friday. The news comes just 11 days after Benteke had …
