Johnathan Thurston says New Zealand have the potential to rack up 40 points against Australia in Saturday week’s rugby league international in Townsville if the Kangaroos lack intensity in potential …
World No.2 Maria Sharapova enjoyed her third consecutive straight-sets win in Beijing on Thursday as she reached the last eight of the China Open in style. The Russian thrashed Slovenian …
Player movements continued on Thursday under the AFL’s free agency with Port Adelaide defender Troy Chaplin headed to Richmond and two-time premiership forward Shannon Byrnes switching from Geelong to Melbourne. …
Leon Cameron feels his decision to succeed Kevin Sheedy as senior coach at AFL club Greater Western Sydney was a no-brainer. Two days after Port Adelaide formally interviewed Cameron for …
Holden’s Jamie Whincup has fired the first shot at Mount Panorama, topping Thursday’s V8 Supercars practice timesheets at Bathurst. Whincup, the championship leader, clocked a fastest lap of two minutes …
Casey Stoner will return to MotoGP following ankle surgery at next week’s Japanese Grand Prix. The race at the Honda-owned Motegi circuit is one of four remaining this season including …
Hosea Gear returns to the All Blacks in place of Julian Savea in the most surprising of two changes to the team to face South Africa in Soweto on Sunday …
Australia’s first-choice spinner Nathan Lyon feels his poor return in South Australia’s crushing Sheffield Shield defeat to Queensland shouldn’t affect his selection chances for the first Test against South Africa …
Gold Coast assistant Ken Hinkley is firming as the favourite for the Port Adelaide senior coaching job after AFL veteran Rodney Eade again ruled himself out. It is understood that …
Queensland began their defence of the Sheffield Shield with a crushing victory over South Australia and, worryingly for the other states, captain James Hopes expects the Bulls to be a …
Digby Ioane is bristling and, if his badly-bruised knee allows it, the Wallabies most destructive ball-runner is primed to make Argentina pay for Australia’s woes. Four days later, Ioane still …
The circling Brisbane Bombers have upped the ante in their battle to win an NRL licence after revealing plans on Thursday to build a state of the art training facility …
V8 Supercars’ safety car driver Amber Anderson hopes to take a big step in her ambition to become a full-time racing driver this weekend at Bathurst. Anderson, who has driven …
A flurry of early wickets on day four helped Queensland dismiss South Australia for 271 and secure a 191-run victory in the Sheffield Shield match at the Gabba. Luke Feldman …
Australia coach Mickey Arthur says his team are going along nicely heading into Friday night’s World Twenty20 semi-final against West Indies, despite Australia’s batting collapse against Pakistan in their final …
Super Rugby newcomers Southern Kings said on Wednesday they had signed Argentina scrum-half Nicolas Vergallo, Auckland Blues utility back Hadleigh Parkes and Golden Lions hooker Bandise Maku. Vergallo plays for …
When it comes to his faltering V8 Supercars championship bid, Ford’s Will Davison is taking a win or bust approach to Sunday’s Bathurst 1000. Davison goes into the endurance race …
Holden’s Michael Caruso was the fastest driver after Thursday’s first V8 Supercars practice session in Bathurst. In the 50-minute session kicking off the build-up to Sunday’s 1000km endurance race at …
