Geelong midfielder James Kelly has talked up the prospect of speedy forward Travis Varcoe returning to the team for Saturday night’s AFL elimination final against Fremantle. Varcoe has battled foot …
AFL Rising Star winner Daniel Talia is a million-to-one set of circumstances that came off for Adelaide. A year after the Crows were filthy at losing Phil Davis to Greater …
It pains him to admit it but North Queensland co-captain Matt Scott hopes mentor Petero Civoniceva’s glittering NRL career ends in Townsville on Saturday night. Indeed the only retiring veteran …
Italy and Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli has undergone successful Lasik eye surgery. The Gazzetta dello Sport reports Balotelli had the procedure on Monday, a day earlier than scheduled, to …
Roy Asotasi believes a spell in NSW Cup is the main reason for his strong showings for South Sydney since returning from another injury lay-off. The New Zealand Test star …
Jason Taylor has emerged as the leading contender for the Sydney Roosters coaching role vacated by Brian Smith. Widely believed to have lost the faith of his players, Smith was …
Defender Brent Guerra hopes to be running again early next week as he desperately tries to return to Hawthorn’s side for the AFL finals series. Guerra was on crutches after …
Dumped by the Wests Tigers for the 2012 season, Cronulla prop Bryce Gibbs is preparing for the ultimate revenge – an NRL premiership. Gibbs was let go by the Tigers …
Canterbury’s Josh Morris has paid tribute to Jamie Lyon and says the experienced Manly star centre is in the best form of his NRL career. Lyon, who has turned his …
South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer expects pressure on counterpart Robbie Deans to bring out the best in the Wallabies, and has responded with several changes of his own for Saturday …
Interim ARLC chief executive Shane Mattiske has told NRL club bosses rugby league is in the best shape of its 104-year history. Mattiske addressed chief executives on Wednesday with the …
Australia’s David Hussey says fellow spinner Xavier Doherty is maintaining a positive attitude for the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka despite being overlooked for the one-day series against Pakistan. …
Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy concedes his team isn’t playing as well as he hoped heading into the NRL finals but feels it’s gaining some timely momentum. Few coaches would …
The form guide has been thrown out the window by North Queensland ahead of their NRL elimination final against a lowly rated Brisbane Broncos in Townsville on Saturday night. The …
Two years ago, Fremantle ruckman Aaron Sandilands was a shadow of himself as he unsuccessfully dragged his banged-up body through the club’s 69-point AFL semi-final loss to Geelong at the …
Ben Barba may have cleaned up at Tuesday’s Dally M awards, but Manly coach Geoff Toovey has backed his in-form side to keep the Canterbury superstar under control in Friday’s …
Port Adelaide caretaker Garry Hocking says he won’t seek the AFL club’s full-time coaching job. Port are moving to appoint a coach by the grand final, with Rodney Eade and …
Australia’s Davis Cup hopes have skyrocketed, with Germany’s powerful line-up suddenly reduced to a one-man band for next week’s World Group playoff in Hamburg. If Australian captain Pat Rafter figured …
