West Coast defender Ash Smith will use the heartbreak of missing last year’s AFL finals series as extra motivation this season. Smith played 18 straight games last year before being …
Despite his side languishing at the wrong end of the NRL ladder, Penrith prop Tim Grant cannot wait to take on unbeaten Melbourne on Saturday. The Storm will arrive at …
Young Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo is continuing to punch above his weight, sizzling in his Torro Rosso during testing in Italy. The West Australian set the fourth quickest …
Melbourne coach Mark Neeld doesn’t believe dumped No.1 AFL draft pick Jack Watts lacks hunger or intensity, but says his game needs work. The 21-year-old, taken at No.1 in the …
Port Adelaide coach Matthew Primus has rubbished Richmond’s suggestions that Sunday’s clash is do or die for both AFL clubs. The loser slips to a precarious 1-5 win-loss record but …
Veteran Sydney Roosters fullback Anthony Minichiello has agreed to a new one-year deal that will ensure he goes around for the NRL club for a 14th successive season in 2013. …
The Gold Coast Titans will field a new set of halves against the Wests Tigers after losing five-eighth William Zillman to a leg injury on Friday. Zillman had been moved …
The Western Force have re-signed in-form hooker Nathan Charles for the next two Super Rugby seasons. Charles, who is a national ambassador for Cystic Fibrosis Australia, has become a regular …
More than a dozen Pacific Island rugby nations will benefit from an influx of training equipment from New Zealand, part of the legacy programme from last year’s Rugby World Cup. …
St Kilda coach Scott Watters says Justin Koschitzke’s selection as an emergency for the AFL clash with Hawthorn is a warning to his players they’ll pay a price for suspension …
Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has drawn an extremely long bow in claiming Gold Coast lacked respect for the Dockers, according to Suns counterpart Guy McKenna. McKenna on Friday dismissed Lyon’s …
Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph’s team to play the Sharks in Durban on Sunday (NZT) features two changes to the side which beat the Cheetahs 36-33 in last weekend’s Super Rugby …
South Sydney have rewarded rookie Andrew Everingham for a strong start to his NRL career by re-signing the winger through to the end of the 2013 season. Everingham has been …
Arsenal striker Robin van Persie insisted he had no concerns about his Gunners’ future as he collected the Football Writers’ Player of the Year award on Thursday. The Dutch striker …
Sean Maitland has been bracketed on the wing with Adam Whitelock in the Crusaders line-up to play the Reds in Sunday’s Super Rugby match in Christchurch. Maitland has been out …
Americans Webb Simpson, Stewart Cink and Ryan Moore have each shot a seven-under-par 65 to share the first-round lead at the PGA’s Wells Fargo Championship. Australian John Senden is one …
Ask Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan who’s behind the Sharks’ spectacular NRL revival and he won’t say Paul Gallen or Todd Carney. No, Flanagan will credit unsung heroes like journeyman centre …
Just when it was expected to shine, Australian golf is plodding through its worst start on the US PGA Tour in a decade. Not since 2002 have Australia’s golfers gone …
