Blackburn defender Gael Givet has dismissed any suggestion he refused to play in Saturday’s 3-0 English Premier League defeat at Swansea. The Frenchman, who has not featured for Rovers since …
Fernando Torres always dreamt more about winning the Champions League than the World Cup. Torres, who is hoping to start Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Barcelona on Wednesday …
Gary Neville has backed his longstanding Manchester United teammate Ryan Giggs to continue to play into his forties should the Old Trafford great wish to extend his brilliant career that …
Australia had a 54-run lead after dismissing the West Indies for 257 in their first innings early of day four of the second Test in Trinidad. Resuming on 9-252, it …
Cricket South Africa says former Namibia and Worcestershire batsman Louis Vorster has been shot dead in an armed robbery near South Africa’s capital of Pretoria. He was 45. Vorster, whose …
Alexandr Dolgopolov has extracted a measure of revenge against Bernard Tomic, downing the Australian in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday. The pair fought out an …
Former Wallabies great Michael Lynagh has been admitted to a Brisbane hospital after suffering a stroke. The Courier Mail has reported that Lynagh, 48, was taken to the hospital with …
Wayne Bennett’s desperation to turn Newcastle into a NRL force has resulted in the Knights becoming the fourth club in less than two years to offer controversial forward Willie Mason …
Collingwood AFL captain Nick Maxwell says he has not picked up any hint of the supposed rift between coach Nathan Buckley and Magpies players. Former great Wayne Carey has insisted …
Reading returned to the English Premier League after securing automatic promotion with a 1-0 win at home to Nottingham Forest on Tuesday. Mikele Leigertwood volleyed in an Ian Harte free-kick …
Fremantle coach Ross Lyon is confident Nat Fyfe’s bung left shoulder won’t stop the star midfielder sizzling for the rest of the AFL season. Fyfe, whose reconstructed shoulder popped out …
A year older and wiser, Brisbane won’t be resorting to taunts to rile arch rivals Gold Coast ahead of Saturday night’s Gabba clash. On the contrary, Lions vice-captain Daniel Merrett …
They are the emotional barometers for their respective packs, but rival Test forwards Anthony Watmough and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves claim they have learned the benefits of playing rugby league with control. …
It’s deja vu for the third time running, but Canberra’s Josh McCrone says he’s ready to step up following a NRL season-ending injury to chief playmaker and Raiders linchpin Terry …
Injuries to Stormers stars Jean de Villiers and Andries Bekker have the Queensland Reds eying backline and lineout advantages in Friday night’s Super Rugby clash in Brisbane. The Stormers have …
Controversial forward Willie Mason has signed with Newcastle through to the end of the 2012 NRL season. The former Australian representative, who has also played with Canterbury, Sydney Roosters and …
The ‘Godfather’ of New Zealand halfbacks claims Test rookie Shaun Johnson has all the tools to be a Kiwi great – but warned him to prepare for a brutal initiation …
Australia have warned New Zealand they will get as good as they give, with the Kangaroos rallying around Kiwi defector James Tamou ahead of an expected ambush at Eden Park …
