Two-time premiership coach Mark Thompson has warned Fremantle’s serial pest Hayden Ballantyne his style of niggling tactics is not the way to play football. Ballantyne stirred up a hornet’s nest …
Greg Norman has named Rory McIlroy as Masters favourite despite the Northern Irishman’s meltdown at Augusta last year. Australian Norman, who is no stranger to losing his nerve during tournaments, …
England’s Andrew Strauss insists he will fight on as captain and battle through his batting slump as the team look for a series-levelling win in the final Test against Sri …
Australian allrounder Mitchell Johnson will play Twenty20 cricket for Durham in the English county competition this summer. The club has confirmed Johnson will be their second overseas player for the …
Brett White’s NRL season may be over after the former NSW Origin prop suffered a suspected ruptured ACL in Monday night’s clash against North Queensland. White was taken from the …
South Sydney will been spared the prospect of taking on Canterbury on Friday without Michael Crocker. Former Queensland star Crocker will be cleared to play if he pleads guilty to …
Kurt Gidley’s injury-hit 2012 has continued with the Newcastle skipper going under the knife to repair a torn cartilage in his right knee. The representative playmaker sustained the problem kicking …
ARL Commission chief executive David Gallop has revealed the magnitude of Gold Coast’s financial woes were not apparent when the club was handed a new five-year NRL licence late last …
South Sydney backrower Ben Lowe may be the most unheralded member of the Rabbitohs’ star-studded forward pack but is confident he’ll fill the gap left by the injury to Sam …
Sydney ruckman Mark Seaby will come into calculations for a recall against Fremantle, but Swans coach John Longmire believes even two specialist big men may not quell the influence of …
Off-contract utility Ben Te’o says if Brisbane put together 80 minutes against Wests Tigers on Friday night it will be “scary”. The powerful back-rower, who’s negotiating his NRL future with …
It was scheduled to raise ARU revenue in a restrictive World Cup season but Australia’s Super Rugby teams appear to be paying the price for the Wallabies’ northern tour late …
Fremantle’s Hayden Ballantyne can accept a two-match ban for striking Geelong’s Paul Chapman, the AFL’s match review panel announced on Monday. Ballantyne was involved in several clashes with Cats players …
Feleti Mateo is set to be at the centre of an international tug of war for his services, with England coach Steve McNamara targeting the Warriors NRL star for next …
Players need to rise above the urge to lash out at niggling irritants like Hayden Ballantyne, says AFL chief Andrew Demetriou. Pests like Ballantyne have always been in the game, …
West Coast forward Quinten Lynch is desperate to end his AFL career with a bang, but says the Eagles need to tidy up their game if he is to earn …
Carlton coach Brett Ratten won’t nominate the AFL club’s No.1 ruckman but he’s looking forward to watching the candidates stake their claims. Robbie Warnock, who carried that status for most …
Written off pre-season for lacking enough talent and experience, Brisbane’s emerging young brigade believe the Lions are now heading in the right direction. Mobile ruckman Matthew Leuenberger and Irish speedster …
