Football Federation Australia chief Frank Lowy is confident the A-League can remain a 10-team competition next season despite stripping the licence of Gold Coast United and their billionaire owner Clive …
Record rains could yet prove a dampener, but NRL officials are banking on a blockbuster opening to the 2012 season to continue the code’s march into a bold new era. …
Michael Gordon is desperate to wear the Panthers No.1 jumper – but he denies missing out on the fullback spot for Penrith’s NRL season opener will force him out of …
Kieran Foran says Manly are not missing the presence of Des Hasler and claims training has been harder under new coach Geoff Toovey. Hasler ended a 27-year association as a …
Former Richmond defender Joel Bowden has been appointed as the AFL’s game analysis manager. The 33-year-old, who played 265 games for the Tigers from 1996-2009, winning two best and fairests, …
In the AFL, foreign imports are a curiosity. In Australian soccer, a necessity. In V8 Supercars, a rarity. As the only non-Australasian among the 28 fulltime drivers who kick off …
The long-awaited AFL return of Fremantle midfielder Anthony Morabito will be delayed by at least three more weeks after the 20-year-old injured his quadriceps at training. Morabito missed all of …
Let the battle of the billionaires begin. Gold Coast’s axing from the A-League on Wednesday set the stage for arguably the highest-profile legal battle in Australian sport between Football Federation …
Brisbane NRL centre Jack Reed knows it will be a tough ask to top his remarkable 2011 season, but not impossible. Coming from obscurity to play every game last year …
Henry Frayne can write two pieces of athletic history this week as he aims to qualify for a rare Olympic long jump and triple jump double. Frayne goes into the …
An all-the-way Canterbury win to three-year-old Not A Dancer on Wednesday has earned the filly a shot at a black-type race at the same track in April. Canberra trainer Matthew …
Geelong will welcome back premiership players Tom Hawkins and Shannon Byrnes for Friday night’s AFL pre-season match on the Gold Coast against the Suns. The Cats lost Josh Hunt through …
It has the portents of the immovable object up against the irresistible force – but Newcastle players deny new coach Wayne Bennett is trying to turn the Knights into a …
Timeline of billionaire Clive Palmer’s troubled relationship with Football Federation Australia: June 6, 2008 – Palmer signs Gold Coast A-League licence. August 8, 2009 – Gold Coast make their A-League …
Australian one-day cricket wicketkeeper Matthew Wade has dismissed talk of a rivalry with Brad Haddin, saying it would be “stupid” not to try to learn from him. Wade and Haddin …
A day after trainer John McNair slammed the weight given to Hay List in the Newmarket Handicap, connections have declared the star sprinter will tackle the Group One sprint. Hay …
Brisbane Lions skipper Jonathan Brown will undergo surgery on Wednesday night after fracturing his cheekbone in a collision with a team-mate at training. The champion AFL full forward, who has …
Father and son co-trainers Dave and Scott Brunton dealt a blow to Tasmania’s top stayer Geegees Blackflash with Prevailing who upset him in the $225,000 Launceston Cup. Hobart Cup winner …
