Cairns Taipans are confounding basketball tipsters as they battle to stay on the NBL finals tightrope. Last season’s losing grand finalists (13-10) are locked in a three-team battle with Queensland …
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Northcliffe’s Elizabeth Pluimers captured her second Ironwoman Series crown on Sunday when she won the sixth and final round at Noosa Heads. Kristyl Smith, who held a slender one-point series …
Continue reading Pluimers takes out ironwoman crownQueensland’s Sheffield Shield ladder lead is in serious jeopardy after they were reduced to a second innings 8-120 on day three of the match against Tasmania at Bellerive. The Bulls …
Continue reading Queensland’s Shield lead in jeopardyNSW reached the lunchbreak unscathed but still need a minor miracle to save their Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia at the WACA Ground. The Blues were 0-24 at lunch …
Continue reading NSW 0-24 but in deep trouble against WAExpect Carlton captain Chris Judd to play during the AFL pre-season, with no concerns whatsoever about his fitness. That is the word from Blues team-mate Kade Simpson, who believes the …
Continue reading Chris Judd nearly ready for AFL actionStakes races in Sydney and Melbourne beckon for speedy filly Satin Shoes, among them Saturday’s Group One Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield. The Clarry Conners-trained three-year-old showed her readiness with an …
Continue reading Oakleigh Plate dilemma for Satin ShoesWestern Australia have declared their first innings with a lead of 469, shortly after Liam Davis brought up a superb triple century on day three of the Sheffield Shield clash …
Continue reading WA declare against NSW with huge leadThe same racial stereotypes that dogged Yao Ming early in his NBA career are now being cast upon Harvard educated, New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin. American sports network ESPN …
Continue reading NBA Lin attracts racial slursJames Tedesco is the fullback of the future at Wests Tigers, but even skipper Robbie Farah doesn’t know if that NRL future is a matter of weeks, months or years …
Continue reading Tigers won’t rush NRL whiz-kid TedescoThe coach might have changed but the mantra hasn’t – attack will continue to take a back seat to defence at St George Illawarra. Preaching the line that had become …
Continue reading Dragons on the defensive for NRL openerPakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria on Saturday pleaded innocence in the spot-fixing case which ended in his Essex county team-mate Mervyn Westfield being jailed for four months. The two players were …
Continue reading Kaneria pleads innocence in cricket fixingKevin Pietersen scored his first one-day international century in more than three years as England took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the four-match series against Pakistan with an emphatic nine-wicket …
Continue reading England clinch ODI series v PakistanAfter years with no real expectations to carry, it seems players, coach and officials at Carlton are relishing some added weight. For the first time in a decade, Carlton are …
Continue reading Blues relishing added AFL expectationsThe Sydney Cup has emerged as a target for up and coming stayer Cheviot Beach this autumn. The lightly-raced five-year-old landed his first metropolitan win at Flemington on Saturday in …
Continue reading Cheviot Beach Sydney Cup boundSydney Roosters coach Brian Smith says skipper Braith Anasta will start the NRL season in the No.6 jumper despite another standout display from new recruit Daniel Mortimer. Handed a lifeline …
Continue reading Anasta holds onto No.6 for NRL openerWellington Phoenix soccer midfielder Daniel could be sidelined for up to three weeks after picking up an ankle injury in the 2-0 loss to A-League leaders Central Coast. While his …
Continue reading Injured Daniel on A-League sidelinesSamantha Stosur has become the first Australian woman to earn $US10 million in tennis career prizemoney en route to a daunting WTA Qatar Open final clash with world No.1 Victoria …
Continue reading Stosur breaks $10m barrier on way to finalSYDNEY Feb 19 AAP – Wimbledon junior champion Ashleigh Barty won her first title a professional on Sunday, defeating No.2 seed Olivia Rogowska in straight sets in the final of …
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