Jockey Craig Williams says Black Caviar’s first test over 1400 metres against last year’s Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed sets up one of the most exciting contests for the unbeaten …
Continue reading Speed has Caviar in her sightsMitchell Marsh has led a Western Australia couter attack as Queensland stumbled with the bat in the Sheffield Shield clash at the Gabba on Wednesday. Marsh (2-14) broke a 53-run …
Continue reading Qld 3-91 2nd innings v WA in ShieldIn a sport notorious for irrelevant comparisons between champions of different eras, an exception has emerged that helps answer the one slight knock on the unbeaten sprinter Black Caviar. As …
Continue reading Caviar on a par with Phar LapPeter Snowden is on the lookout for one of his many juveniles to step up to the mark for the two-year-old features and at this stage Applegate looks the one …
Continue reading Applegate the one most likelyMelbourne halfback Cooper Cronk believes former Test prop Jason Ryles could give the Storm the physical edge they’ve been missing this NRL season. Ryles, who has joined from the Sydney …
Continue reading Ryles set to make Melbourne debutSouth Korean prosecutors have arrested four people over alleged match-fixing in professional volleyball, officials said on Wednesday. A former player with the KEPCO45 team allegedly took bribes from a gambling …
Continue reading Four arrests over volleyball match-fixingBerrick Barnes will get first crack at captaining the NSW Waratahs in the absence of Rocky Elsom in their opening trial, but isn’t yet guaranteed to lead them into the …
Continue reading Barnes to lead Waratahs in first hitoutSuzann Pettersen aims to start bridging the chasm to record-breaking world No.1 Yani Tseng when the US LPGA Tour season begins at the Women’s Australian Open on Thursday. Long a …
Continue reading Pettersen covets Tseng’s world No.1 crownTasmanian captain George Bailey has notched a quickfire half-century as the Tigers try to breathe some life into the rain-disrupted Sheffield Shield match against NSW at Bellerive. Bailey has 71 …
Continue reading Bailey notches fast 50 for TasmaniaTrainer Ron Leemon has stuck to his original plan to kick off Manawanui’s autumn campaign in Saturday week’s Royal Sovereign Stakes. Connections had toyed with running the three-year-old against the …
Continue reading Tommy Berry to ride ManawanuiNewcastle have announced plans to launch a hall of fame this season to mark the NRL club’s 25th anniversary. Supporters will be invited to select a list of the club’s …
Continue reading Knights to open hall of fameWhen Misbah-ul-Haq was appointed Test captain in the midst of Pakistan cricket’s darkest days, only the most ardent supporters could have imagined the dramatic transformation that culminated this week in …
Continue reading Misbah oversees Pakistan cricket riseWhen Tiger Woods was starting out on the PGA Tour, he thought playing hurt was just part of what it took to become a successful golfer. “I think when we …
Continue reading No pain, no gain for Tiger WoodsEssington’s new Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds will take a wait-and-see approach before deciding the talented sprinter’s immediate future. Essington and jockey Chris Munce will be reunited when the five-year-old …
Continue reading Wait-and-see approach with EssingtonThis week we head to the majestic Pebble Beach in California for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am. This event first started in 1937 at the Rancho Santa Fe …
Continue reading AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro Am 2012 PreviewSt Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt says he has never felt so excited to be leading the AFL club. The Saints officially confirmed on Wednesday that the five-time best and fairest …
Continue reading Riewoldt retains Saints’ AFL captaincyStriker Fred scored just three minutes into the match and Fluminense held on for a 1-0 win over Arsenal of Argentina in both teams’ opening game in Group 4 of …
Continue reading Fluminense beat Arsenal 1-0 in BrazilThe Australian Turf Club has announced a new sponsor for the Sydney autumn carnival, car company BMW. The deal means BMW will hold naming rights to the ATC’s flagship carnival, …
Continue reading New sponsor for Sydney carnival


