Promising filly Formidable has emerged as the new Blue Diamond Stakes hope for co-trainers Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra. Less than two weeks after the stable’s chances appeared to be …
Continue reading Filly aims at formidable Diamond targetA super-fit Jonathan Brown aims to play three of the Brisbane Lions’ four NAB Cup games as he looks to put the injury horrors of 2011 behind him. In his …
Continue reading Brown hungry to rip into NAB CupPaceman Ben Hilfenhaus is back in the Australian one-day squad, further emphasising his stunning form this summer. The Tasmanian was drafted into the squad to replace speedster Brett Lee, who …
Continue reading Hilfenhaus recalled to one-day squadKevin Garnett matched his season-high tally of 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to their fourth straight win, a 98-80 triumph over the Memphis Grizzlies …
Continue reading Garnett carries Celtics against GrizzliesNRL premiers Manly will have a serious crack at winning this month’s World Club Challenge title, the club naming a full-strength squad for the clash with Leeds. All 14-members of …
Continue reading Manly at full strength for WCC clashFed Cup captain David Taylor does not want to “stress out” Samantha Stosur by making her commit to April’s World Group playoffs. Australia’s 4-1 win over Switzerland in Fribourg on …
Continue reading Stosur no certainty for Fed Cup playoffA slow-scoring Queensland are 3-105 at tea on day one of their top of the table Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia at the Gabba. Patient opener Wade Townsend is …
Continue reading Bulls crawl to tea against WAWorld 100m freestyle swimming champion James Magnussen believes his sizzling early-year form is ringing alarm bells among his overseas rivals. Magnussen 20, who burst onto the international scene last year …
Continue reading Magnussen causing alarm for swim rivalsNorth America’s hottest stayer Sanagas is the latest international performer to join Bart Cummings’ Melbourne Cup team. Last year Illo, who like Sanagas is German-bred, was placed in the Moonee …
Continue reading Top US stayer to join Bart’s Cup teamA-League champions Brisbane Roar have become the first Australian club with Asian owners after the Indonesia-based Bakrie Group acquired full ownership on Monday. Bakrie took a 70 per cent share …
Continue reading Indonesian owners take over Brisbane RoarSelectors have chosen an unchanged 14-player squad for Australia’s women’s cricket tour of India next month. The Southern Stars will take the same squad to the subcontinent as that which …
Continue reading Aussie women unchanged for Indian tourIn-form Test swing bowler Ben Hilfenhaus will join the Australian one-day squad to replace injured paceman Brett Lee. Hilfenhaus will join the squad for Friday’s match against Sri Lanka in …
Continue reading Hilfenhaus replaces Lee in one-day squadDarren Gauci hopes to resume race riding in time to celebrate his 30th anniversary as a jockey in early April. The 46-year-old has been sidelined for 7-1/2 months after suffering …
Continue reading Gauci on track for comebackPhil Hughes’ Bellerive nightmare has continued with the former Test opener making just one in the first innings of NSW’s Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania. Hughes’s most recent Test was …
Continue reading Hughes fails, NSW 2-81 v TasmaniaSouth Australian cricket stalwarts Michael Klinger and Callum Ferguson are confused. How can their team be in with a shot of hosting the one-day final, yet be so poor in …
Continue reading SA eye one-day final if they beat VicsAhmad Bradshaw ran six yards for the deciding touchdown with 57 seconds remaining on Sunday to give the New York Giants a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in …
Continue reading NY Giants pip Patriots to win Super BowlAnd then there were four – Mali and Ghana completed the semi-final line-up at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday with tense quarter-final wins over Gabon and Tunisia. Mali’s …
Continue reading Mali down Gabon, Ghana topple TunisiaStrokeplayer Callum Ferguson says he’s disappointed at selectors’ reasoning for being snubbed for Australia’s one-day squad. Ferguson took exception to chairman of selectors John Inverarity’s explanation for being overlooked. Inverarity …
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