Mark Newnham has had the Frank Packer Plate as Gone Bye’s autumn goal for some time but admits he was not expecting the gelding to be taking on a Group …
Continue reading Gone Bye ready for the Frank Packer PlateThe significant prize money on offer in The Showdown at Caulfield is the incentive for Sydney trainer Mark Newnham to send lightly raced colt Write On south for the race. …
Continue reading Mark Newnham heading south for The ShowdownThe ATP has reportedly frozen the tennis world rankings for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, meaning Novak Djokovic’s corresponding weeks at the top of the rankings will not be …
Continue reading ATP freezes men’s tennis world rankingsDual Group One-placed colt Brandenburg will race in blinkers for the first time in the All Aged Stakes at Randwick. Brandenburg has been kept ticking over after his last-start third …
Continue reading Brandenburg gearing up for the All Aged StakesWarriors boss Cameron George is incensed at the lack of communication from the NRL as the clock ticks towards their departure to Australia. The Kiwi club is under the impression …
Continue reading Warriors fuming over NRL restart silenceDaniel Ricciardo will take a pay cut to help Renault through the coronavirus pandemic but talks about his future are already complicated, according to his Formula One team boss Cyril …
Continue reading Ricciardo will take pay cut: Renault bossKyle Larson was dropped by his team Chip Ganassi Racing on Tuesday, after the NASCAR driver used a racial slur during a livestream broadcast of an iRacing esports event. “After …
Continue reading NASCAR driver Larson axed for racial slurRetiring Brisbane star Darius Boyd has smacked down suggestions Queensland players should relocate to NSW to finish the season, saying there’s “no chance in hell” he would move away from …
Continue reading Boyd ‘no chance in hell’ to move for NRLNewcastle went into the coronavirus shutdown undefeated and despite the disruptions skipper Mitchell Pearce plans to keep it that way, when the NRL competition resumes in 2020. For the Knights, …
Continue reading Pearce backs Knights’ NRL title hopesScotland’s highest paid rugby union players are set to have their salaries reduced for the next five months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The move will affect players …
Continue reading Elite Scottish players cop 5-month pay cutRugby Australia and the players’ union are inching closer to an agreement on an interim pay deal, but at least one Super Rugby team received some pay relief on Tuesday. …
Continue reading Waratahs rugby players to be paid in fullDespite initial interest from Mal Meninga, Gold Coast Titans have ruled out signing ex-Wallabies five-eighth Quade Cooper on a short term NRL deal. The Titans and Canterbury were believed to …
Continue reading Titans rule out signing Quade CooperNew Giants ruckman Sam Jacobs is happy to concentrate on his own preparations, unperturbed that the NRL is positioning itself to get the jump on the AFL by becoming the …
Continue reading AFL Giant Jacobs prepared to bide his timeKiwi international Brandon Smith will go into lockdown in a Melbourne hotel later this week when he arrives back from New Zealand ahead of the possible resumption of the Storm’s …
Continue reading Storm’s Kiwi Smith heading for hotelNew Zealand trainer Tony Pike has decided not to press ahead with another Sydney Group One start for The Bostonian. Six of the gelding’s 10 wins have been in Australia …
Continue reading Champagne Stakes chance for NZ trainer Tony PikePaul Gallen has dismissed speculation that the 2020 NRL premiers won’t be worthy winners, saying this year’s coronavirus affected season looms as the toughest. Rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns claimed …
Continue reading 2020 NRL season may be toughest: GallenEssendon won’t seek AFL financial assistance, believing the club’s independence would be partly compromised by receiving funding from the league. The Bombers have joined clubs including Adelaide, Collingwood, West Coast, …
Continue reading Essendon won’t seek AFL funds: presidentPort Adelaide chairman David Koch is cautiously optimistic the AFL premiership season will emerge from the coronavirus shutdown in late July, with an even earlier return possible with a bit …
Continue reading AFL games possible by July: David Koch

