Serena Williams has set up a third-round showdown at the US Open against her older sister after hitting 13 aces and overwhelming 101st-ranked Carina Witthoeft of Germany 6-2 6-2 in …
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Retiring Melbourne star Billy Slater will miss his final home and away match at AAMI Park against Penrith on Friday night after flying to Cairns to be with a seriously …
Continue reading Slater out of Storm vs Penrith NRL clashNewcastle coach Nathan Brown will discuss a possible full-time shift to No.6 with Kalyn Ponga for next season, as the Knights aim to take the next step towards finals football. …
Continue reading Brown to discuss No.6 jersey with PongaAshleigh Barty has overcome a bizarre mid-match stoppage to safely advance to the third round of the US Open for the second straight year. Barty’s cunning court craft and clutch …
Continue reading Ashleigh Barty sounds warning at US OpenForget about entertaining a sold-out Mt Smart Stadium. Or marking Simon Mannering’s NRL triple century with a flourish. The play-offs are coming so Adam Blair wants his Warriors to grind …
Continue reading NRL Warriors need to stay focused: BlairPenrith caretaker coach Cameron Ciraldo has revealed meeting with NRL referees boss Bernard Sutton as he searches for ways to arrest the Panthers’ pre-finals slump. The Panthers face the prospect …
Continue reading Ciraldo turns to NRL refs boss for sparkFrench women’s tennis player Alize Cornet has accepted the apology offered by US Open organisers, but the row surrounding her code violation for removing her shirt on court won’t go …
Continue reading Cornet forgiving but sexism row growsAndy Murray’s return to the US Open lasted just two rounds as the 2012 champion was eliminated by No. 31 seed Fernando Verdasco 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-4. The Spaniard will …
Continue reading Verdasco puts breaks on Murray slam returnNot everyone gets the fairytale. Just ask Johnathan Thurston. With all due respect to NRL club Gold Coast, the Titans’ home ground would not have been Thurston’s first choice to …
Continue reading No fairytale but plenty of moments for JTSEVEN MOMENTS THAT MADE THE MAN Breaking down the No.7’s brilliant career ahead of Thurston’s rugby league retirement on Saturday. – 2004 NRL grand final Having just signed a deal …
Continue reading Thurston’s top seven momentsOne of the more ambitious spring campaigns has been unveiled after a former English hurdler made a winning Australian debut at Canterbury. As absurd as it would sound to most …
Continue reading Ex-UK hurdler put on a Melbourne Cup pathLess than an hour before his older half-brother Happy Clapper chases another Group One win, Not A Single Cent will be out to showcase his Caulfield Guineas credentials in the …
Continue reading Half-brothers to run at CaulfieldThe smallest horse in Joe Pride’s stable is also the one that carries the biggest weights with Destiny’s Kiss lumbered with 61kg for his defence of the Wyong Gold Cup. …
Continue reading Destiny’s Kiss to line-up in Wyong Cup FieldDollar For Dollar is the outsider in the Memsie Stakes but trainer Tony McEvoy is convinced the gelding is worthy of his shot at the Group One race. The six-year-old …
Continue reading Dollar For Dollar earns Memsie Stakes chanceTrainer Grahame Begg is leaving nothing to chance with impressive Sandown winner Our Libretto. Begg said after the mare won Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Multiverse Handicap that he had entered her for …
Continue reading Our Libretto to be aimed at Caulfield Cup/Melbourne CupA major digital campaign and a chance to bid for a share in a Cup runner will boost interest in the Birdsville Cup meeting and help drought victims this week. …
Continue reading Birdsville Cup set to help drought victimsIn-form jockey Larry Cassidy will have plenty of knowledge of his main rivals when he rides spring carnival-bound Order Again at the Sunshine Coast. Only seven horses accepted for the …
Continue reading Larry Cassidy’s good oil on Order Again rivalsKris Lees can’t match the mega stables for numbers but no one is better placed going into Sydney’s first meeting of spring than the Newcastle trainer. Lees enjoyed his best …
Continue reading Kris Lees trio favoured for Chelmsford Stakes meeting
