Roger Federer is too humble to rank himself among sport’s all-time greatest athletes but admits he’s honoured to be in the conversation. In matching Jack Nicklaus’s magical 18 golf majors …
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Warriors legend Clinton Toopi believes if the current roster doesn’t hoist the NRL trophy by the end of next year, the club never will. Expectations have reached fever pitch in …
Continue reading Warriors have to win by 2018: ToopiLocal product Josh Reynolds will captain Canterbury for the first time when he leads an 18-man squad to this week’s NRL Auckland Nines. The Bulldogs have selected a surprisingly strong …
Continue reading Reynolds to lead Bulldogs in NRL NinesWeeks after being snubbed as a contender, Jarryd Hayne may yet share the Gold Coast Titans’ captaincy on Auckland Nines debut this weekend. And it seems Hayne could be in …
Continue reading Hayne may share Titans’ Nines reinsDarren Walton has covered Roger Federer’s unparalleled tennis career since the Swiss’s teary loss to Arnaud Di Pasquale in the bronze medal match at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He believes …
Continue reading A DOZEN GREATEST EVER SPORTSMEN CONTENDERSA place in AFL Women’s history beckons for Collingwood and coach Wayne Siekman says the Magpies are ready for the big stage. Collingwood take on Carlton in the first match …
Continue reading Pies ready for historic AFL Women’s debutCentre Dylan Walker has been included in Manly’s Auckland Nines squad as cover for the injured Matthew Wright. Walker has recovered from off-season surgery to the shoulder he dislocated in …
Continue reading Dylan Walker added to Manly’s Nines squadGreater Western Sydney star Shane Mumford will spend a month of the AFL pre-season on the sidelines after undergoing elbow surgery. The Giants ruckman had floating bone in his right …
Continue reading Mummy out for four weeks with elbow injuryThe smallest crowd in Wellington Sevens history threatens to shut down what was one of the most popular events in Kiwi sport. New Zealand Rugby will announce in March whether …
Continue reading Wellington Sevens crowd size “unviable”Robbie Farah is no certainty to get first crack at hooker for South Sydney this NRL season, according to teammate Adam Reynolds. Halfback Reynolds says Damien Cook has had the …
Continue reading Cook putting heat on Farah for hooker roleAustralian playmaker Todd Carney’s bid to continue his rugby league career with Salford will depend on a successful UK visa hearing on Tuesday. The English Super League club expects the …
Continue reading Carney visa hearing looms for Devils stintEngland will be without another key player for the start of their Six Nations rugby title defence after winger Anthony Watson was ruled out for up to four weeks with …
Continue reading Another injury for Eddie Jones’ EnglandLindsay Park sprinter Faatinah begins a campaign at Caulfield that could eventually lead him to a race at the Dubai World Cup meeting. Faatinah and stablemate Almoonqith have been nominated …
Continue reading Dubai possibility for Lindsay Park duoImported horse Arod is set to have his first-up run in Melbourne in the C F Orr Stakes. Formerly prepared in England by Peter Chapple-Hyam, Arod is now in the …
Continue reading Arod to run first-up in 2017 CF Orr Stakes FieldImproving filly Ahndras is showing trainer Toby Edmonds all the signs she can be a Group One contender this year. Ahndras was having only her fourth start and her third …
Continue reading Australian Oaks or Queensland Oaks mission for AhndrasOpie Bosson has steered Melody Belle to an upset win in the $1 million Karaka Million at Ellerslie, New Zealand’s richest race for two-year-olds. Although she was paying upwards of …
Continue reading Melody Belle wins rich Karaka MillionIt was a most awkward way to win. Not that Roger Federer is complaining. The Swiss ace, more naturally associated with on-court elegance, stuttered to the line in Sunday night’s …
Continue reading Challenge brings Open to awkward endRoger Federer has rejected Pat Cash’s criticism of his fifth set medical time-out in his Australian Open victory on Sunday night. Cash, working for BBC’s Radio 5 Live, called the …
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