The AFL futures of captain Tom Rockliff and midfielder Pearce Hanley are immediate priorities for the new Brisbane regime. Brisbane confirmed former Hawthorn football boss Chris Fagan as their new …
Continue reading Star Lions could be on move in AFLArgentina could not even have dreamed about facing Australia at Twickenham in the Rugby Championship 10 years ago, according to Juan Manuel Leguizamon. The Pumas’ veteran back-row forward has admitted …
Continue reading Pumas happy to be hosting Aust in LondonTennis must raise its game to ensure cases like Maria Sharapova’s do not happen again, the chief executive of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) said on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) after …
Continue reading WTA hope to learn from Sharapova caseThe International Tennis Federation (ITF) will review the process by which it informs players of substances added to its prohibited list after the ban it handed down to Maria Sharapova …
Continue reading ITF reviewing prohibited substance commsTwo matches into his Test career and rising Wallabies tighthead prop Tom Robertson isn’t yet sure if he belongs. But he no longer feels like a fraud. The well-spoken 22-year-old, …
Continue reading Wallaby no longer feels like ‘fraud’The Wallabies have identified power-running Argentinian Facundo Isa as the man most likely to cause an upset at Twickenham this stadium, with Dean Mumm saying it’d be “silly not to …
Continue reading Wallabies wary of power-running Puma IsaIn a thinly veiled swipe, Garth Tander has broken his silence and questioned the timing of the Holden Racing Team’s shock call to dump the former Supercars champion ahead of …
Continue reading Tander questions timing of HRT axingDon’t ask Chaz Mostert to break a leg at this weekend’s Bathurst 1000. He is way ahead of you. But the Ford young gun reckons he has already exorcised his …
Continue reading Ford gun ready to exorcise Bathurst demonsMaria Sharapova has been cleared to return to tennis next April after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reduced the former world No.1’s two-year drugs ban by nine months …
Continue reading Sharapova’s doping ban reduced by CASMaria Sharapova’s racket manufacturer Head has launched a remarkable defence of the Russian star after her doping ban was reduced from two years to 15 months by the Court of …
Continue reading Head continues firm support of SharapovaThirty stayers remain in contention for the Caulfield Cup following third declarations. Turnbull Stakes winner Hartnell was on Tuesday paid up as an acceptor for the $3 million 2400m-handicap on …
Continue reading Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup fields becoming clearerFremantle have dumped Matt de Boer, Tendai Mzungu and Clancee Pearce – all 100-game AFL players – as they continue overhauling their list. The Dockers also told Jack Hannath his …
Continue reading Dockers let go 100-game AFL trioWith temperatures soaring, Nick Kyrgios made sure an injured fan at the Japan Open had plenty of water. The sixth-seeded Australian advanced to the second round by beating American qualifier …
Continue reading Kyrgios, Duckworth advance at Japan tennisRafael Nadal and Andy Murray advanced to the second round of the China Open with straight-set wins on Tuesday in back-to-back matches on centre court. World No.4 Nadal needed little …
Continue reading Murray, Nadal into China tennis 2nd roundSpain’s Rafael Nadal, seeded second, breezed into the round of 16 of the China Open in Beijing on Tuesday, defeating Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi 6-1, 6-1. It was a day marked …
Continue reading Nadal into China Open tennis last 16Greater Western Sydney have locked away another of their emerging AFL stars, with ruckman-forward Rory Lobb signing a two-year contract extension. The 23-year-old 206cm Lobb, who has signed until the …
Continue reading AFL Giant Lobb signs for two more yearsFremantle will focus on a trade for Cam McCarthy after decisions by fellow AFL forwards Jesse Hogan and Rory Lobb not to return to Western Australia. Hogan gave Melbourne’s rebuild …
Continue reading Dockers, Giants talk on McCarthy AFL tradeAustralians Nick Kyrgios and qualifier James Duckworth have won their opening-round matches at the Japan Open in Tokyo. Sixth-seeded Kyrgios has scored a comfortable 7-5 6-2 victory over American Ryan …
Continue reading Kyrgios, Duckworth win at Japan tennis

