It’s not as if the Chiefs needed help but they’re getting it anyway with All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick returning for their home Super Rugby clash with neighbours the Blues …
Continue reading Retallick raring for Chiefs returnWayne Bennett is imploring Brisbane utility Kodi Nikorima to complete his apprenticeship at Red Hill before entertaining lucrative offers from rival NRL clubs. Nikorima, who has come off the bench …
Continue reading Bennett tells Nikorima to stay put for nowRussian-born Daria Gavrilova has been rushed into make her Fed Cup debut in Australia’s World Group play-off tie against the United States in Brisbane. Gavrilova was called-up just two weeks …
Continue reading Gavrilova named in Fed Cup teamCarlton coach Brendon Bolton has moved swiftly to shut down the possibility of staging for free kicks creeping into the AFL club’s culture. Condemnation for Blaine Boekhorst’s dubious head-duck in …
Continue reading Blues no AFL stagers: BoltonManly big man Martin Taupau has given up on his NFL dream, ruling out trying to follow in Jarryd Hayne’s footsteps. The New Zealand back-rower last year admitted his desire …
Continue reading Taupau gives up on NFL dreamHull KR’s injury-jinxed captain Terry Campese is facing up to another lengthy lay-off, head coach James Webster has confirmed. The 31-year-old former Canberra and NSW five-eighth, who spent eight months …
Continue reading Luckless Campese hit by more injury woeDaniela Hantuchova’s tennis career continues to slide, the former world No.5 bounced out of the Katowice Open WTA event with a 6-1 6-1 loss to third-seeded Latvian Jelena Ostapenko. Hantuchova, …
Continue reading Hantuchova struggles in Kotowice WTA lossThe Highlanders must get out of the blocks faster after last week’s slow start if they want to break a 10-year Super Rugby losing streak against Queensland in Brisbane on …
Continue reading Highlanders look to scrap slow startSamantha Stosur has battled her way through to the second round of the WTA event in Charleston, South Carolina. The 10th-seeded Australian saved 16 break points in the 6-4 6-4 …
Continue reading Stosur into second round at CharlestonJohn Hopoate is considering dropping legal action against the NRL, with the controversial rugby league figure reportedly seeking a provisional trial to coach Manly’s under-18s side. Hopoate is desperate to …
Continue reading Hopoate to drop legal action: reportIn-form Parramatta playmaker Corey Norman is one of several high-profile past and present Eels players reported to be caught up in NRL club’s salary cap scandal. And as speculation continues …
Continue reading Eels stars caught up in cap probe: reportGold Coast captain Gary Ablett says the past 18 months have been some of the most challenging of his storied AFL career. After several seasons where seemingly nothing could go …
Continue reading Returning Ablett enjoying Suns riseThe Western Bulldogs will aim to make Hawthorn defender Josh Gibson more accountable after his astonishing AFL match against West Coast. Gibson was one of the key reasons that the …
Continue reading ‘Dogs will try to put AFL heat on GibsonIt was the indiscretion that rubbed him out for six weeks, but it took Andrew Fifita over six months to heed the lesson. The Cronulla prop admitted he ignored the …
Continue reading Sharks’ Fifita learns referee lessonWhen he’s not throwing his weight around for the NSW Waratahs, Paddy Ryan is opening his arms to teammates in need of a hug. Or at least lending a sympathetic …
Continue reading Rugby star raising mental health awarenessTwo-time Formula One world champions Emerson Fittipaldi is facing serious financial difficulties in Brazil, with authorities seizing trophies and racing cars from his personal museum. Among the cars seized was …
Continue reading Former F1 champ Fittipaldi facing ruinGold Coast have plundered the United States for the AFL club’s latest recruit. Former NFL trialist Brandon Kaufman has joined the Suns as an international scholarship player, becoming the club’s …
Continue reading Suns sign ex-NFL trialist as AFL recruitStar Richmond forward Jack Riewoldt denies they have a problem in close AFL matches and says it is time to move on from the one-point loss to Collingwood. Riewoldt has …
Continue reading Riewoldt backs Tigers’ AFL composure


