Whatever the solution to the AFL’s vexed issue of betting, league chief executive Gillon McLachlan is adamant it is not prohibition. McLachlan admits there is some unease within the AFL …
Continue reading AFL gambling issues complex: McLachlanWill Davison rode his luck to claim his first V8 Supercars race win of the season and the championship lead at Symmons Plains. Shane van Gisbergen looked to have done …
Continue reading Davison triumphs in Tasmanian V8 turmoilEssendon’s supporters should be excited by a bonny batch of fast-tracked baby Bombers, says midfielder veteran Ryan Crowley. Essendon upset Melbourne by 13 points on Saturday for their first win …
Continue reading Take heart from baby Bombers: CrowleyPremiership coach Paul Green has labelled referees boss Tony Archer “the minister for justification” as disillusion with the NRL’s bunker potential as a cure all mounts. Cronulla mentor Shane Flanagan …
Continue reading Green slams NRL bunkerRoger Tuivasa-Sheck has sent his former side Sydney Roosters tumbling to their fifth successive loss to start the NRL season in a sensational 32-28 golden-point Warriors win. The superstar fullback …
Continue reading Warriors deny Roosters in golden pointBen Barba has revealed a stomach bug almost kept him from producing yet another dazzling display in Cronulla’s eight-point NRL win over the Wests Tigers on Saturday. The former Dally …
Continue reading Barba overcame illness to star for SharksSteve Johnson claimed a victory over his former AFL club at the first attempt as Greater Western Sydney stunned Geelong by 13 points in Canberra. Off-season signing Johnson booted two …
Continue reading Giants stun Cats with 13-point AFL winWill Davison has taken a dramatic V8 Supercars victory at Symmons Plains, surviving a late scare to triumph in Tasmania. Davison was stripped of his pole position for blocking James …
Continue reading Davison survives Symmons V8 scareP – Australia’s Will Power has placed third behind New Zealand ace Scott Dixon in the Indycar race in Phoenix to secure mhis first points of the season. Power, the …
Continue reading Power third in Indycar race in PhoenixIf it were up to the greatest player to pull on a NSW jersey, half of this year’s State of Origin team would be filled with baby-faced rookies. Origin may …
Continue reading Joey wants NSW rookies for game oneWill Davison has been stripped of his V8 Supercars pole position at Symmons Plains, handed a two-spot grid penalty. The Tekno driver set the fastest time of the weekend, taking …
Continue reading Davison loses V8 Supercars poleSpaniard Marc Marquez put Honda on pole position for the Argentine MotoGP after a dramatic day which resulted in the replacement of the rear tyres available to riders. Yamaha’s Italian …
Continue reading Marquez on pole in Argentina MotoGPAggrieved McLaren boss Ron Dennis wants Formula One teams to decide whether a driver is fit to race, rather than the governing body’s doctors, after Fernando Alonso was barred from …
Continue reading McLaren fume over Alonso medical banCatalans Dragons continued their recent resurgence as they handed early-season pacesetters Widnes their third defeat in nine days at Stade Gilbert Brutus. Pat Richards’ early try for the Dragons was …
Continue reading Taylor shines as Catalans march onFremantle coach Ross Lyon is confident he can dig his side out of its early-season rut, but admits he might need to throw their new centre-square tactics out the window. …
Continue reading Ailing Dockers to reassess AFL tacticsVictoria Azarenka kept up a banner year when she beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-2 to win the Miami Open on Saturday. Azarenka punished her Russian opponent’s weak serve to wrap …
Continue reading Azarenka wins Miami Open titleThe sexy, attacking Bulldogs might get the headlines but it’s the defensive Dogs that are pleasing coach Luke Beveridge the most. The Western Bulldogs defeated St Kilda by 57 points …
Continue reading Defensive Dogs delight BeveridgeSt Kilda’s home clash against the Western Bulldogs was always going to be a celebration of Nick Riewoldt’s decorated 300-game AFL career, regardless of the result. Most of the 37,000-plus …
Continue reading Riewoldt’s 300th party crashed by Dogs

