Australian Formula One ace Daniel Ricciardo has brushed aside suggestions he must re-unite with former teammate Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari next season if he is to achieve his world championship …
Continue reading Ricciardo dismisses Ferrari F1 switchBrendon Goddard is a fan of the saying that you don’t walk into the future backwards. Certainly, the star AFL midfielder has had to step carefully through a minefield of …
Continue reading Goddard nears end of ‘Dons AFL dealDefending champion Lewis Hamilton reckons Ferrari have something up their sleeve for this weekend’s season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix. Hamilton and his Mercedes outfit are clear favourites to win …
Continue reading Ferrari hide trick up F1 sleeve: HamiltonMelbourne Rebels skipper Nic Stirzaker is set to make his first Super Rugby appearance of the year after being named on the bench for their historic clash with the Sunwolves …
Continue reading Stirzaker returns to boost RebelsFoot surgery has dashed Richmond’s hopes that recruit Chris Yarran might play early in the AFL season. Yarran will be sidelined for about six weeks because he needs an operation …
Continue reading Yarran sidelined for six weeks in AFLBillionaire former sponsor Harry Triguboff has ruled out buying Balmain’s share in the Wests Tigers. The Balmain side of the merger has just two weeks to cough up the $5.4 …
Continue reading Triguboff won’t bail Balmain outAfter a fortnight of stewing, the NSW Waratahs are bent on stamping their authority on the Super Rugby season in Friday night’s bumper showdown with the benchmark Highlanders. The 2014 …
Continue reading Waratahs stinging for Super redemptionEssendon captain Brendon Goddard admits talk about whether they deserve to play in the annual AFL Anzac Day blockbuster has hit a nerve. Goddard has dismissed the heightened speculation this …
Continue reading Star backs Dons’ AFL Anzac Day gameMelbourne coach Craig Bellamy has emphatically ruled out any chance of injured fullback Billy Slater playing again this NRL season. Slater this week underwent his second shoulder reconstruction in nine …
Continue reading Bellamy rules out early Slater NRL returnTodd Greenberg’s seemingly inevitable ascension to the NRL chief executive role has been welcomed across rugby league as good for the game. Greenberg is expected to be officially rubber-stamped as …
Continue reading Greenberg popular with NRL clubs, playersMelbourne Rebels skipper Nic Stirzaker is set to make his first Super Rugby appearance of the year after being named on the bench for their clash with the Sunwolves in …
Continue reading Stirzaker back for RebelsNot for the first or the last time, captain Luke Hodge has batted away the pessimism of Hawthorn preparing for the AFL season opener without five of their premiership contributors. …
Continue reading Hodge says Hawks ready in AFLBen Daley’s latest long-term injury is not a career-ender, according to Queensland Reds interim co-coach Matt O’Connor. Having just recovered from off-season shoulder surgery, Daley is set to miss the …
Continue reading Daley’s career not over: Reds co-coachMoses Mbye has a chance to prove he’s one of the NRL’s elite playmakers when he takes on the man who, at one time, almost wore his Canterbury No.6 jumper …
Continue reading Mbye ready to lock horns with Foran in NRLMelbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has emphatically ruled out any chance of injured fullback Billy Slater playing again this NRL season. Slater underwent his second shoulder reconstruction in nine months …
Continue reading Slater no hope of finals return: BellamyBen Barba has emerged as the bolter for the Queensland fullback vacancy created by an injured Billy Slater. While it is believed Slater will be invited into the Maroons’ camp …
Continue reading Barba looms as Qld Origin No.1 bolterThe Warriors are relieved to have Ben Matulino on deck to face Melbourne this weekend, with coach Andrew McFadden admitting he was surprised the prop was cited for a shoulder …
Continue reading Warriors relieved Matulino free to playA reduction in interchange cards hasn’t reduced Canterbury’s grunt, but that won’t stop teams attacking them up the middle. That’s the belief of Parramatta coach Brad Arthur, who still has …
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