AFL boss Gill McLachlan has sympathy for the banned Essendon players, saying he did not blame them for the saga that led to their anti-doping suspensions. McLachlan has a much …
Continue reading AFL boss has sympathy for banned ‘DonsNew Zealand wildcard Michael Venus can’t help but feel some regrets after losing a tightly fought match with world No.18 Benoit Paire at the Auckland Tennis Classic. In what on …
Continue reading Venus pushes Paire in first-round lossPerennial AFL powers Essendon are at risk of long-term ruin after CAS stunned the league by banning 12 current players for anti-doping offences. Already struggling to recover from their supplements …
Continue reading Anti-doping bans deepen ‘Dons crisisTennis runs in the family for Gold Coast teenager Kimberly Birrell who is about to perform on the nation’s biggest stage thanks to a wildcard into the Australian Open main …
Continue reading Birrell among Aussie wildcards for OpenThe Final Field has been released for the 2016 Alpha Bowl which is to be run at Launceston on Wednesday 13th, January 2016 at 9:00PM. View the Alpha Bowl Field. …
Continue reading Alpha Bowl Field – 2016The retiring Lleyton Hewitt might be on his farewell tour around the country, but men’s tennis in Australia is far from over. For the first time in a decade, Australia …
Continue reading Aussie triple treat in Sydney tennisEssendon players banned for doping violations won’t take the field this year but may take to the courts, with legal action against the AFL club a possibility, a senior sports …
Continue reading Essendon civil case ‘likely’: lawyerManly are no certainty to play out of their spiritual home Brookvale Oval during the 2016 NRL season after their stand-off with Warringah Council reached a flashpoint. The Sea Eagles …
Continue reading Manly lock horns with council over BrookieDespite a text message trail that suggests he set out to test players with a new protein used only on horses, Stephen Dank is maintaining his innocence in the scandal …
Continue reading Dank denies Essendon wrong-doing… againSamantha Stosur’s Australian Open hopes have soared after the resurgent former grand slam champion stormed into the Sydney International quarter-finals for the first time in 11 years. Stosur plundered eight …
Continue reading Stosur powers into Sydney tennis quartersEugenie Bouchard’s comeback from injury continues on a positive note with the Canadian making the quarter-finals of the Hobart International. But it was a far from polished former world No.5 …
Continue reading Bouchard wants better form for Hobart QFSwiss young gun Belinda Bencic has no doubts the world’s tennis aces will recover in time to line up for the Australian Open on Monday. In-form German Angelique Kerber on …
Continue reading Bencic backs stars to be on deck for OpenJarryd Hayne has laughed off conjecture he had a secret meeting with Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson. Speculation was rife that Hayne was contemplating an NRL return after a photo …
Continue reading Hayne laughs off NRL speculationEssendon president Lindsay Tanner says the AFL club needs to accept “collective blame” for the controversial 2012 supplements program which led to one-year suspensions for 34 past and present players. …
Continue reading Bombers’ Tanner not playing blame gameWhile Nick Kyrgios is the Kooyong drawcard, Omar Jasika is another young local hoping to make a name for himself in the Australian Open warm-up tournament. Fresh from his Hopman …
Continue reading Aussie Jasika outclassed at KooyongA revitalised Rafael Nadal insists he’s carrying no psychological scarring and is ready to contend for a second Australian Open crown. Nadal will spend the week recovering and honing his …
Continue reading Nadal upbeat about his Open chancesKEY POINTS FROM THE CAS DECISION Stephen Dank set out to test players with a new polymer used on horses in North America with compounding pharmacist Nima Alavi. In August …
Continue reading Key points from the CAS decisionASADA boss Ben McDevitt feels for the AFL players banned for anti-doping violations, but says they only have themselves to blame. The chief executive said the 34 past and present …
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