New name, same old story for Jarmila Wolfe as the luckless local suffered yet more Australian Open heartbreak at Melbourne Park. Wolfe, who only broke her eight-year first-round duck last …
Continue reading Wolfe suffers more Open heartbreakJeff Kennett hopes Lance Franklin will one day be able to educate other people about mental health problems after the AFL’s most charismatic player withdrew from Sydney’s 2015 finals campaign. …
Continue reading Kennett hopes Buddy will talkEssendon have signed former Fremantle midfielder player Ryan Crowley for the 2016 AFL season as the first top-up player to join the Bombers in the wake of the WADA supplements …
Continue reading Ex-Docker Crowley joins Bombers AFL squadIf there is such a thing as bragging rights after a straight-sets loss in the first round of the Australian Open, they clearly belong to Kimberly Birrell. The young Queenslander …
Continue reading Three losses for trio of Aussie youngstersNovak Djokovic says there’s no room for match fixing in tennis, recounting how he was offered $200,000 to throw a first-round match in St Petersburg almost 10 years ago. The …
Continue reading Djokovic confirms $200,000 fixing offerThe NRL have found a new sponsor for the Auckland Nines following the collapse of electronics retailer Dick Smith. Engineering and infrastructure group Downer were announced on Tuesday as the …
Continue reading Auckland Nines nets new sponsorTennis journeyman John Millman has seen plenty in his years in the game but his bizarre Australian Open win over Argentine Diego Schwartzman was a first. Millman moved through to …
Continue reading Millman takes win after rival collapsesFour-time finalist Andy Murray has set up a showdown with home hope Sam Groth after steaming through his first-round match at the Australian Open. The second-seeded Murray blasted past young …
Continue reading Murray to face Groth at Melbourne ParkFour-time finalist Andy Murray has set up a showdown with home hope Sam Groth after steaming through his first-round match at the Australian Open. The second-seeded Murray blasted past young …
Continue reading Murray to face Groth at Melbourne Park.Thanasi Kokkinakis has ruled himself out of Australia’s Davis Cup tie with the USA in March as he continues his rehabilitation from a shoulder injury. The 19-year-old on Wednesday said …
Continue reading Kokkinakis out of Davis CupDaria Gavrilova says she has nothing to lose heading into her second round Australian Open showdown against sixth seed Petra Kvitova. The young Australian was a first-round casualty at Melbourne …
Continue reading Gavrilova feels she has nothing to loseThe NRL All Stars game will be without its brightest light after North Queensland captain Johnathan Thurston confirmed he’ll miss the match. Thurston has pulled out of the NRL season …
Continue reading Thurston to sit out NRL All Stars clashNick Kyrgios is living in the here and now, refusing to look beyond his second round as his Australian Open stocks soar. Already viewed by bookmakers as the biggest title …
Continue reading Kyrgios staying in the momentBig-serving Sam Groth has claimed his first victory since last year’s US Open by powering past Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the opening round of the Australian Open. The reigning Newcombe …
Continue reading First win for Groth since US OpenAussie-born Brit Johanna Konta has sent Venus Williams crashing out of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Konta crushed the eighth-seeded American 6-4 6-2 in a first-round boilover on Tuesday. …
Continue reading Venus Williams beaten at the OpenKey forward Paddy McCartin believes St Kilda can play finals this year and says it was an easy decision to re-sign with the AFL club. The Saints announced on Tuesday …
Continue reading Saints can play AFL finals: McCartinTennis wild child Nick Kyrgios has taken on an unlikely big brother role and is backing exciting teenager Omar Jasika to continue to turn heads at the Australian Open. No …
Continue reading Kyrgios backs Jasika to push TsongaKey forward Paddy McCartin has signed a two-year extension with AFL club St Kilda. The Saints announced the deal on Tuesday that will keep the 2014 No.1 national draft pick …
Continue reading McCartin signs two-year AFL deal


