James Hird says his trust was broken and that’s why he broke his promise to create a safe environment for his players at Essendon. The former Bombers coach also said …
Continue reading Hird says his trust broken in doping sagaDefending champions usually feature on centre court at tournaments, so do third seeds. Viktor Troicki is both of those in Sydney this week, yet he hasn’t played on Ken Rosewall …
Continue reading Troicki fumes over centre court snubDual grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova has routed qualifier Monica Puig 6-0 6-2 to win her maiden Sydney International title on Friday night. World No.25 Kuznetsova didn’t lose a game …
Continue reading Kuznetsova wins Sydney InternationalFormer Wimbledon semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov will take on defending champ Viktor Troicki for the second time in as many weeks in the final of the Sydney International on Saturday night. …
Continue reading Dimitrov to meet Troicki in Sydney finalEugenie Bouchard seems easily irritated and Alize Cornet intends to be as much of a pest as possible when the pair clash on Saturday in the final of the Hobart …
Continue reading Cornet to bother Bouchard in Hobart finalSpain’s Roberto Bautista Agut and American Jack Sock have produced twin upsets to set up a showdown in the ASB Classic final. Eighth seed Bautista Agut booked his place in …
Continue reading Bautista Agut and Sock in Classic finalAmerican Jack Sock has bounced back from a slow start to storm to a three-set upset of top seed David Ferrer and make his first ASB Classic final. The 23-year-old …
Continue reading Jack socks it to Ferrer in AucklandFormer Wimbledon semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov is through to his first final in 14 months after dispatching Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller 6-2 7-6 (7-4) in Sydney. Dimitrov ploughed through the world No.38 …
Continue reading Grigor Dimitrov books final in SydneyMidfielder David Mundy will take over the captaincy of the Fremantle Dockers for the 2016 AFL season. Mundy replaces long-time skipper and Dockers icon Matthew Pavlich, who stepped down from …
Continue reading David Mundy named Dockers skipperEugenie Bouchard has progressed to the Hobart International final with a win that has left her happy and disgusted. The Canadian former world No.5, on comeback from injury, on Friday …
Continue reading Bouchard through to Hobart tennis finalThe AFL has remembered Ken Judge as a skilled player who helped take Hawthorn to greatness and a shrewd coach with a hard edge. But above all else, he was …
Continue reading AFL’s Judge widely mourned as great blokeWomen’s world No.2 Simona Halep says she has placed no expectations on her Australian Open campaign due to her nagging achilles injury. Halep bowed out in the semi-finals of the …
Continue reading Halep open-minded on Aust Open tennisSamantha Stosur and Hopman Cup winners Daria Gavrilova and Nick Kyrgios will spearhead the local assault on the Australian Open when the season’s first grand slam gets underway on Monday. …
Continue reading Kyrgios, Stosur in Open action on MondayTrent Cotchin will captain Richmond for a fourth straight AFL season, with Alex Rance and Shane Edwards also added to the Tigers’ leadership group. The pair join vice-captains Brett Deledio …
Continue reading Cotchin confirmed as Tigers skipperBelgian David Goffin has won the Kooyong Classic with a sweeping win over Spain’s Feliciano Lopez in the final. The world No.16 made short work of Lopez, ranked 19th, in …
Continue reading Goffin wins Kooyong tennis classicDual grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova will play qualifier Monica Puig in Friday night’s final of the Sydney International. The 30-year-old Kuznetsova trailed world No.2 Simona Halep 5-4 in the …
Continue reading Kuznetsova-Puig in Sydney women’s finalThe tug of war over Jack Bird is officially over with Cronulla re-signing the NRL young gun until the end of 2017. Now all Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has to …
Continue reading Bird re-signs with Sharks until 2017A first-time Australian Open final featuring Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will continue to elude fans after the grand slam titans were thrust into the same side of the draw …
Continue reading No Federer v Djokovic Open final


