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Manly 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 …
Continue reading I feel for banned Bombers: ASADA bossVictoria Azarenka is the player to watch at the Australian Open after injuries to a number of rivals, former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli says. The former world No.1 last week …
Continue reading Serena in ‘massive danger’ from AzarenkaSamantha Stosur has swept into the Sydney International quarter-finals for the first time in 11 years. Australia’s 2005 runner-up cast aside Slovakian veteran Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 6-2 in 85 minutes …
Continue reading Stosur powers into Sydney quartersASADA 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 …
Continue reading I feel for banned Bombers: ASADA bossIt’s not just the soaring summer temperatures in western Sydney putting the heat on Penrith playmakers Jamie Soward and Peter Wallace this pre-season. New Zealand whiz kid Te’Maire Martin is …
Continue reading Whiz kid puts pressure on Penrith veteransCzech Karolina Pliskova is looking ominous ahead of next week’s Australian Open after breezing into the quarter-finals of the Sydney International with a 6-3 6-0 win over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The …
Continue reading Pliskova through to Sydney quartersPort Adelaide have urged the AFL to ensure banned duo Paddy Ryder and Angus Monfries aren’t lost to the game during their stint on the sidelines. Ryder and Monfries are …
Continue reading Port pair reeling after AFL bans
