Promising Australian tennis player Omar Jasika says he wakes up pinching himself that he’s about to play in his first grand slam tournament. The 18-year-old from Melbourne was granted a …
Continue reading Jasika pumped to play first Aust OpenFormer French Open runner-up Sara Errani is the second woman through to the quarter-finals of the Sydney International with a tight twin-tiebreaker win over former world No.1 Jelena Jankovic. Down …
Continue reading Errani into Sydney tennis quartersHOW THE ESSENDON SUPPLEMENTS SCANDAL UNFOLDED 2011 After finishing eighth and with an obvious lack of body strength, coach James Hird promises an intense pre-season. Essendon recruit fitness coach Dean …
Continue reading Essendon doping scandal timelineLleyton Hewitt admits he’s become a little embarrassed by the fanfare as his seemingly endless summer farewell tour winds its way to Melbourne Park for a record 20th straight Australian …
Continue reading Hewitt counts down to Open swansongWallabies winger Nick Cummins is returning to the form of the game where he first made his mark after signing with the Australian men’s Sevens rugby program in a bid …
Continue reading Honey Badger sweet for Sevens rugby teamUnable to crack a NRL starting side barely 12 months ago, Jake Granville is considered a worthy replacement for Cameron Smith by Queensland State of Origin coach Kevin Walters. Granville’s …
Continue reading Granville marked for more league honoursShe’s a woman of few words but world No.35 Camila Giorgi is letting her tennis do the talking at the Hobart International where she has progressed to the quarter-finals. The …
Continue reading Giorgi reaches Hobart tennis quartersEssendon skipper Jobe Watson will learn in February whether he will be stripped of the 2012 Brownlow Medal. Watson was one of 17 current AFL players hit with playing bans …
Continue reading Watson to learn Brownlow fate next monthAFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan believes Essendon will overcome the devastating impact of doping bans, announcing plans to allow the besieged club to bring in new players. Essendon will be …
Continue reading Weakened Dons will be tested: AFLEssendon skipper Jobe Watson will learn in February whether he will be stripped of the 2012 Brownlow Medal after he one was one of 34 players hit with one-year bans …
Continue reading Watson’s Brownlow Medal to be reviewedBernard Tomic must lift his workrate if he’s to reach his potential and make the world top 10, former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic says. Tomic, who enters next week’s Australian …
Continue reading Tomic must work harder: IvanisevicThe players’ association wants the AFL to consider a withdrawal from WADA’s anti-doping regime and considers legal action a “very high” likelihood after the handing of year-long bans to current …
Continue reading AFL Players Assn calls for WADA withdrawalAFL Players’ Association boss Paul Marsh insists the 34 current and former Essendon players banned for a year by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for violating anti-doping rules have …
Continue reading Essendon players get strong AFLPA backingPort Adelaide are devastated that they will be without banned duo Paddy Ryder and Angus Monfries for the upcoming AFL season. The pair are among 34 past and present Bombers …
Continue reading Port ‘devastated’ for banned AFL pairBenji Marshall has “a lot of kilometres left in his legs” so he won’t be going anywhere any time soon, Dragons teammate Jason Nightingale says. Nightingale has dismissed speculation the …
Continue reading Marshall not going anywhere: NightingaleSports Minister Sussan Ley has taken a swipe at the former Labor government over their handling of the anti-doping case against AFL club Essendon. The federal government said it needed …
Continue reading Fed govt lashes Labor over Essendon rulingAustralian rider Toby Price has stormed into the overall lead at the Dakar Rally after winning stage eight of the gruelling race. Starting the day three minutes and 12 seconds …
Continue reading Aussie Price grabs lead at Dakar RallyFormer Essendon coach James Hird has slammed the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to hand 12-month bans to 34 current and former players, labelling it a “miscarriage of justice”. …
Continue reading ‘Miscarriage of justice’: Hird slams bans

