Third seed Caroline Wozniacki has overcome a sluggish start to beat Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic 6-4 6-4 in the opening round of the Auckland Classic. Kovinic, who made it into the …
Continue reading Wozniacki wins first-round matchThe Australian Open is less than two weeks away but the leading stars of women’s tennis are struggling to be fit for the first grand slam of the year. Organisers …
Continue reading Women tennis stars in Open fitness raceDefending champion Maria Sharapova and top seed Simona Halep have withdrawn from the Brisbane International due to injury. Sharapova sensationally pulled out of the tournament just hours before her opening-round …
Continue reading Halep, Sharapova out of Brisbane tennisDefending event champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Brisbane International due to injury. The five-time grand slam winner announced her withdrawal just hours before she was due to take …
Continue reading Sharapova withdraws from BrisbaneNew year, same old woes for NRL strugglers Gold Coast. Still reeling from the departure of their best player in James Roberts to Brisbane following an administrative error, the Titans …
Continue reading Titans’ 2016 NRL hopes take further blowNewly appointed Australian rugby sevens coach Andy Friend is making no secret of his interest in having Wallabies star Quade Cooper on deck for the Rio Olympics. But integrating Cooper …
Continue reading Sevens coach expresses interest in CooperFormer All Blacks coach John Mitchell has signed a four-year contract to guide the United States through to the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Mitchell replaces Mike Tolkin as Eagles head …
Continue reading Mitchell to coach US EaglesThe transition to weight-for-age is the likely next step for Standish Handicap winner Durendal who capped a big New Year’s Day for the in-form Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra stable. …
Continue reading Australia Stakes 2016 an option for DurendalLocal star Mighty Lucky heads the 10 entries for the Gosford Gold Cup with leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller nominating three for the Listed race. Waller’s entries for Friday’s 2100m …
Continue reading Chris Waller enters three in 2016 Gosford Cup FieldThousand Guineas winner Stay With Me’s workload has been stepped up as the impeccably bred filly builds towards her autumn campaign. By Street Cry, Stay With Me emulated her dam …
Continue reading Australian Guineas 2016: Stay With Me building up for autumn richesA barrier incident cost Detective the chance to run in a $2 million race and instead the two-year-old has been entered for Canterbury and a share of $85,000. The Peter …
Continue reading Detective to get career back on trackJust days after her win in the Perth Cup, Delicacy’s career is in the balance with the mare to undergo scans on her front legs. Her owner Bob Peters said …
Continue reading Delicacy suffering possible tendon injuryIn-form Melbourne jockey Damian Lane will ride at the Gold Coast for the first time with his Magic Millions day rides headed by Highland Beat in the $2 million Classic …
Continue reading Damina Lane to ride on Magic Millions race day 2016By the time Peace Force gets to the Gold Coast for her Magic Millions assignment, she won’t have raced for seven weeks. But that does not concern her trainer Gerald …
Continue reading Peace Force fresh for 2016 Millions Classic Fillies and Mares assignmentThe Boxing Day meeting at Caulfield was one to remember for fledgling trainer Mitchell Beer and also apprentice Harry Coffey. And this time at Caulfield the two will team up …
Continue reading Beer hoping for more Caulfield races JoyThe Final Field has been released for the 2016 Devonport Cup which is to be run at Devonport on Wednesday 6th, January 2016 at 4:34PM. View the Devonport Cup Field. …
Continue reading Devonport Cup Field – 2016Australia’s John Millman has scored a hard-fought three-set victory over Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy to advance to the second round of the Chennai Open. The 26-year-old from Brisbane was forced to …
Continue reading Millman wins first round at Chennai tennisThese days James Roberts can joke about his troubled NRL past. But the ex-Gold Coast flyer is serious about a “fresh start” in Brisbane that he hopes leads to NSW …
Continue reading Roberts primed for NSW call-up
