Lucie Safarova grabbed the last spot at the WTA finals on Thursday after her last rival Carla Suarez Navarro lost to a qualifier at the Kremlin Cup. Suarez Navarro could …
Continue reading Safarova qualifies for WTA finalsSteve Hansen is on to Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer. Meyer described Hansen’s All Blacks this week as “probably the best team that’s ever played the game,” and South Africa will …
Continue reading Boks coach’s praise won’t win over HansenThe inclusion of prop Joe Moody for the injured Wyatt Crockett is the one change to the All Blacks’ starting line-up for their Rugby World Cup semi-final against South Africa. …
Continue reading Moody to start All Blacks’ RWC semi-finalNew Zealand coach Steve Hansen on Thursday promised “a performance to be proud of” in their Rugby World Cup semi-final against South Africa as he announced just one change to …
Continue reading NZ set for ‘proud’ display in RWC15 semiWorld No.5 Petra Kvitova will spearhead defending champions the Czech Republic in the Fed Cup final against Russia on November 14-15 in Prague. On the hardcourt of Prague’s O2 Arena, …
Continue reading Strong Czech-Russia Fed Cup final line-upsMichael Talia’s manager is confident the AFL will soon clear the new Sydney player of leaking game-sensitive information. Talia, then playing for the Western Bulldogs, came under investigation after last …
Continue reading Talia’s manager says AFL probe nearly doneCam McCarthy’s manager has promised the GWS forward will try again in 12 months to secure an AFL trade to Fremantle. McCarthy was a rarity in this trade period, with …
Continue reading Giant McCarthy wants AFL trade to DockersEssendon veteran Brent Stanton will continue his career under an eighth Bombers coach after signing a new deal at the end of the AFL trade window. The 29-year-old had been …
Continue reading Stanton goes again with Bombers in AFLJust two games remain in the Wallabies’ Rugby World Cup campaign and five-eighth Bernard Foley says he wants the ball in his hands when those Tests are on the line. …
Continue reading Foley happy to be Wallabies’ ‘iceman’Wallabies match-winner Bernard Foley has urged teammates, including prop James Slipper, to back themselves and continue to take risks, believing it’s the best way to break their 16-year Rugby World …
Continue reading Wallaby Slipper encouraged to keep passingFormer Kangaroos prop Jason Ryles has emerged as a shock contender as Craig Bellamy’s successor at Melbourne after being appointed to an assistant coaching role at the NRL club. Ryles …
Continue reading Ryles emerges as Bellamy’s Storm successorOnly four NRL clubs have avoided a change of head coach over the past two years and newly installed Penrith mentor Anthony Griffin says that’s just the way rugby league …
Continue reading NRL coaching is a brutal business: GriffinSydney Swans AFL youngster Isaac Heeney has described the unprovoked king hit that left him with 16 screws and four plates in his jaw as a “cowardly act.” News Corp …
Continue reading Heeney recovering from “cowardly” hitCLUB-BY-CLUB GUIDE TO ALL THE POST-SEASON AFL MOVES ADELAIDE It’s impossible to replace Patrick Dangerfield but the Crows have licked their wounds and moved on with some handy captures. Troy …
Continue reading Club by club guide to the AFL trade windowWhile conceding departed club champion Patrick Dangerfield can’t be replaced, Adelaide have hailed their AFL trade period as a terrific bounty. The Crows lost Dangerfield to Geelong and midfielder Sam …
Continue reading Crows hail terrific AFL trade periodLance Franklin is already training and will be a certain starter in Sydney’s pre-season program, according to the AFL club. Franklin was unavailable for the Swans’ entire finals campaign, having …
Continue reading Buddy will be back for pre-season: SwansThe final pieces of the AFL trade puzzle fell into place just hours before Thursday’s deadline, with Chris Yarran and James Aish landing at Richmond and Collingwood respectively. The duo …
Continue reading Busy AFL trade period comes to a closeValentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo bring their two-man battle for the MotoGP title to Malaysia’s tricky track this weekend for the penultimate race in a season streaking toward a nail-biting …
Continue reading Rossi and Lorenzo resume MGP battle in KL
