John Longmire learnt harder and earlier than most just how good Adam Goodes would end up being. In his last year as a player in 1999, North Melbourne veteran Longmire …
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North Queensland star Jason Taumalolo was been ruled out of New Zealand’s tour of England with the injury-hit Kiwis turning to a seventh uncapped player. Wests Tigers back-up hooker Manaia …
Continue reading Injured Taumalolo ruled out of Kiwis tourAP – Former NRL star Craig Wing will make his Rugby World Cup debut in Japan’s crunch Pool B clash against the United States on Sunday. Coach Eddie Jones has …
Continue reading Former NRL star to make World Cup debutThe All Blacks have hit their straps in the last half-hour to beat Tonga 47-9 in Newcastle and end a stuttering Rugby World Cup pool campaign on a high. The …
Continue reading Strong-finishing All Blacks beat TongaItaly and Romania will be without their inspirational captains and No.8s when they face each other at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday, with Sergio Parisse not fit and Mihai …
Continue reading Italy and Romania lose captainsWorld Cup organisers on Friday sanctioned England assistant coaches Andy Farrell and Graham Rowntree for making an illegal half-time approach to match officials during the hosts’ 33-13 defeat to Australia. …
Continue reading England coaches banned from dressing roomQualifying – let alone winning – at the Bathurst 1000 was the last thing on Ford gun Mark Winterbottom’s mind in the wake of teammate Chaz Mostert’s horror crash. But …
Continue reading Frosty aiming for Bathurst poleInjured V8 Supercars star Chaz Mostert has revealed he feared most for the race officials forced to jump for their lives in the aftermath of his horror Bathurst 1000 qualifying …
Continue reading Mostert feared for Bathurst race officialsMelbourne’s Jeremy Howe is poised to depart the Demons, with Gold Coast making a strong play for the high-marking utility. The 25-year-old has played a number of roles in 100 …
Continue reading High-flying Howe eyes Demons AFL exitAs Bernard Foley prepares to take on the Welsh five-eighth who toppled England seven days before he did, his Wallaby teammates have backed the unheralded star to produce a repeat …
Continue reading Foley, Biggar to light up RWC showdownThe future in Formula One of Red Bull and their sister team Toro Rosso remains uncertain, with Daniel Ricciardo suggesting that staying with Renault engines may end up being one …
Continue reading Red Bull future remains uncertainStar Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has backed under-fire England rookie Sam Burgess to bounce back from a tumultuous World Cup campaign and become a success in the 15-man game. Burgess …
Continue reading Folau backs Burgess to bounce backItalian captain Sergio Parisse’s World Cup lasted just 65 minutes as he is not fit for their final Pool D game against Romania on Sunday. The 32-year-old No.8 said a …
Continue reading ‘Destroyed’ Parisse out of Italy’s RWCNovak Djokovic’s China Open charge shows no signs of slowing after he destroyed towering American No.1 John Isner 6-2 6-2 to reach the semi-finals in a lightning 52 minutes. The …
Continue reading Djokovic blows Isner off court in 52 minsRetiring Sydney champion Adam Goodes has revealed he hadn’t planned to come back for the final weeks of the AFL season until he saw the support from Swans fans, as …
Continue reading Fans convinced Goodes to finish seasonThere is some good news for Collingwood fans at the end of a tough season, with captain Scott Pendlebury re-signing for five more seasons. By the end of the contract …
Continue reading Pendlebury to be a Magpie for lifeRafael Nadal has come from behind against hard-hitting Jack Sock to reach the China Open semi-finals and set up a rematch with his shock US Open conqueror Fabio Fognini. The …
Continue reading Nadal sets up Fognini revenge matchOn any other day, six-time series champion Jamie Whincup would have been all smiles after clocking the fastest-ever V8 Supercars lap around Mount Panorama. But Whincup left the track shellshocked …
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