The Sydney Roosters are desperate to avoid a second straight disappointing NRL exit but are confident they have the fresh legs can carry them through to the title. Should Trent …
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Top-seeded Stan Wawrinka laboured to a 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) win over Dustin Brown to reach the quarter-finals of the Moselle Open on Thursday. Starting his campaign at the indoor …
Continue reading Wawrinka advances to Moselle Open quartersReigning champions St Helens ended the regular Super League season on a low with a 32-16 home defeat to Warrington that means they finish fourth and face an away tie …
Continue reading St Helens slip up against WarringtonA second stuttering performance from the All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup has accounted for Namibia 58-14 at London’s Olympic Stadium. An Olympic-sized victory was predicted for the world …
Continue reading Scratchy All Blacks notch second RWC winWarren Gatland says Wales will not single out Sam Burgess for special attention in Saturday’s crunch World Cup clash against England. Burgess, despite playing just 112 minutes of international rugby …
Continue reading Wales won’t single out BurgessA former NRL representative player reportedly took up to 50 valium tablets a day at the height of his prescription drug addiction. The player said his two-year addiction was fuelled …
Continue reading Former NRL player took 50 valiums a dayTHREE REASONS WHY YOUR TEAM SHOULD WIN THE NRL PREMIERSHIP SYDNEY ROOSTERS * Experience counts: Of the sides left in the competitions, the Roosters have the most finals experience with …
Continue reading Why your team will win the NRL titleMiffed by criticism, Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has leapt to the defence of vice-captain Michael Hooper’s decision to go for goal, rather than push for a fourth try, in their …
Continue reading Cheika defends decision to go for goalHawthorn didn’t handle the dimensions of Domain Stadium well in their last visit so they went to school on one of the longest, yet skinniest, AFL grounds in the country. …
Continue reading Hawthorn recreate Subiaco at WaverleyTodd Goldstein’s key to preparing for the most anticipated clash of this weekend’s AFL preliminary finals is focus on himself first and Nic Naitanui second. Four days after Goldstein was …
Continue reading Goldstein to have pivotal AFL duel in ruckWayne Bennett believes unorthodox Brisbane props Adam Blair and Sam Thaiday typify the spirit of their last NRL premiership-winning bookends. But that’s where the similarities with the legendary Shane Webcke …
Continue reading Different props inspire NRL’s BroncosTwo-time premiership coach Denis Pagan has warned West Coast their flag hopes will go up in smoke if they are already thinking about the grand final. The eighth-placed Kangaroos are …
Continue reading Complacency could hurt Eagles: PaganFremantle goalsneak Michael Walters says the tough love he received from coach Ross Lyon saved his AFL career. Walters’ career was at the crossroads in 2012 when he was banished …
Continue reading Lyon’s tough love saves wayward WaltersJules Bianchi’s father admits he still cannot bring himself to watch Formula One almost a year after the Frenchman’s fatal crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. The Marussia driver smashed …
Continue reading Bianchi’s father can’s watch F1Kevin Pietersen has admitted England’s successful Ashes campaign vindicated the selectors’ decision not to pick him against Australia. Pietersen began the season hoping for an unexpected recall to the Test …
Continue reading KP: England were right to axe meEddie Jones says Japan are still in a perfect position to reach the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals despite a heavy defeat by Scotland. The 55-year-old, who masterminded the shock 34-32 …
Continue reading Jones bullish about Japan’s RWC hopesSamoa coach Stephen Betham says he’s selected a side that is capable of taking full advantage of the wounded South Africans on Saturday Samoa opened their campaign with a 25-16 …
Continue reading Samoa ready to heap more woe on SpringboksEngland’s Sam Burgess pointedly asked “Who?” when informed Wales’ Scott Williams would rather face him than Jonathan Joseph in Saturday’s World Cup showdown at Twickenham. Ten months after his transfer …
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