Michael Firrito doesn’t know if this is his last AFL season or not but the enduring North Melbourne defender is approaching the finals series like there’s no tomorrow. Firrito will …
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Versatile Swan Harry Cunningham has overcome an early season attack of the fumbles to hit form at the right time of the year and possibly earn another crack at shutting …
Continue reading Swan Harry hits form at the right timeWest Coast veteran Sam Butler is the last man standing – and he feels very weird about it. When Carlton midfielder Chris Judd was forced into early retirement in June, …
Continue reading Eagle Butler survives AFL test of timeBig-talking Dan Evans believes he’s living in Bernard Tomic’s head and can scupper Australia’s hopes of sending Lleyton Hewitt out as a three-time Davis Cup winner. After being plucked from …
Continue reading Big-talking Brit vowing to beat TomicThe Wallabies have wholeheartedly backed the directive for referees to rid the World Cup of the “football culture” of diving, saying it is not part of the way they play …
Continue reading Wallabies back World Cup diving crackdownFar from daunted, Thanasi Kokkinakis is relishing the chance to lead Australia into Davis Cup battle against Andy Murray on Friday night. British hopes of reaching their first Davis Cup …
Continue reading Kokkinakis ready for Murray challengeFiji coach John McKee expects his side to “rise to the challenge” of facing England in Friday’s World Cup opener at Twickenham even though the odds appear stacked against the …
Continue reading Fiji confident they can stun EnglandEngland have been told to revel in the fact they are staging a Rugby World Cup, with forwards coach Graham Rowntree insisting Thursday the squad were set for the “time …
Continue reading England ready for ‘time of their lives’Georgia halfback Vasil Lobzhanidze admits the prospect of becoming the youngest player in Rugby World Cup history on Saturday makes him “a little bit nervous.” The 18-year-old Lobzhanidze was selected …
Continue reading Georgia to field youngest ever RWC playerSouth Africa’s white-dominated Rugby World Cup team has not been rattled by complaints about its racial makeup, a key coach said two days before their opening match. “It does not …
Continue reading Springboks not worried by race stormFrance and Italy will be without their star centres when they meet for their opening Rugby World Cup match at Twickenham on Saturday. France’s Wesley Fofana failed to recover from …
Continue reading France and Italy missing star menFormula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton is poised to match the total number of race wins by his childhood idol Ayrton Senna, and says notching a 41st victory in Singapore …
Continue reading Hamilton out to match Senna’s F1 winsAustralian captain Wally Masur has confirmed Bernard Tomic and Thanasi Kokkinakis as his first-day singles players for this weekend’s Davis Cup semi-final against Great Britain. Kokkinakis has been tasked with …
Continue reading Tomic, Kokkinakis in for Davis Cup singlesLleyton Hewitt and Andy Murray traded psychological volleys as tensions rose on the eve of Australia’s Ashes-like Davis Cup semi-final with Great Britain. The battleground – as Britain chase a …
Continue reading Hewitt, Murray in Davis Cup verbal volleysAustralian Jarmila Gajdosova has lost her second-round match in three sets at the Japan women’s open tennis in Tokyo. Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine downed world No.81 Gajdosova on Thursday 6-1 …
Continue reading Aussie Gajdosova loses at Japan tennisSandor Earl has pleaded to be allowed to revive his career next season during a five-hour hearing of the NRL’s anti-doping tribunal. Earl, stood down from playing more than two …
Continue reading Earl faces hearing, pleads for NRL returnAFL club Port Adelaide have axed ruckman Jarrad Redden. The 16-gamer battled knee injuries in recent seasons and was among eight players to be dropped on Thursday from Port’s list. …
Continue reading Port axe AFL ruckman Jarrad ReddenAustralian Joel Monaghan is leaving Super League club Warrington, which he captains, at the end of the season. The former Canberra winger, who has scored 141 tries in 143 appearances …
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