Playmaker Mitchell Pearce appears set to return for the Sydney Roosters in their must-win NRL semi-final against Canterbury on Friday. Captain Jake Friend said on Monday that NSW Origin halfback …
Continue reading Pearce set to return for RoostersWimbledon champions Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza captured their second consecutive Grand Slam women’s doubles crown on Sunday, defeating Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open …
Continue reading Hingis-Mirza win US Open women’s doublesAfter helping break South Sydney’s premiership drought last year, Michael Maguire says he feels a kinship with Cronulla and hopes they can shatter their NRL title hoodoo. Minutes after the …
Continue reading Maguire backs Sharks for titleJarryd Hayne has signed with major sportswear giant Under Armour, joining some of sport’s biggest names. Hayne will join a high-profile stable comprising NBA stars Paddy Mills and Stephen Curry, …
Continue reading Hayne signs with major sportswear giantSam Groth and Thanasi Kokkinakis are in a four-day shootout to secure the all-important second singles spot for Australia’s Davis Cup semi-final against Great Britain. Bernard Tomic, the country’s top-ranked …
Continue reading Davis Cup shootout for Aussie tennis starsMichael Ennis could miss Cronulla’s semi-final with North Queensland after being put on report for a high tackle. Ennis was a key figure in the Sharks’ 28-12 win over South …
Continue reading Flanagan worried about Ennis reportScrumhalf Ben Youngs has warned England of the danger posed by Fiji if they enter the second half of Friday’s World Cup opener sensing an upset is possible. Given the …
Continue reading England aware of dangers Fiji poseAustralian tennis ace Casey Dellacqua is drawing on the positives after suffering yet more doubles despair at the US Open in New York. Dellacqua’s 6-3 6-3 loss with Kazakh Yaroslava …
Continue reading Dellacqua’s first million-dollar seasonReferees boss Tony Archer has conceded the penalty that allowed Gareth Widdop to send Saturday’s NRL elimination final into extra time should not have been given. Canterbury eventually came up …
Continue reading Refs got it wrong says ArcherUltimately Brad Scott had the last laugh but the North Melbourne coach resisted the temptation to do so publicly after his rested Roos ran over the top of Richmond on …
Continue reading Scott has last laugh on resting AFL RoosCoach Michael Maguire said he was proud of the fight South Sydney showed in their NRL title defence after they were bundled out of the 2015 premiership race by Cronulla …
Continue reading Maguire proud of Souths title defenceNorth Melbourne veteran Brent Harvey has paid tribute to his midfield teammates for their match-winning second half performance against Richmond. North had trailed by 21 points early in the second …
Continue reading Fit North mids made the difference: BoomerSo what now for Richmond? A lot of the commentary around Sunday’s elimination final focused on which coach would be under the most pressure with a loss and Damien Hardwick …
Continue reading Another early AFL finals exit for TigersCronulla skipper Paul Gallen has leapt to the defence of South Sydney five-eighth Luke Keary after an alleged eye-gouging incident. Keary was put on report after his hands came into …
Continue reading Gallen dismisses eye gouge allegationCronulla will check in some vital self belief on their flight to Townsville this week, alongside the finals toughness they displayed in their convincing 28-12 elimination final win over South …
Continue reading Sharks pack belief for Nth Qld NRL finalExactly a year after Sydney thrashed them in an AFL preliminary final, North Melbourne will run onto ANZ Stadium again with much stronger self-belief. The Kangaroos’ 17-point elimination final win …
Continue reading ‘Roos head north again for a finalA devastated Trent Cotchin said he felt “empty” after his side fell to North Melbourne by 17 points in the first elimination final at the MCG on Sunday. The Tigers …
Continue reading I let my team down: CotchinSouth Sydney captain Greg Inglis’s return from knee surgery failed to pay off as his lukewarm performance typified his side’s NRL elimination final loss to Cronulla. Test and Origin star …
Continue reading Inglis fails to fire as Bunnies eliminated


