His name is forever enshrined on the trophy for international supremacy, but was William Webb Ellis really the man responsible for creating the grand game at the British boarding school, …
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New Zealand’s pre-match haka may be one of sports most famous rituals and often claimed to intimidate opposing sides, but now its benefits to the All Blacks are being questioned. …
Continue reading Haka’s benefit under questionTennis princess Flavia Pennetta feels like she lived out a real-life sporting fairytale at the US Open. After upstaging fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in Saturday’s final to become the oldest …
Continue reading Pennetta lives the dream with US Open winRoger Federer has a simple explanation for why he’s playing on at 34 and bidding to become the oldest grand slam champion in 45 years. “I grew up playing against …
Continue reading Federer playing for fun and tennis historyLeeds coach Brian McDermott has played down suggestions the Rhinos are suffering deja vu after Todd Carney and Krisnan Inu combined to help Catalans Dragons smash the Rhinos 46-16. In …
Continue reading Leeds adamant form isn’t fatalFlavia Pennetta plans to retire at year’s end after upstaging fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the US Open final to become the oldest first-time women’s grand slam champion in professional …
Continue reading Pennetta to retire after winning US OpenFlavia Pennetta announced her immediate retirement from tennis after upstaging fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the US Open final to become the oldest first-time women’s grand slam champion in professional …
Continue reading Pennetta retires after winning US OpenCentre Jamie Roberts has underlined the deep sense of collective pain felt by Wales’ World Cup squad after Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb suffered tournament-ending injuries. As if their Cup …
Continue reading Wales still feeling cruelest of blowsJohn Peers was unable to disguise his disappointment at being overlooked for Australia’s Davis Cup semi-final against Great Britain after also falling short in the US Open final at Flushing …
Continue reading Peers upset at Davis Cup omissionFlavia Pennetta has upstaged fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the US Open final to become the oldest first-time women’s grand slam champion in professional tennis history. In one of most …
Continue reading Pennetta beats Vinci in US Open finalHis car will start from pole at the track where he’s won the last two races but Jamie Whincup doesn’t consider himself a favourite in Sunday’s Sandown 500. It says …
Continue reading Whincup says he’s not Sandown favouriteThe Sydney Roosters must buck a nearly decade-long trend to defend their NRL premiership after being pitched into a do-or-die semi-final clash with Canterbury next week. After looking like a …
Continue reading Roosters must buck history to defend titleDeparting St George-Illawarra forward Trent Merrin says the team earned back some respect from their rivals in their thrilling 11-10 golden point loss to Canterbury in Saturday night’s elimination NRL …
Continue reading Dragons got respect back: MerrinCanterbury are sweating on the availability of monster forwards Frank Pritchard and Sam Kasiano as they steel themselves for a do-or-die finals showdown with a giant Sydney Roosters pack. Pritchard …
Continue reading Dogs sweat on Kasiano and PritchardWestern Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge was obviously gutted to come out on the losing side in Saturday night’s AFL elimination final thriller against Adelaide. But he had no interest in …
Continue reading Beveridge happy to play at the MCGAdelaide coach Scott Camporeale was at pains to point out that all 22 Crows played their part in the epic seven-point elimination final victory over the Western Bulldogs. As he …
Continue reading Big return from star Crows forwardsThe Western Bulldogs were the Cinderella story of the 2015 season and the glass footy boot so nearly fit against Adelaide on Saturday night. The fairytale looked set to continue …
Continue reading Burn of AFL final loss to drive DogsDon’t try telling North Queensland’s Jake Granville there isn’t much of a difference between NRL regular season matches and finals football. The Cowboys hooker, one of the club’s best performers …
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