Three-time Geelong premiership star Steve Johnson has announced he will end his tenure at Geelong when he plays Adelaide on Saturday. The 32-year-old Johnson will line up for his 253rd …
Continue reading Geelong star Steve Johnson end Cats careerThree-time Geelong premiership star Steve Johnson has announced his retirement from AFL. The 32-year-old Johnson will line up for his 253rd and final game with the Cats when they face …
Continue reading Cats’ star Steve Johnson retires from AFLHawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson says keeping the same team on the park is better preparation for AFL finals than resting players. The defending champions have only made two changes to …
Continue reading Hawks prefer stability: ClarksonAfter a season in which Gold Coast has had to refute claims of a drug culture among its players, it’s no surprise the Suns are being told to keep their …
Continue reading Party’s over for AFL’s SunsPort Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has questioned the integrity of the AFL competition as his team prepare to host a depleted Fremantle. The Dockers have rested 11 players for Saturday’s …
Continue reading Hinkley questions resting of AFL playersBernard Tomic has saved two match points to end Lleyton Hewitt’s US Open career in an epic all-Australian second-round encounter at Flushing Meadows. Tomic, seeded 24th, had to pull out …
Continue reading Tomic ends Hewitt’s US Open careerAfter 400 games and two premierships, Dustin Fletcher has announced the end to one of the AFL’s most admired careers. The gritty defender made the logical call on Friday morning …
Continue reading Fletcher ends storied AFL careerHawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson says he’s not a fan of resting players and believes there’s more value in continuity for his AFL team. The third-placed Hawks have only made two …
Continue reading Clarkson no fan of resting playersHe’s a rising star of the AFL who has played every game this season, so why was Fremantle midfielder Lachie Neale not rested for Saturday’s away clash with Port Adelaide? …
Continue reading Mum’s the word for Docker Lachie NealeGold Coast coach Rodney Eade won’t stop his players having a post-season get-together but he expects the celebrations to be pretty “lame”. The Suns wrap up a troubled year against …
Continue reading Post-season drinks to be ‘lame’ for SunsSam Warburton will heave a sigh of relief when he returns to captain Wales in their final Rugby World Cup warm-up game against Italy in Cardiff on Saturday. Warburton missed …
Continue reading Wales skipper returns ahead of World CupVeteran Essendon defender Dustin Fletcher has called time on his AFL career after 400 games for the club. Fletcher’s storied career has spanned more than 20 years and leaves him …
Continue reading Bombers’ Fletcher calls time on careerLegendary Essendon defender Dustin Fletcher has announced his retirement from AFL football. Fletcher, 40, made the expected call after failing to get himself fit for a farewell game against Collingwood …
Continue reading Fletcher calls time on AFL careerNorth Melbourne’s decision to rest nine players, as minor premiers Fremantle will also do, caught the ire of many but not Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge. Beveridge says the resting …
Continue reading Beveridge backs rested up AFL RoosAndy Murray escaped his earliest US Open exit in 10 years Thursday as the searing heat at Flushing Meadows took the number of men’s singles retirements to a Grand Slam …
Continue reading Andy Murray escapes huge US Open scareAFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan is pushing fixture reform as a way around teams making mass changes in round 23. Fremantle and North Melbourne are resting large groups of their …
Continue reading AFL boss suggests fixture reformLewis Hamilton arrived, smiled, talked and immediately claimed the limelight Thursday when, sporting a mop of newly-dyed blond hair, he warned that Pirelli’s recommendations on tyre pressure for this weekend’s …
Continue reading Lewis Hamilton slams Pirelli at MonzaThird seed and 2012 champion Andy Murray came back from two sets down to defeat tiring Frenchman Adrian Mannarino and make the US Open third round on Thursday. Murray triumphed …
Continue reading Andy Murray survives huge US Open scare

