After three race wins and three other podiums last season, Daniel Ricciardo expected to be challenging the Formula One championship in 2015. Instead, his under-performing Renault-powered Red Bull has him …
Continue reading Ricciardo resets amid poor F1 seasonGeelong have confirmed a calf muscle injury will sideline Mitch Duncan for Saturday night’s crucial AFL blockbuster against Hawthorn. The Cats took the midfielder out of their side on Friday …
Continue reading Calf injury sidelines key Cats midfielderBig end-of-season NRL games are traditionally won by big name players but skipper Paul Gallen believes Cronulla’s lack of a superstar will actually hold them in good stead. Alongside Sydney …
Continue reading Sharks don’t need a superstar: GallenFP – Australian Minjee Lee has started solidly at the LPGA Tour’s Portland Classic, carding an opening-round 68 to sit three shots off the lead. Americans Sandra Changkija and Amy …
Continue reading Minjee Lee in solid opening at LPGA eventNorth Melbourne key defender Robbie Tarrant has marked his most consistent AFL season by signing a new deal to stay with the Kangaroos. Tarrant, 26, was due to come out …
Continue reading Tarrant opts to stay at AFL club NorthNorth Melbourne’s hopes of six wins on the trot have been bolstered with in-form forward Shaun Higgins set to play against St Kilda in Hobart after overcoming a knee injury. …
Continue reading Higgins strengthens Roos v SaintsSouth Sydney may turn to reformed NRL bad boy Paul Carter to solve their hooking crisis with Issac Luke facing up to a month on the sidelines. Luke and Rabbitohs …
Continue reading Keary and Luke facing NRL bansSt Kilda will look to their keen young guns to bring North Melbourne’s AFL winning streak to an end when the teams meet in Hobart on Saturday. Captain Nick Riewoldt …
Continue reading Aggression the key, says RiewoldtWallabies coach Michael Cheika pretty much asked for it, and now New Zealand has duly obliged. The All Blacks are set to make a bee-line straight for man-of-the-moment Quade Cooper …
Continue reading Quade set for brutal Eden Park examinationWallabies coach Michael Cheika has played down his selection of Quade Cooper for Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup decider, saying the enigmatic five-eighth is simply another cog in the Australian machine. It …
Continue reading Cooper selection is not a ‘statement’St Kilda will look to their keen young guns to bring North Melbourne’s AFL winning streak to an end when the teams meet in Hobart on Saturday. Captain Nick Riewoldt …
Continue reading Aggression to serve well, says RiewoldtIn-form Kangaroos forward Shaun Higgins is a likely starter for Saturday’s game against St Kilda in Hobart. Suffering a knee complaint after the Roos last-round win over Melbourne, a cloud …
Continue reading Higgins to play for Roos against SaintsCronulla mentor Shane Flanagan has admitted he feared being sacked by the Sharks after the club’s horror start to the NRL season. After a 0-4 start to the year and …
Continue reading I thought Sharks might sack me: FlanaganThe Wallabies are not shying away from the fact a cauldron of hatred and abuse awaits them at Eden Park. But rather than blocking it out or pretending it’s not …
Continue reading Cheika wants Wallabies to embrace the hateTennis Australia will keep Lleyton Hewitt’s arm around the shoulder of Nick Kyrgios, helping to nurse the star through the US Open to next month’s Davis Cup semi-final. Kyrgios was …
Continue reading Kyrgios will play in Davis Cup semiPREVIEW OF THE ALL BLACKS-WALLABIES TEST IN AUCKLAND SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1730AEST New Zealand v Australia at Eden Park Head to Head: New Zealand 104, Australia 42, Draw 7 Last …
Continue reading All Blacks v Wallabies previewChristos Kyrgios has come to his under-fire brother’s defence, explaining Nick’s sledging was due to an already rocky professional relationship with Stan Wawrinka. On Wednesday, during a second-round match at …
Continue reading Kyrgios’ brother says Nick is ‘respectful’Christos Kyrgios has come to his under-fire brother’s defence, explaining Nick’s sledging was due to an already rocky professional relationship with Stan Wawrinka. On Wednesday, during a second-round match at …
Continue reading Kyrgios’ brother says Nick is “respectful”
