South Sydney’s premiership defence hinges on their ability to make a statement against the NRL’s heavyweights over the next month according to hooker Issac Luke. Finals-intensity football has come a …
Continue reading Souths face tough run in NRL title defenceEssendon veteran Adam Cooney must front the AFL tribunal after cannoning into GWS midfielder Stephen Coniglio. Cooney came off the square at a centre bounce and collected Coniglio high in …
Continue reading Essendon’s Cooney to front AFL tribunalWests Tigers skipper Robbie Farah has described David Shillington’s alleged headbutt on teammate Aaron Woods as “pretty poor” behaviour for an NRL veteran. The Canberra prop was sent off in …
Continue reading Shillington’s behaviour was poor: FarahSettling on Australia’s next ODI spinner looms as selectors’ toughest ask when they name a squad for the series that follows the Ashes. The vast majority of the Test squad …
Continue reading Aussie selectors mull ODI spinnerCode-hopping superstar Sam Burgess will have a chance to book his place in the England rugby union side’s World Cup squad after being handed a Test debut by coach Stuart …
Continue reading Burgess picked to debut for England rugbyGeelong defender Jackson Thurlow has done the hard yards on the way to earning his AFL Rising Star nomination. The 21-year-old made his debut two years ago and played four …
Continue reading Thurlow earns AFL Rising Star nodCollingwood coach Nathan Buckley is determined to support banned players Lachie Keefe and Josh Thomas, saying he hopes they play in the AFL again. Buckley added their anti-doping cases again …
Continue reading Buckley backs banned AFL pairCanberra’s hopes of an NRL finals berth are hanging by a thread, after going down 20-18 to Wests Tigers at GIO Stadium on Monday night. Needing to win at least …
Continue reading Tigers upset Raiders 20-18 in NRLEssendon chairman Paul Little has hit back at former coach Mark Thompson, who blasted the struggling AFL club at the weekend. Thompson says that the Bombers are “drowning” as a …
Continue reading ‘Dons boss hits back at Thompson in AFLTwo of Queensland’s best-performed horses, Rudy and Teronado, will ramp up their spring preparations when they run against each other in a 1000m barrier trial at the Gold Coast on …
Continue reading Epsom Handicap 2015: Rudy and Teronado to face off in trialSince he’s been gelded, Japonisme has struck a purple patch of form which has earned him the right to take on high profile colt, Golden Slipper winner Vancouver, in the …
Continue reading Japonisme in San Domenico Stakes 2015 class testHis future at stud is already locked in and all Rich Enuff needs now is a Group One win to further enhance his prospects. The Ken Keys-trained four-year-old took the …
Continue reading Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 2015: Rich Enuff wins trial at CranbourneVRC Oaks winner Set Square will bypass the P B Lawrence Stakes with trainer Ciaron Maher preferring to give the mare another trial before sending her to the races. Set …
Continue reading Set Square to bypass PB Lawrence Stakes 2015John Sargent is an enviable position with three Group One performers heading to the major spring races and the trainer’s biggest problem is keeping them apart as long as possible. …
Continue reading Melbourne Cup 2015: Sargent-trained mares ready for springWest Coast forward Mark LeCras can reduce his AFL suspension with an early plea, even though he has already accepted two match review panel fines this season. LeCras was charged …
Continue reading Eagles’ LeCras offered one-game AFL banGeelong admit they ordered a drug from a company associated with banned sports scientist Stephen Dank. But the AFL club is adamant that the substance is legal and it has …
Continue reading AFL cleared us over Dank links: GeelongThe Sydney Sixers have signed Greg Shipperd, Australia’s most successful domestic T20 cricket coach, for the summer’s Big Bash League season. Shipperd helped Victoria to four interstate T20 titles and …
Continue reading Sixers sign ShipperdEmerging Wallabies scrum threat Scott Sio has credited captain Stephen Moore and David Pocock for helping build his mental toughness, as he strives to become the second generation of his …
Continue reading Sio benefits from Wallaby wisdom

