Essendon coach James Hird has lamented the ongoing leaks that have marked the AFL club’s anti-doping saga. Hird wonders whether it would be better if all the interviews and information …
Continue reading Hird laments anti-doping leaksWarren Mundine, chairman of the prime minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council, has called on the AFL to change its overall attitude towards race and racism. Speaking ahead of the annual AFL …
Continue reading ‘AFL needs to step-up’: Warren MundineWarriors centre Jonathan Wright says the Warriors know any nodding off against a Benji Marshall-inspired St George Illawarra in Wellington could come at a heavy cost. Wright has been moved …
Continue reading Warriors expect Benji at his bestBrisbane Lions skipper Tom Rockliff says he holds no ill feelings towards Gold Coast defender Steven May for delivering the brutal hit that knocked him out earlier in the AFL …
Continue reading No bad blood towards Suns’ May: RockliffSam Groth has blasted 20 aces in a comprehensive win over Feliciano Lopez to advance to the quarter-finals of the ATP’s Washington Open. The Australian was typically powerful on serve …
Continue reading Groth through to Washington Open quartersThe mighty All Blacks are expecting anything and everything from he Wallabies on Saturday, but are adamant they won’t change their own style to counter the dual breakdown threats of …
Continue reading All Blacks aim to go up a notch in SydneyFIVE QUESTIONS CONFRONTING AUSTRALIA AFTER TERRIBLE DAY AT TRENT BRIDGE 1. HOW DO THEY PICK THEMSELVES UP FOR DAY TWO? Michael Clarke insisted after play it’s not over, noting the …
Continue reading Where to now for awful Aussies?Michael Clarke has defended national selectors’ decision to dump allrounder Mitch Marsh for the fourth Ashes Test. Clarke has clashed publicly with selectors in the past year, most notably when …
Continue reading Clarke has no qualms about Test XIStuart Broad could barely believe what he had done after his eight-wicket return took England to within sight of Ashes glory on a historic day at Trent Bridge. Broad took …
Continue reading Eight-wicket Broad savours ‘perfect day’Cronulla boss Lyall Gorman says Andrew Fifita’s six-game ban will hurt the Sharks’ NRL finals push, but the suspension and the $30,000 fine meted out to the former representative star …
Continue reading Fifita ban will hurt Sharks: club bossRory McIlroy has posted two videos on Instagram that suggest he might be able to return from injury in time for the PGA Championship. The world’s No.1 player is in …
Continue reading Videos suggest McIlroy could play in PGAMichael Clarke described his dismissal in the fourth Ashes Test as a case of living by the sword and dying by the sword. Clarke was talking about his innings of …
Continue reading I tried to be as aggressive: ClarkeHorrific. Woeful. Shambolic. Describe the day-one debacle whichever way you like, Australia’s first-innings total of 60 in the fourth Ashes Test is likely to have serious ramifications. It will almost …
Continue reading Questions aplenty after Ashes angstJason Day held a share of the lead late in his opening round of the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational only to throw it away with a couple of bogeys. …
Continue reading Late bogeys cost Day early WGC leadThey are the NRL’s premier defensive unit, but the Sydney Roosters have a habit of conceding big points quickly. Such significant defensive lapses ended their hopes of back-to-back premierships last …
Continue reading The Bondi flood: Roosters’ defensive woesHe recalls not starting a game of rugby at No.8 since the under 12s, but David Pocock is relishing the prospect of testing himself against the world’s best, Kieran Read. …
Continue reading Pocock braces for rugby Test against ReadUtility Steve Morris is the likely inclusion if Richmond leave Brett Deledio out of Friday night’s AFL match against Adelaide. Deledio, who kicked four goals in last week’s upset win …
Continue reading Tigers could lose star for big AFL matchJuan Martin Hernandez has been recalled by Argentina, who made 11 changes to the starting line-up following their heavy loss to the Wallabies two weeks ago. The versatile back and …
Continue reading Hernandez back as Pumas make 11 changes

