North Melbourne defender Nathan Grima has announced his immediate retirement from AFL football after being plagued by a back injury. The 29-year-old will undergo a third operation, this time to …
Continue reading Injured Grima announces AFL retirementThousands of people have flocked to the Adelaide Crows’ training session as the emotional aftermath to the death of coach Phil Walsh continues. The Crows are staging their main training …
Continue reading Thousands flock to Crows trainingJason Day’s vertigo has been linked to a viral infection in his right ear and while Australia’s top-ranked golfer has suffered some potentially permanent nerve damage he insists he’ll be …
Continue reading Day fit to start British OpenThe caddie for 10th-ranked Kim Sei-Young of South Korea was kicked out of the US Women’s Open on Tuesday after being discovered taking cell-phone photographs of course set-up documents. US …
Continue reading Caddie booted out of women’s US OpenThe US PGA Tour hit Scott Stallings with a three-month doping suspension Tuesday after he told officials he had inadvertently taken a supplement that was on the banned list. The …
Continue reading Stallings hit with US PGA Tour doping banSerena Williams has survived a scare to book a Wimbledon semi-final showdown with old rival Maria Sharapova as the world No.1 battled back to defeat Victoria Azarenka 3-6 6-2 6-3. …
Continue reading Serena books Sharapova semi showdownThe Adelaide Crows will hold an open training session as they move towards a return to competition following the death of coach Phil Walsh. Wednesday’s training at AAMI Stadium will …
Continue reading Adelaide Crows in open training sessionVictoria Azarenka claims women players are unfairly pilloried for their on-court shrieking and grunting, blasting boozy Wimbledon fans for mocking her as well as rivals Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova. …
Continue reading Azarenka blasts scream queen criticsThe Wallabies will not be lulled into a false sense of security by South Africa’s poor year at Super Rugby level, assistant coach Nathan Grey says. For the first time …
Continue reading Super Rugby form not everything: GreyEngland skipper Alastair Cook has backed under-fire Gary Ballance to overcome his woeful form against Australia’s left-armed fast bowling battalion. The Zimbabwe-born No.3 batsman goes into the Ashes series, starting …
Continue reading Cook backs Ballance to find formNSW believe Queensland’s champion, yet ageing, State of Origin team is ripe for the picking ahead of Wednesday’s series decider. The Blues have dominated large periods of this series, but …
Continue reading NSW’s time is now says GallenThe secret to Cooper Cronk’s amazing powers of recovery have been revealed ahead of the State of Origin decider in Brisbane on Wednesday night. And it’s not for the faint …
Continue reading Cronk shares recovery secretAustralia and England will wait until the last minute to name their sides for the Ashes opener, but Michael Clarke is confident he knows the hosts’ XI. Chris Rogers is …
Continue reading Aussies unsure about XI for Ashes openerThe cruel fate of friend Brent Tate has convinced injury-plagued Queensland great Justin Hodges to retire from State of Origin football “on his terms”. “I don’t want to go out …
Continue reading I didn’t want to go out like Tate: HodgoMichael Ennis is expected to play his first State of Origin game since 2011 on Wednesday night when he fills in for injured NSW hooker Robbie Farah. Farah’s brave attempt …
Continue reading Farah expected to make way for EnnisWhite shoes, shorts and shirts? Check. Little black book? Check. When it comes to reaching his first Wimbledon quarter-final, unseeded and Vasek Pospisil is leaving no page unturned as he …
Continue reading Little black book inspires PospisilDeemed as no tanker, Nick Kyrgios has avoided another fine following his fourth-round exit from Wimbledon. Kyrgios was widely condemned for seemingly not trying in one horror game in the …
Continue reading Kyrgios avoids another Wimbledon fineNovak Djokovic and Milos Raonic have been left out of their countries’ Davis Cup quarter-final squads but Andy Murray has been confirmed to lead Great Britain’s push for a first …
Continue reading Djokovic, Raonic out of Davis Cup quarters


