Thanasi Kokkinakis says it wasn’t so much the alleged tank, but more the strange manner of it, that has put Nick Kyrgios in the firing line with tennis fans – …
Continue reading Strategic tanking happens: KokkinakisTest observers are struggling to remember the last time the All Blacks played in the uncomfortable conditions promised for Wednesday’s Test against Samoa. Temperatures are forecast to top 30C for …
Continue reading All Blacks bracing for Apia furnaceNSW skipper Paul Gallen has urged his side to embrace the hate they will encounter from Queensland fans at Suncorp Stadium for State of Origin III on Wednesday. Gallen remains …
Continue reading Blues must embrace Queensland’s hateSuperstar quarterback Cam Newton says he is full of respect for AFL players given the physicality of the sport and the lack of protective gear worn. The Carolina Panthers NFL …
Continue reading NFL star Cam Newton a new AFL fanNSW skipper Paul Gallen believes NSW are messing with the heads of their Queensland counterparts in the lead-up to State of Origin III. In his traditional press conference on Tuesday …
Continue reading NSW under Queensland’s skin: GallenMourning AFL club Adelaide is bracing for more difficult days with farewells to slain coach Phil Walsh and a return to AFL action. Crows players have been told they don’t …
Continue reading Game won’t heal wounds: CrowsHOW THE TEAMS SHAPE UP FOR THE ASHES SERIES OPENER IN CARDIFF LIKELY AUSTRALIAN XI CHRIS ROGERS Age: 37 Tests: 20 Ashes Tests: 10 Playing role: Left-handed batsman Test batting …
Continue reading List of likely XIs for first Ashes TestNSW captain Paul Gallen says his team are well prepared to face an intensely hostile atmosphere in State of Origin III on Wednesday. With the Origin series on the line …
Continue reading NSW brace for hostile Origin deciderLleyton Hewitt finally said farewell to Wimbledon on Monday as he bowed out of the men’s and mixed doubles. Playing as a wildcard, the 34-year-old Australian was playing one last …
Continue reading Sun sets on Hewitt’s Wimbledon careerFormer England batsman Kevin Pietersen says his former teammates must fight aggression with aggression if they want to compete in the upcoming Ashes series. And if that means more sledging …
Continue reading England must up the ante to win Ashes: KPCameron Smith has declined an offer by the Nine Network to respond to Alex McKinnon’s scathing criticism of the Queensland and Test skipper. Ex-Newcastle forward McKinnon told the channel’s 60 …
Continue reading Smith declines Nine McKinnon interviewGreater Western Sydney midfielder Adam Treloar is on the radar of a trio of Victorian clubs who are reportedly putting together multi-million-dollar deals to lure the AFL star down south. …
Continue reading AFL star Treloar in serious demandCameron Smith has reportedly declined an offer by the Nine Network to respond to Alex McKinnon’s scathing criticism of the Queensland and Test skipper. Ex-Newcastle forward McKinnon told the channel’s …
Continue reading Smith ‘declines Nine McKinnon interview’Novak Djokovic’s dramatic fight to keep his Wimbledon title defence alive against South Africa’s Kevin Anderson has been halted by fading light. Djokovic, in danger of becoming the first top …
Continue reading Djokovic fightback halted by bad lightRoger Federer and Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday but defending champion Novak Djokovic’s attempt to join them was thwarted by bad light after fighting back from two …
Continue reading Federer, Murray in Wimbledon last eightNick Kyrgios insists Bernard Tomic is “a harmless kid” who was harshly banished from Australia’s Davis Cup quarter-final against Kazakhstan this month. Cup captain Wally Masur on Monday named Kyrgios …
Continue reading Kyrgios says Tomic shouldn’t be bannedDavis Cup captain Wally Masur has named Nick Kyrgios to spearhead Australia’s four-man team to face Kazakhstan in this month’s quarter-final in Darwin. Sam Groth, Thanasi Kokkinakis and long-time leader …
Continue reading Kyrgios named in Australian Davis Cup teamEighteen months after battering the confidence of English batsmen, Mitchell Johnson has been fine-tuning his preparations for Wednesday’s Ashes opener in Cardiff by peppering his Australian teammates in the nets. …
Continue reading Johnson has teammates hopping in the nets

