Giant-killing Australian Sam Groth has claimed the scalp of world No.14 Feliciano Lopez in a three-set showdown to storm into the Mercedes Open quarter-finals in Stuttgart. The big-serving Groth prevailed …
Continue reading Groth takes out Lopez in StuttgartWest Indies batsmen Marlon Samuels and Jermaine Blackwood are both in doubt on the eve of the second Test against Australia in Jamaica. Samuels, who top-scored with 74 in the …
Continue reading Windies batting duo in doubt for TestAfter 11 years with the Melbourne Storm, including winning the 2012 NRL premiership, Ryan Hoffman jokes he had to move to New Zealand to achieve one of his biggest goals …
Continue reading Hoffman embraces MCG homecomingAustralia captain Michael Clarke says he won’t be surprised if the West Indies bounce back hard from their first Test humiliation. The tourists claimed a thumping nine-wicket win inside three …
Continue reading Clarke preparing for Windies backlashThe Wallabies look set to unleash a midfield power game during the Rugby Championship with Reds battering ram Samu Kerevi in the frame for a Test debut after impressing Australian …
Continue reading Kerevi emerges as Wallabies’ NonuIndian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay flayed Bangladesh’s bowlers with an unbeaten 239-run partnership on the rain-curtailed opening day of the one-off Test match in Fatullah on Wednesday. Dhawan …
Continue reading India 0-239 in Bangladesh TestNew Zealand coach Mike Hesson has challenged his bowlers to up their game after the World Cup finalists’ colossal 210-run defeat by England in the first one-day international at Edgbaston …
Continue reading NZ cricket coach challenges bowlersAs Prince Harry prepared to launch the Rugby World Cup trophy on the final leg of its global tour, the British royal listed the perceived attributes that makes rugby stand …
Continue reading England rugby boss denies behaviour issuesCasey Dellacqua has bounced back from a first-round loss at the French Open to open her grass court season with a confidence-boosting win at the Nottingham Open. She fared better …
Continue reading Dellacqua through, Jarka out in NottinghamCarlton ruckman Robert Warnock will miss the rest of the AFL season due to a shoulder injury. The club confirmed on Wednesday that Warnock will go under the knife next …
Continue reading Warnock to miss rest of AFL seasonMichael Clarke firmly believes Chris Rogers will still be a vital part of Australia’s Ashes campaign despite his Caribbean woes. The 37-year-old’s Test swansong has started in underwhelming fashion after …
Continue reading Rogers will be back: Michael ClarkeSouth Sydney say hooker Issac Luke will only spend one week on the sidelines with a knee injury. Luke will sit out Friday night’s clash with Wests Tigers after suffering …
Continue reading Issac Luke back next week: SouthsArguably the most talked-about contractual clause in Australian sport is officially no more. The NRL’s round 13 loophole was finally closed at 5pm on Wednesday, ending any chance of another …
Continue reading NRL’s round 13 loophole finally closedAustralia can square the ledger on a patchy travelling Test record under captain Michael Clarke by finishing off their series against the West Indies with a win. Australia smashed the …
Continue reading Clarke confident Aussies will finish jobInjured Brumbies and Wallabies winger Henry Speight is confident he’ll play in the crunch Super Rugby clash against the Crusaders in Canberra on Saturday afternoon. Speight rolled his ankle in …
Continue reading Speight confident of playing for BrumbiesNSW players say Blues coaching great Phil Gould’s criticism that skipper Paul Gallen is too old for State of Origin is plain wrong. Gould has repeatedly asserted that 33-year-old Gallen’s …
Continue reading Gould wrong about Gallen say BluesCode-hopper Israel Folau says he is “pretty close” to announcing his next contract. The NSW Waratahs and Wallabies fullback’s current deal expires at the end of the Rugby World Cup …
Continue reading Folau close to new dealNSW are adamant they have the attacking thrust to force the State of Origin series to a decider despite averaging a miserable nine points a game under Laurie Daley. In …
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