Richie Benaud’s dulcet tones and impeccable intellect confirmed his status as a national icon but, before that, it was the allrounder’s ability to turn Tests that so endeared him to …
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New Adelaide coach Phil Walsh has borrowed Ross Lyon’s “anywhere, anyone, anytime” motto as the Crows aim to continue their barnstorming start to the AFL season. After dismantling North Melbourne …
Continue reading Crows aiming for big AFL win in MelbourneHawthorn key defender Brian Lake has strongly denied sledging Mitch Clark over the Geelong forward’s depression during their Easter Monday AFL clash. The Hawks contacted their rivals after Geelong captain …
Continue reading Lake denies Clark sledge in AFLGeelong ace Jimmy Bartel will miss Sunday’s AFL clash with Fremantle due to concussion. Bartel needed to be helped from the MCG last Monday after being knocked out in a …
Continue reading Bartel to miss AFL clash due to concussionAt tea on the last day of the tied Test in December 1960, Richie Benaud and Alan Davidson were sitting with their pads on outside the dressing room at the …
Continue reading How Benaud helped save cricketJacob Loko has been banned for four NRL matches by Canterbury, and fined $10,000 over his role in a late night fight with Manly’s Jorge Taufua in Sydney’s CBD last …
Continue reading Loko cops NRL ban, fine for Taufua fightPort Adelaide ruckman Jarrad Redden is due a change of luck when he makes his AFL comeback against Sydney on Saturday night, Power coach Ken Hinkley says. Redden will play …
Continue reading Port ruckman due a luck change: HinkleyEssendon coach James Hird has spoken of the universal relief at the club in the wake of the AFL anti-doping tribunal’s not guilty verdicts. And he predicts their interrupted pre-season …
Continue reading Hird: what is ‘normal’ after AFL saga?The Western Force are turning 10, and there’s only one thing they want for their birthday – a shiny new win. The Force are using Saturday night’s clash with the …
Continue reading Force want 10th birthday Super Rugby winGeelong’s shellacking at the hands of Hawthorn last week isn’t a sign that the team’s demise is near, according to Fremantle coach Ross Lyon. The Cats’ premiership hopes were given …
Continue reading Dockers expect Cats to fire up in AFLAustralian bowling legend Shane Warne has hailed Richie Benaud as a “legend on all levels” and thanked the cricket icon for acting as a mentor to him throughout his career. …
Continue reading Warne pens letter to late ‘legend’ BenaudTRIBUTES FLOW FOR THE “VOICE OF CRICKET” RICHIE BENAUD: “I think that’s what set him apart from a lot of people who came before him and probably after him – …
Continue reading Reaction to Richie Benaud’s deathHawthorn have contacted Geelong over an allegation Mitch Clark was sledged about his depression during their Easter Monday AFL clash. But the Hawks added it has been difficult to work …
Continue reading Hawks, Cats talk about alleged AFL tauntsRichie Benaud’s greatness as a player and commentator is known throughout the cricketing world. Less known, perhaps, is his personal kindness. In 1977 I was covering the Ashes series in …
Continue reading Richie’s kindness to a young sportswriterWestern Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge is backing big money recruit Tom Boyd to handle Richmond’s All Australian defender Alex Rance in their AFL clash on Saturday. Boyd came under scrutiny …
Continue reading Bulldogs back Boyd to tackle key TigerDefending champion Fernando Verdasco has defeated 18-year-old Hyeon Chung 7-6 6-2 in the second round of the ATP claycourt tournament in Houston. The sixth-seeded Verdasco, from Spain, survived stiff early …
Continue reading Verdasco advances in Houston tennisParramatta coach Brad Arthur has urged Anthony Watmough to stop putting himself under too much pressure, believing the form of the NSW back-rower hasn’t been as bad as he claims. …
Continue reading Arthur urges Watmough to relaxSuperlatives flowed from around the world as Richie Benaud was remembered as an Australian treasure, sporting icon and voice of cricket after his death on Friday, aged 84. The former …
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