(Eds reissues with updated keyword) By Jason Phelan MELBOURNE, March 31 AAP – Nathan Buckley admits he’s still in shock days after first hearing of the positive tests for clenbuterol …
Continue reading Shocked Buckley backs AFL drug stanceVeteran batsman Adam Voges admits he’ll probably be battling it out with long-time WA teammates Shaun Marsh and Mitch Marsh for a spot in Australia’s Test XI. Voges edged out …
Continue reading Adam Voges dreaming of Test debutGold Coast Rodney Eade has given captain Gary Ablett the all clear to play in the Suns’ AFL season opener against Melbourne. Ablett sat out the entire pre-season as he …
Continue reading Ablett set for Suns’ AFL openerFawad Ahmed’s remarkable rise from asylum seeker to Test tweaker has never been closer after he was named in the Australian touring squad of the West Indies and United Kingdom. …
Continue reading ‘Proud’ Ahmed turns attention to AshesYoung tryscoring sensation Alex Johnston is hoping to recommit to South Sydney but, with ambitions to play fullback, he isn’t completely ruling out a move from the NRL premiers. Johnston …
Continue reading Souths flyer hoping to settle futureDaly Cherry-Evans says he wasn’t dazed, but he is confused about the NRL’s concussion laws. The Manly star was hauled off WIN Stadium late in the Sea Eagles’ loss to …
Continue reading Cherry-Evans’ NRL concussion law concernBatsman Usman Khawaja will captain Australia A on a tour of India in July. Khawaja will lead an Australia A squad featuring Test discard Joe Burns, who missed selection for …
Continue reading Khawaja to captain Australia A teamChiefs captain Liam Messam admits his side are probably coming under closer scrutiny from referees following an ill-disciplined start to the Super Rugby season. Referees have dished out six yellow …
Continue reading Chiefs need to play smarter: MessamLoose forward Jerome Kaino has extended his commitment to New Zealand Rugby, the Blues and Auckland Rugby for three more years. Kaino is the first current All Black to commit …
Continue reading Kaino re-commits to All Blacks, BluesPakistani-born legspinner Fawad Ahmed and batsman Adam Voges have been summoned into Australia’s squad for Test tours of the West Indies and England. NSW wicketkeeper Peter Nevill has been named …
Continue reading Fawad Ahmed in Australia’s Ashes squadLegspinner Fawad Ahmed and batsman Adam Voges have been included in Australia’s squad for Test tours of the West Indies and England. NSW wicketkeeper Peter Nevill has also been named …
Continue reading Ahmed, Voges in Ashes touring squadThe theory that Collingwood pair Lachie Keeffe and Josh Thomas could have eaten beef contaminated by clenbuterol in New Zealand has been rejected by the NZ beef industry. Keeffe and …
Continue reading Steak theory rejected in AFL doping caseSerena and Venus Williams advanced to the quarter-finals of the Miami Open on Monday, the sisters each cruising to a straight-set triumph. World number one Serena Williams, seeking a third …
Continue reading Williams sisters into Miami Open quartersAFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has forecast a review of the league’s two drugs policies in the wake of the Collingwoood positive tests. McLachlan went as far as saying it …
Continue reading AFL boss wants drug policies reviewedAFL boss Gillon McLachlan expects a rugged day for the game, regardless of what the league’s anti-doping tribunal has decided. At 2pm on Tuesday, tribunal chairman David Jones will hand …
Continue reading AFL tribunal to hand down Dons verdictsRod Marsh has spent little time resting on his laurels, with the chief selector finalising a squad for the Ashes on Tuesday. Australia’s World Cup winners aren’t the only ones …
Continue reading Rod Marsh to reveal Ashes squadAs a kid Kane Elgey dreamed of one day playing for favourite team Brisbane and emulating his hero Darren Lockyer. On Friday, Elgey will face up to his boyhood club …
Continue reading Young Titan plotting Broncos NRL demiseFormer Formula One driver Franck Montagny has been handed a two-year suspension by the sport’s governing body after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine. The Frenchman failed the anti-doping …
Continue reading Ex-F1 driver suspended for two years

