Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will miss the opening race of the 2015 season in Australia after suffering concussion in a crash in testing. “Fernando’s doctors have recommended …
Continue reading Alonso to miss Australian Grand PrixA delegation of three senior Essendon players have met with AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan as the landmark Bombers anti-doping tribunal verdict looms. The AFL website has confirmed a Seven …
Continue reading Three Dons players meet with AFL bossNorth Melbourne forward Lindsay Thomas has accepted a $1000 fine for his bump on Adelaide’s Matthew Jaensch. Thomas ,27, faced a $1500 fine if he chose to contest the rough …
Continue reading Roo Thomas accepts AFL fine for Crow bumpFormer South Africa allrounder Johan Botha has signed with the Sydney Sixers for the next three Big Bash League seasons. Botha, 32, could be part of a three-pronged Sixers spin …
Continue reading Johan Botha joins Sydney SixersKangaroos Test star Sione Mata’utia is a shock axing from Newcastle’s NRL opener against the Warriors. After becoming Australia’s youngest ever Test debutant in last season’s Four Nations campaign, Mata’utia …
Continue reading Knight Mata’utia’s shock NRL axingKangaroos Test star Sione Mata’utia is a shock axing from Newcastle’s NRL opener against the Warriors. After becoming Australia’s youngest ever Test debutant in last season’s Four Nations campaign, Mata’utia …
Continue reading Knight Mata’utia shock NRL axingFremantle utility Tendai Mzungu has re-signed with the Dockers until the end of the 2016 AFL season. Mzungu, who turned 29 on Saturday, has played 86 games for the Dockers …
Continue reading Docker Tendai Mzungu re-signs with FreoSydney star Kurt Tippett will sit out the AFL pre-season after suffering a lower-leg injury in last Friday’s intraclub game. But the Swans remain hopeful the key forward will be …
Continue reading Tippett injured for AFL pre-seasonJosh Morris believes his twin brother Brett can be the missing piece of the Canterbury jigsaw as the Bulldogs look to win a first NRL premiership in 11 years. Despite …
Continue reading Bulldogs excited by Brett Morris threatThe NRL’s besieged Integrity Unit has backed down on proposed measures to seize players’ phones and computers as part of their investigations into misconduct. The NRL unveiled new investigative powers …
Continue reading NRL’s Integrity Unit granted new powersEssendon’s Dyson Heppell has suffered an injury setback with the star midfielder forced to undergo knee surgery. After experiencing soreness in his knee on Monday, Heppell was quickly booked in …
Continue reading Bomber Heppell suffers knee setbackDaniel Ricciardo faces a major test as team leader at Red Bull this season, according to ex Formula One star David Coulthard. The Scot said there was no doubt Ricciardo …
Continue reading Ricciardo has new F1 test, says CoulthardThe NRL’s concussion crackdown will go up a level in 2015 with team medical officers to have sideline access to footage of incidents that will help them determine the severity …
Continue reading NRL step up concussion crackdownKeeping a low profile won’t be an option for Brisbane recruit Dayne Beams ahead of the Lions’ AFL season opener against his ex-club Collingwood. And it seems the former All-Australian …
Continue reading Beams ready for Pies challengeAnother day, another injury scare for Australia – but this time it had a happy ending. Star batsman Steve Smith was left wincing in pain on Tuesday after being struck …
Continue reading Aussies avoid World Cup injury blowGold Coast coach Neil Henry doesn’t expect any of the players caught up in the NRL club’s cocaine scandal to play in Saturday’s season opener against Wests Tigers. Henry hasn’t …
Continue reading Six new faces for undermanned TitansLast season may have been the best of Josh Reynolds’ NRL career, but defeat in the grand final still burns inside the combative Canterbury five-eighth. Reynolds will play his first …
Continue reading Reynolds still scarred by NRL GF defeatFormer All Black Rene Ranger is returning to New Zealand after gaining an early release from his French club Montpellier and is keen to win back an All Black jersey. …
Continue reading Ranger seeking All Blacks recall

