Hawthorn’s pre-season loss to Collingwood is a price happily paid as the club prepares for a crack at a third successive premiership. Without some of their key senior players the …
Continue reading Preparation comes first for HawthornA new V8 Supercars season and revised cars bring the promise of a different result for Mark Winterbottom. Nine years with the factory Ford team and Winterbottom has never dropped …
Continue reading Winterbottom keen to race Ford’s FG XThe Chiefs will have all their All Blacks on deck when they take on the Crusaders in Super Rugby in Hamilton on Saturday. Brodie Retallick, Sam Cane, Liam Messam, Augustine …
Continue reading Chiefs’ All Blacks ready to do battleAndy Murray was knocked out of the ATP Tour’s Dubai Championships on Thursday, losing to 18-year-old Borna Coric 6-1 6-3 in the quarter-finals. Murray, who reached the Australian Open final …
Continue reading Murray loses to Croatian teen in DubaiMcLaren chief executive Ron Dennis has insisted that Fernando Alonso should be ready to race at the opening Grand Prix of the season in Australia despite spending three nights in …
Continue reading Alonso expected to race in Australian GPGlasgow’s Peter Horne has been drafted in to replace suspended fly-half Finn Russell for Scotland’s Six Nations rugby clash with Italy on Saturday. Russell lost an appeal earlier this week …
Continue reading Horne in at 10 for Scotland rugbyHe admits he’s had a long off-season but Gold Coast captain Nate Myles says the spirit is largely positive at the Titans going into their NRL campaign. The embattled Titans …
Continue reading Myles says Titans positive despite dramaPremiers Hawthorn have taken a pre-season drubbing in Launceston at the hands of a resurgent Collingwood. The Magpies led at every break during Thursday night’s NAB Challenge opener at Aurora …
Continue reading Collingwood smash Hawks in pre-seasonNew South Wales have taken a stranglehold on their game against Western Australia thanks to a Peter Nevill century backed up by a disciplined bowling performance in Newcastle. The Blues …
Continue reading Nevill ton lifts NSW from the brinkA Rob Quiney century led Victoria’s impressive display with the bat as the Bushrangers took the advantage in their Sheffield Shield match against Queensland. Opener Quiney struck a confident 111, …
Continue reading Quiney ton puts Vics on top in ShieldNew Manly boss Joe Kelly has declared the NRL club will continue to do all it can to secure the signatures of off contract playmakers Daly Cherry-Evans and Kieran Foran. …
Continue reading We won’t give up on DCE, Foran: ManlyTasmanian paceman Jackson Bird said the visitors could be further ahead at stumps on day three if they had caught a vital catch. The Tigers are 3-131 heading into the …
Continue reading Tasmania rue missed chances vs SAPay television channel Fox Sports is confident of winning over motorsport fans after debuting as V8 Supercars broadcaster this weekend. In conjunction with free-to-air Channel Ten, Fox Sports paid an …
Continue reading Skaife, Ingall spearhead V8s coverageAs NRL CEO Dave Smith prepared to launch the new season he implored fans to keep things in perspective. Just a week out from the season kick-off between Brisbane and …
Continue reading NRL sees silver lining of cocaine scandalFive Gold Coast players facing drug charges should be allowed to play after their court appearances, Titans coach Neil Henry says. The Gold Coast mentor has revealed his concern for …
Continue reading Charged Titans must play: HenryAustralia’s No.1 men’s tennis player Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from next week’s Davis Cup tie in the Czech Republic. Kyrgios was expected to have his first outing since his quarter-final …
Continue reading Kyrgios out of Aussie Davis CupDaniel Vettori believes Australia are wasting their time looking for a weakness in Brendon McCullum’s game. McCullum’s name has been on everyone’s lips in Auckland in the lead-up to Saturday’s …
Continue reading McCullum has no weakness: VettoriOn the eve of the 2015 V8 Supercars tour, Jamie Whincup’s four straight championships count for nothing as he plots another title assault. Australia’s touring car championship begins again this …
Continue reading Whincup plays down red hot V8s start

