NRL boss Dave Smith has promised the Gold Coast Titans have a long-term future after the governing body took control of the embattled club’s licence. As the Titans reels from …
Continue reading NRL vows long-term future for TitansAustralia have named a full-strength team for next month’s Davis Cup World Group first round tie against the Czech Republic. Young stars Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic are the likely …
Continue reading Australia at full strength for Davis CupWallabies prop Tetera Faulkner has re-signed with the Western Force for a further two seasons, tying him to the Perth-based franchise until 2017. Faulkner began his career at the Force …
Continue reading Wallaby prop Faulkner re-signs with ForceNRL boss Dave Smith has confirmed the league has taken over ownership of the Gold Coast Titans as the struggling club reels from drug allegations against five players. MORE TO …
Continue reading NRL takes over Titans licenceThe AFL remains adamant it has received no information linking any of its players to the drug allegations involving Karmichael Hunt. AFL chief executive Gill McLachlan said while it appeared …
Continue reading AFL says no links to Hunt crisis yetBack in March 1995, a mock war game at Mt Smart Stadium heralded the Warriors’ entry into the NRL. The action that followed the pre-match entertainment also contained plenty of …
Continue reading McFadden confident Warriors on the upMelbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy says his team has drawn added motivation for the 2015 NRL season from their painful finals exit last year. The team were eliminated in week …
Continue reading Finals exit provide Storm motivationPeter Siddle doesn’t know if national selectors will call his name or walk on by after the World Cup. But Siddle plans on giving them little option, as he and …
Continue reading Siddle still has spring in his stepThere are bad seasons and then there’s Cronulla’s 2014. The debilitating ASADA investigation, the ignominy of Todd Carney’s infamous bubbler incident and an injury list the length of an electoral …
Continue reading Summer of change puts Sharks on courseSam Mitchell, Jarryd Roughead and Josh Gibson are among 13 members of Hawthorn’s 2014 premiership team named in the squad for Thursday night’s opening AFL pre-season clash Collingwood in Launceston. …
Continue reading Mitchell, Roughead in Hawks squadThe lawyer representing Gold Coast Titans players accused of drug offences has warned it could take 12-18 months for the cases to be finalised. It leaves Titans management and the …
Continue reading Accused players suing Titans ‘premature’Parramatta coach Brad Arthur admits he’s uncertain what the future holds for veteran back-rower Richie Fa’aoso after the NRL decided not to register his contract. Fa’aoso, 30, was forced into …
Continue reading Arthur unsure over Fa’aoso’s futureThe NRL has reportedly taken over ownership of the Gold Coast Titans as the struggling club reels from drug allegations against five players. Fairfax Media says the governing body has …
Continue reading NRL takes over Titans: reportRugby league’s most respected coach, Wayne Bennett, has called on the NRL to end controversial prop Russell Packer’s exile from the game. Packer, who was deregistered at the start of …
Continue reading Bennett calls on NRL to let Packer playNew Zealand allrounder Corey Anderson is embracing the pressure – and the verbal warfare – of playing Australia in the World Cup, describing Saturday’s game in Auckland as the biggest …
Continue reading Australia a career highlight for AndersonEngland forward Gareth Hock was released by Super League club Salford owner Marwan Koukash on Monday after a series of disciplinary issues. Hock was last week given a six-match ban …
Continue reading Hock axed by Super League club SalfordTwo-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso is making a “solid recovery” from a crash in testing, his McLaren team said on Monday (Tuesday AEDT), strongly denying that his car …
Continue reading Alonso making ‘solid recovery’ after crashAustralia’s singles representation at the WTA’s Qatar Open has come to an abrupt end on the opening day with loses to Samantha Stosur and Casey Dellacqua. Czech Lucie Safarova ensured …
Continue reading Stosur, Dellacqua dumped from Qatar Open

